Mental Health Practitioner (Young People's Support Hub)

Transformationunitgm; Horsham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Horsham is seeking a passionate Mental Health Practitioner to join its youth support hub, i-Rock. This part-time role involves providing crucial early intervention support to young people aged 14-25 facing mental health challenges. With a commitment to flexible working, the ideal candidate will be a registered practitioner with experience in clinical interventions, risk assessments, and partnership working. The position is fixed for 12 months and offers a salary ranging from £38,682 to £46,580 pro-rata.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Registered Practitioner with current registration appropriate to the job role.
• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic service to young people aged 14 - 25.
• Manage presentations with complex health and social care needs.
• Facilitate sessions and undertake clinical assessments.

Skills

Mental Health Support

Risk Assessment

Partnership Working

Crisis Intervention

Education

Registered Practitioner (Mental Health Nurse / Social Worker / Occupational Therapist)

Continuous Professional Development

Job description

Main area Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (1 year) Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday) Job ref 354-CS-21814

Employer Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site i-Rock Horsham District, Horsham Youth Centre Town Horsham Salary £38,682 - £46,580 Pro-Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/01/2026 08:00

NHS AfC: Band 6

Come and join us

We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.

At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.

We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.

We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may choose to use it to help prepare your application. We welcome innovation but ask that anything you submit reflects your own abilities, experience and voice. AI can support how you describe your skills and experience, but it should never replace your own words as we want to get to know you.

We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.

Job overview

We are seeking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Mental Health Practitioner for young people's support and advice hub, i-Rock Horsham District.

You will be part of delivering an innovative and exciting safe space for young people, offering early intervention support to work with them at a crucial time in their lives - to help get them back on track and strengthen their ability to manage their mental health in the future.

As Mental Health Practitioner, your role will be to provide support to young people during the opening hours of the project, with particular responsibility for managing presentations with complex health and social care needs, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk, offering specialist advice and assessment, and contributing to the development of approaches to work with young people with support needs including mental health, wellbeing, education, employment and training and homelessness.

This post is fixed term for 12 months.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a needs-led and holistic service to young people aged 14 - 25
• Working on a drop in basis; offering listening support, triage, signposting and brief intervention support
• Providing specialist advice and resources and through an offer of brief support including sleep hygiene, anxiety management and low mood
• Signposting or referring to appropriate services to do with: emotional wellbeing education, employment and training, housing and mental health
• To offer a flexible approach and be a committed team member

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve.

We're working to achieve our mission and vision through our organisational strategy: people, prevention and partnerships. This involves:

• Joining up services in partnership across health, social care, housing, employment and education
• Creating and sustaining a collaborative, compassionate and caring organisational culture which promotes inclusion
• Using our resources wisely, which includes research, innovation and learning to develop new treatments and develop our workforce
• Promoting health, wellbeing and resilience within the communities we serve.

CAMHS services recognise that young people may be affected by challenges to their emotional wellbeing and mental health at all times. With this in mind our responses are required to be dynamic and needs led,. As part of our exciting transformation agenda colleagues may be required to work outside of the 9.5 working pattern.

This would be negotiated on an individual basis and as part of Sussex Partnership NHS trusts wider commitment high quality services, that are both flexible and accessible to all our users whilst supporting colleagues in pursuit of their own work life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Requirements:

In order to be a successful Mental Health Practitioner in our team you will:

• Be a registered professional with current registration, appropriate to the job role.
• Have experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies
• Have experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group

Main Duties:

• Providing support to young people during the opening hours of the project, with particular responsibility for managing presentations with complex health and social care needs, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk
• Facilitating sessions and individual activities
• To undertake assessments of individuals presenting to the service with complex health presentations, including those children and young people presenting with higher levels of risk.
• To provide a highly specialised range of clinical interventions relevant to the care group and have knowledge of evidence-based models of practice.
• To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of the child or young person and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Practitioner with current registration [mental health nurse / social work / occupational therapy]appropriate to the job role
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
• Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent

KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working alongside people with psychosis and complex health and social care problems in the designated care group
• Experience of supervising staff / Experience of managing a caseload
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
• Experience of working consultatively with professionals
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
• Contributed to the implementation of services.
• Previous experience of working in the community

SPFT is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and from disabled candidates, as these groups are currently underrepresented.

Successful candidates are normally appointed to the bottom of the pay scale unless previous NHS experience in a similar role can be evidenced.

SPFT takes its responsibilities for safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk very seriously. We expect all staff and bank workers to share this commitment and complete the relevant safeguarding training for their role.

If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. However, we’ll always do our best to keep you informed as we know how much time and care goes into applying for a role.

In the event of a high number of applications, we may close this vacancy early.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.