Locality Mental Health Practitioner

The post holder will work as a member of the Neuro Hub for Heywood, Middleton, Rochdale (HMR) CAMHS, located in the heart of the community in Rochdale Town Centre.

The Neuro Hub is a dynamic, community‑based service for young people presenting with suspected or diagnosed neurodevelopmental conditions.

The role includes:

• Advice & Signposting: Provide timely mental health advice and signposting to children, young people, families and professionals accessing the service.
• Therapeutic Interventions: Deliver brief, evidence‑based therapeutic interventions (e.g. CBT‑informed, solution‑focused, psychoeducation) to young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Community Engagement: Build relationships within local communities, working in partnership with schools, GPs, youth services and Early Help teams to deliver targeted locality work.
• Group Facilitation: Co‑facilitate wellbeing and psycho educational group sessions to promote mental health awareness and emotional resilience.
• Multi‑Disciplinary Working: Work as part of the wider #Thrive MDT and local system, contributing to case discussions, joint assessments and collaborative care planning.
• Outcome Monitoring: Use appropriate tools to assess, review and document progress, maintaining accurate clinical records and contributing to service evaluation.
• Supervision: Engage in and deliver managerial and clinical supervision, including with appropriate consent, recording and reviewing of live clinical work.

• Good knowledge of neurodivergent conditions such as ASC, PDA, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Tourettes.
• Experience of working with neurodivergent children and families.
• Ability to practise in a neuro‑affirmative way.
• Non‑judgemental approach.
• Ability to hold space for strongly expressed emotions.
• Ability to run and develop workshops for parents/carers of neurodivergent children.
• Attend meetings in school and confidence to use respectful challenge as required.
• Comfortable working within a small team of professionals who specialise in neurodivergence.
• Confidence to liaise with other professionals.

As a Locality Mental Health Practitioner in the Neuro Hub, you will play a key role in delivering accessible, early support to children and young people with emerging mental health needs. You will provide advice, signposting, brief therapeutic interventions and contribute to group and community work. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about early help, enjoys working in fast‑paced, community‑based settings and values a whole‑system, trauma‑informed approach.

The post holder will at times work across the borough from community locations to offer consultations and support to a range of professionals and partner agencies.

Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We also encourage applications from individuals with lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #Pennine Care People .

Benefits and opportunities include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical & Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
• Access to Continued Professional Development.
• Involvement in improvement and research activities.
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.

• Advice & Signposting: Provide timely mental health advice and signposting to children, young people, families and professionals accessing #Thrive drop‑ins, phone lines and outreach events.
• Drop‑In Support: Offer emotional wellbeing support to young people attending drop‑in sessions, using a warm, person‑centred approach and solution‑focused…