# Specialist Primary Mental Health Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-primary-mental-health-worker/e50d3578-386e-49d3-a64e-60cbfe2839b2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-primary-mental-health-worker/e50d3578-386e-49d3-a64e-60cbfe2839b2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Sheffield - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata if part time - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (full and part time position considered) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-12T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-25T08:01:04.382Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health_Support_Team/Mental_Health_Support_Team-v8067309 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8067309?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sheffieldchildrens.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Permanent | Full Time | Interviews 28th July Join our psychology‑led team delivering mental health support across Sheffield educational settings as part of the ten year health plan. Working alongside the Healthy Minds Mental Health Support Team Lead, you will help schools develop trauma‑informed, whole‑school approaches to wellbeing, coordinate support for vulnerable pupils, and provide consultation, training and reflective practice for staff. You will also contribute to the offer for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs. This role combines direct clinical work with system‑level change, supporting the application of psychological thinking across education. ### Main duties of the job Reporting into the Clinical Lead (Healthy Minds), your responsibilities will include: - Supporting Senior Mental Health Leads in Sheffield educational settings to enhance their whole-school wellbeing offer - Provide clinical supervision and case management for Senior /  Education Mental Health Practioners. - Develop psychologically informed care plans for vulnerable children and young people - Offer consultation, training, and reflective practice to school staff and MHST teams - Deliver direct psychological work with children and young people - Support service development and progress in collaboration with the Healthy Minds team You will receive regular clinical and line management supervision from a Senior Clinical Specialist, plus access to multi-agency peer supervision, training opportunities, and the University-accredited EMHP supervision course. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification. *** This role has been assigned the occupation code 2237 using the CASCOT coding tool. To check the eligibility of this code for sponsorship and right to work please visit - UKVI web address https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations-and-codes Diversity Statement At Sheffield Children’s, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and supports everyone’s success. We prioritise Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in our recruitment practices, creating a welcoming space for people of all backgrounds, including ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ members. Recognising that inclusivity is an ongoing effort, we review our processes and welcome feedback to enhance our practices. A diverse team strengthens our organisation and the quality of care we deliver. For ideas on how we can improve, please contact our Recruitment Manager at \[email protected\]. Together, we’re building a workplace where everyone belongs. #LI-Onsite ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post registration experience, within a CAMHS /Mental health settin - Working collaboratively with patients and their families - Working in a multi-disciplinary team and across multi agency partners. - Legal Frameworks relevant to CAMHS MH Clinical Risk **Desirable** - Developing and delivering mental health training - Offering consultation and supervision / reflective practice - Experience of early intervention and prevention - Setting and auditing clinical standards - Utilisation of research in practice - Project management ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Personal integrity and credibility - Able to work flexibly and co-operatively as part of a team Able to use own initiative and make decisions independently - Committed to promoting a positive image of people with mental health conditions. - Self-aware and committed to professional and personal development and reflective practice. - Able to engage with vulnerable people and work effectively in distressing and challenging circumstances - Frequently cope with the emotional demands of direct operational and staff management e.g. distressing life experiences, individual staff distress and staff conflicts ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Understanding of a range of psychological theory and models of care and treatment. - Leadership - ability to build, develop and maintain relationships Operational Management. - Legal Frameworks relevant to CAMHS /Mental health - An understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice. Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice. - Clinical Governance and its application in practice. - Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise activities Interpret complex clinical information from a variety of sources and make clear and prompt clinical decisions. - Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice. - Demonstrate and maintain skills in basic life support. - Hold a current UK driving license and have access to a vehicle **Desirable** - Developing and delivering mental health training - Experience of early intervention and prevention - Setting and auditing clinical standards - Utilisation of research in practice ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - A registerable mental health qualification such as Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), a registerable social work qualification such as Social Worker, or a registerable psychotherapy qualification such as Art, Psychotherapist or Family Therapist - Accredited practitioner status with the HCPC or relevant governing body - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development in Psychotherapies. **Desirable** - To be educated to MSc level or have equivalent Clinical / Managerial experience - Postgraduate psychotherapy qualification such as PG Dip in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, MA Art Psychotherapy, MSc Family Therapy - Qualification in supervision of practitioners in delivering psychotherapies ## Documents - [our edi goals (pdf, 155.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2909) - [sch local benefits summary (pdf, 120.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2368) - [healthy minds specialist primary mental health worker jdps (pdf, 693.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10358292) ## 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.