Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner Band 6

Main area Are you a qualified health professional
- Nurse, OT, Social Worker, CWP or EMHP with CAMHS experience? Are you ready to take your next step into a leadership role? If yes, then this may be the right job for you and we are really keen to meet you. This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) covering for 9 months due to a wonderful maternity leave.

We work across the city of Birmingham and Solihull to support young people and their families who may be facing mental and emotional health issues. Having gained more funding, we have numerous future substantive opportunities due to launch, and this FTC would allow you to experience the service prior to the substantive posts coming out.

Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 9 months (Post is until August 2027) Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Compressed hours
• Term time hours

Site MHST at Touchbase Pears Town 750 Bristol Rd, Selly Oak, Birmingham Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/09/2026 23:59

Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Are you a qualified health professional
- Nurse, OT, Social Worker, CWP or EMHP with CAMHS experience? Are you ready to take your next step into a leadership role?

If yes, then this may be the right job for you and we are really keen to meet you. This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) covering for 9 months due to a wonderful maternity leave.

We work across the city of Birmingham and Solihull to support young people and their families who may be facing mental and emotional health issues.

Candidates will be working across a set number of education settings delivering evidence-based early interventions, and Whole Setting Approach initiatives (WSA). Candidates will work within a clinical team to ensure mild to moderate mental health and emotion wellbeing support is provided.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you will offer clinical expertise and advice to staff, including undertaking assessments and interventions for young people who may benefit from support from a more experienced clinician.

You will also line manage junior clinical staff, supporting and developing the team to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

You will need to ensure you are registered with the relevant professional body prior to applying.

Having gained more funding, we have numerous future substantive opportunities, this FTC would allow you to experience the service prior to the substantive posts coming out.

The Mental Health Support Team is an early intervention service, working with children, young people, and their families with mild to moderate mental health needs within Birmingham and Solihull.

The team is comprised of a range of different clinicians, all working together to support young people as early as possible, to prevent their needs escalating and having a long term impact on their wellbeing.

We have 3 core functions:

• To deliver evidence-based interventions for mild-to-moderate mental health issues.
• Support the senior mental health lead in each school or college to introduce or develop whole school or college approach and,
• Give timely advice to school and college staff and liaise with external specialist service to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.

A typical clinical day may involve delivering assemblies and workshops to a primary and secondary schools and further education settings. You may then travel to health centers, homes or education settings to…