Primary Mental Health Worker – CAMHS Therapist: Sponsorship Available

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Job Title: Primary Mental Health Worker
Agency: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 32,073 – 39,043 £ / Year

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Job Summary

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Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Primary Mental Health Worker to join our team. The post is based in our Central Northumberland area, which covers areas such as Ashington and Bedlington. The role will provide targeted 1:1 and group based evidenced based interventions to support those with moderate mental health needs, within the ‘getting help sector ‘of the Thrive model. As a service, we deliver training to other professionals working across the emotional and mental health pathway and provide advice and guidance through our consultation process.

We are looking for an enthusiastic clinician who is committed to delivering innovative and transformational ways of working to support the young people who access our support, and reaching those who may not. The role includes developing and sustaining positive relationships with the wider Primary Mental Health Team and our external agencies and partners.

Our staff is based in Children’s Centres and works from several health bases across the county to promote closer working with our universal services. We will ensure that suitable arrangements are made for your work and home base to guarantee suitable travel expenses are provided to support this role.

We support a blended/hybrid model of office and home working to promote flexible working, recognising the value of a work-life balance.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5, you will be supported to develop your skills to deliver a direct clinical role, providing assessment and brief evidence-based individual and group-based interventions to children and young people in an accessible and non-stigmatising environment.

With a strong emphasis on partnership working, this role will include building strong links with a range of universal, targeted, and specialist services. The role will provide support to the senior clinicians and universal services through the delivery of consultation models, teaching and training and multi-agency forums and pathways to improve access and capacity building across the wider system.

As a Band 5 Primary Mental Health Worker, you will be supervised by a Band 6 Primary Mental Health Worker. We are committed to promoting continued professional development through access to a range of training opportunities, including access to local CYPIAPT programmes. High-quality internal and external peer and individual clinical supervisions are provided.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional qualification, i.e., Qualified Nurse, O.T, Psychologist, social worker
  • Professional qualification, i.e., Qualified Nurse, O.T, Psychologist, social worker, or a level 6 or above qualification appropriate to CAMHs, e.g., counseling, CYP IAPT, or equivalent level of knowledge and or experience – such as qualified teacher status with post-qualifying qualification/experience in children’s mental health
  • Registered Mentor. Mentorship Qualification, relevant equivalent qualification, or an expectation that this will be completed within 18 months.
  • Degree in a route appropriate to CAMHS/child health or equivalent portfolio.

Desirable

  • Evidence of leadership skills.
  • Experience of, or training in, psychological therapies.
  • A willingness to undertake specialist post-registration qualifications and training in Child & Adolescent Mental Health i.e., CAMHS degree or equivalent.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 27 April 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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