Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for 1 Band 6 Primary Mental Health Worker (CAMHS clinician) to join the Central locality based in Ashington and covering the Central locality .
The aim of this post is to expand our current early intervention and prevention service to children and young people within the County. The role will provide targeted evidenced based interventions to support those with moderate mental health needs, in the ‘getting help sector ‘of the Thrive model.
Job Title: Primary Mental Health Worker
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: 38,682 – 46,580 £ / Year
Location: Ashington, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Deadline: 07 December 2025
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 you will demonstrate an ability to deliver a direct clinical role, providing triage assessment and brief evidence-based interventions to children, young people, their families and carers, 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. Support, advice and education will also be provided to a range of universal services though a telephone and group-based consultation models, teaching and training and multi-agency forums and pathways to improve access and capacity building across the wider system.
As Band 6 you will provide clinical and case management supervision to Band 5 Primary Mental Health Workers within the service. We are also committed to promoting continued professional development through access to a range of training opportunities. High quality internal and external peer and individual clinical supervisions are provided.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification ie: 1st level registered Nurse, O.T, Psychologist, social worker or equivalent professional qualification
- Post graduate / post registration qualification or equivalent qualification and /or experience eg level 6 or above qualification appropriate to CAMHs ie counselling, CYP IAPT , qualified teacher status
- Registered Mentor or willingness to complete certificate within 6-12 months of appointment (required for those who are NMC registered)
- Degree in route appropriate to CAMHS/child health or equivalent portfolio
Desirable
- Specific therapeutic models e.g. CBT
- Recognised teaching/training qualification or evidence of equivalent experience
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Post qualification experience including working successfully with children and young people mental health needs.
- Providing clinical supervision to staff working with children aged 0-19.
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