# Senior Mental Health Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner/0d6257f1-2cd5-4150-8fb2-b43e2e61ff48 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner/0d6257f1-2cd5-4150-8fb2-b43e2e61ff48.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hellesdon Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-14T13:13:20.364Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8367400 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8367400?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Senior Mental Health Practitioner Child and Young People Services We are delighted to be recruiting a Mental Health Professional within the Central Norfolk Youth Service the youth service currently works with young people aged 14 – 25, however we are in the process of change and future youth service will be working with those 18 – 25 and our current CAMHs service will in the future be working with young people up to 18. This role then whilst initially hosted in the youth service will focus on young people between the ages of 14 – 18 with the expectation that they will move to the CAMHs service in 2027 as the planned age change takes effect. We are looking for professionals with either a Nursing, Social Work (with additional Mental Health Training) or Occupational Therapy qualification – who will provide mental health assessment and intervention to the people we support. It is a role that is about building relationships, inspiring others, and working as part of a vibrant and skilled team. If you’re inspired to offer support through difficult times, and to help young people and families to thrive, then you may be the right person for our team. We are open to accommodate a variety of working patterns including part time applicants. ### Main duties of the job This is currently an exciting time for our team, as we develop our service to meet the needs of our young people in Norfolk. In CFYP we support young people (aged 4-25 years) who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We have enthusiastic and skilled staff who provide the support that is needed - and they are motivated to make a real difference to young people, their families and carers. Whilst experience working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health. We understand that you will be able to bring with you a wealth of skills and experience to the team and would welcome fresh ways of thinking. In this role you will be responsible for assessing the mental health of young people, and collaborating with them to plan their recovery. Going forwards this could involve providing interventions to the young people you support, or helping them to find other services inside and outside of our team. We will want to hear your voice throughout your work with us, so it’s also crucial that you help us with developing our service by contributing to project groups, and by helping other members of the team to grow through supervision and peer-mentoring. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Some of the benefits you can expect: - NHS pension - a comprehensive in house & external training programmes - career progression - starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) - staff physio service - NHS discounts and many more. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs Interviews are yet to be confirmed, and candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days’ notice. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying. * Previous applicants need not apply * ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Ability and willingness to travel independently to meet the needs and requirements of the service ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent communication and engagement skills Conflict resolution and Breakaway training (or requirement to undertake within first 12 weeks) - Competent assessment skills **Desirable** - Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice - Prevention and Management of Suicide training ### Knowledge **Essential** - The ability to use clinical assessment tools and outcome measures effectively and collaboratively - An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative) Up to date knowledge of legal and ethical frameworks including Mental Health Act. - Have the ability to discuss, identify and escalate safeguarding issues in a sensitive way to protect those who are vulnerable - Ensure care is values-based, nonjudgemental and equitable, and supports the principles of equality, diversity and inclusivity being met. **Desirable** - Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks ### Experience **Essential** - Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience - Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience - Experience of managing a caseload and the provision of Mental Health Care services to people with mental health care needs **Desirable** - Experience in delivering group based interventions Experience in supporting service development and quality improvement initiatives - Experience working in the specific area ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration - Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants) - Ongoing professional development working towards degree level ( if professional registration is following a diploma level course) **Desirable** - Recognised Leadership/Management training - Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice ## Documents - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [band 6 mental health practitioner jd 2026 (pdf, 400.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10694648) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.