# Mental Health Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Leatherhead
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 incl 5% fringe HCAS pro rata per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Within core service hours Monday to Friday 9-5pm)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-04T09:30:45.255Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Aldershot/Surrey_Borders_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Children_Young_Peoples_Mental_Health/Children_Young_Peoples_Mental_Health-v8057942
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8057942?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sabp.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner?  Do you want to join our thriving Early Help Team as part of our Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), now known as Children and Young People's Services (CYPS)?  Are you passionate about delivering excellent care to our young people and their families?  If yes, then this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Our CYPS Early Help Team are highly supportive, friendly and innovative.  As part of our i-THRVE framework, this team is focused on Advice & Signposting, and Getting help.   You would join a strong multidisciplinary team offering assessments and interventions to children and young people experiencing psychological distress as well as providing  support for the Clinic Duty System.

In addition, the role could provide opportunities within our neurodevelopment team if Autism Spectrum Condition/ADHD was a specialist interest of yours.

We are seeking those professionally registered with NMC, HCPC or SWE and have significant experience of working with under 18yr olds.

### Main duties of the job

My job makes better lives by providing timely interventions that contribute to the care of young people with mental health problems and their families.  I will put the experience of the CYP using the service at the centre of my decision making whilst building a supportive and responsive relationship with colleagues.

- Mental Health Assessments
- Risk Assessment and implementation of risk management plans
- Delivering evidenced based Group interventions
- Use of outcome measures to evidence good practice
- Supervise and support students nurses

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- To work in partnership with young people, families/carers regarding decision making and planning to help them to make informed decisions, to enable them to clarify and express their needs and to co-produce solutions.

Please see the Job Description for further details of responsibilities.

## Job Details

Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner? Do you want to join our thriving Early Help Team as part of our Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), now known as Children and Young People's Services (CYPS)? Are you passionate about delivering excellent care to our young people and their families? If yes, then this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Our CYPS Early Help Team are highly supportive, friendly and innovative. As part of our i-THRVE framework, this team is focused on Advice & Signposting, and Getting help. You would join a strong multidisciplinary team offering assessments and interventions to children and young people experiencing psychological distress as well as providing support for the Clinic Duty System.

In addition, the role could provide opportunities within our neurodevelopment team if Autism Spectrum Condition/ADHD was a specialist interest of yours.

We are seeking those professionally registered with NMC, HCPC or SWE and have significant experience of working with under 18yr olds.

## Job Description

My job makes better lives by providing timely interventions that contribute to the care of young people with mental health problems and their families. I will put the experience of the CYP using the service at the centre of my decision making whilst building a supportive and responsive relationship with colleagues.

Mental Health Assessments

Risk Assessment and implementation of risk management plans

Delivering evidenced based Group interventions

Use of outcome measures to evidence good practice

Supervise and support students nurses

## Responsibilities

To work in partnership with young people, families/carers regarding decision making and planning to help them to make informed decisions, to enable them to clarify and express their needs and to co-produce solutions.

Please see the Job Description for further details of responsibilities.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- 2-year post qualification experience of working in the community with young people with mental health difficulties and their families
- Experience and ability to undertake Mental Health Assessments, Risk Assessments and use outcome measures to evidence good practice

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Degree or diploma level qualification in Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social Work
- Registered professional with current registration, appropriate to the job role (NMC, HCPC or SWE)
- Evidence of continuous professional development

## Documents

- [vacancy links (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2727)
- [carers information (pdf, 604.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2716)
- [sabp competency profile map (pdf, 672.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2714)
- [mindful employer information (pdf, 195.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2715)
- [benefits of nhs pension scheme (pdf, 264.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2717)
- [jd cyps b6 mental health practitioner (pdf, 183.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10347993)

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