Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Secondment
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role is for a Mental Health Practitioner within Step2, an Early Intervention Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Hertfordshire, working with children aged 0-19. The post holder will provide skilled CAMHS support to the Universal Children's Workforce, conducting mental health triage, assessments, and brief interventions (group and 1:1 therapy). They will also offer consultation to team members and external groups, focusing primarily on treatment provision.
Essential criteria
- Qualification relevant to child mental health at postgraduate level or accredited as a mental health practitioner. Training in a specific mental health intervention such as CBT, attachment focused, systemic psychotherapy, psychology or creative therapy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Supervision/mentoring qualification
- Evidence of experience working with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Knowledge of legislation and policy and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health
- Knowledge of the different presentations of neurodiversity.
- Knowledge and experience of supporting children and young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and their families
- Significant post qualification experience of working with young people and families in a brief intervention model, whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
- Experience of working with children and families in the community
- Experience of professional consultation and multi-disciplinary working.
- Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of others
- Experience of assessing and intervening with a pre-school client group and offering attachment-focused interventions
- Experience of working with young people who have neurodevelopmental difficulties.
- Skills and Abilities
- Ability to develop a trusting therapeutic relationship and experience in working with children and young people with complex needs, safeguarding and contextual difficulties. Ability to work with people whose behaviour is personally challenging and with support, deal with frequent exposure to highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances.
- The ability to work and co-operate actively as a member of a team and with the wider professional network including other agencies.
- Ability to follow and apply service processes and procedures. Ability to be flexible and respond to rapid changes.
- Ability to work in isolation and manage own caseload timely and efficiently as well as maintaining intense concentration on a frequent basis.
- Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to "hold" the stress of others
- Ability to use effective time management and organisational management skills
- Willingness to uphold the Trust's values
- Eligible to live and work in the UK
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
- Qualifications and Training
- Qualification relevant to child mental health at postgraduate level or accredited as a mental health practitioner. Training in a specific mental health intervention such as CBT, attachment focused, systemic psychotherapy, psychology or creative therapy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Supervision/mentoring qualification
- Evidence of experience working with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Knowledge of legislation and policy and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health
- Knowledge of the different presentations of neurodiversity.
- Knowledge and experience of supporting children and young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and their families
- Significant post qualification experience of working with young people and families in a brief intervention model, whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
- Experience of working with children and families in the community
- Experience of professional consultation and multi-disciplinary working.
- Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of others
- Experience of assessing and intervening with a pre-school client group and offering attachment-focused interventions
- Experience of working with young people who have neurodevelopmental difficulties.
- Skills and Abilities
- Ability to develop a trusting therapeutic relationship and experience in working with children and young people with complex needs, safeguarding and contextual difficulties. Ability to work with people whose behaviour i
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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Job summary
Step2 is an Early Intervention Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service which is working towards improving the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people in Hertfordshire. The service works with children aged 0 - 19.
The post will provide highly skilled Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) support to the Universal Children's Workforce to increase their capacity to identify and manage children's mental health needs, through liaison and joint working between services.
The post holder will carry out skilled mental health triage and assessments and offer brief intervention - group and 1:1 - therapy to children and families where a more targeted response is required. The post holder will provide consultation to team members and external professional and non-professional groups to address the mental health needs of children and young people. This fixed term role will focus primarily on the provision of treatment
\*Proposed interview date: 7th September 2026\*
_HCT will prioritise recruitment of workers living in England under the new immigration rules for care workers effective from 9 April 2025. Employers must first prove that they have attempted to recruit a worker from within England who needs new sponsorship. This ensures that those who came to the UK to pursue a career in adult social care can do so._
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