Advanced Mental Health Practitioner | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£51,657 - £58,785 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Reading, RG6 6BZ
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	15 Sept 2026
Closing date:	28 Oct 2026

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Summary

Are you an experience Nurse, OT or Social Worker looking for a new, exciting opportunity?

Do you have a passion for working with children with mental health complexities?

We are looking for an Advanced Mental Health Practitioners to join our Berkshire West CAMHS Specialist Community Team (SCT) to cover Reading and Wokingham and when needed, Newbury.

CAMHS SCT provides a responsive, formulation led intervention for children and young people experiencing complex mental health difficulties or needing urgent and/or intensive specialist support. The service develops an early, holistic understanding of each young per by coproducing formulations with them, their families and key professionals across education, social care and the voluntary sector. This shared approach clarifies the young person’s difficulties and the systemic factors influencing their presentation and creates the best care plan to meet their needs.

You will join a team of clinicians from various disciplines to provide assessments, care-coordination, and evidence-based psychological interventions to young people and their families. As a senior member of the team, you will be supporting and supervising less experienced and junior members of the team.

The position is full time, for a 12 month FTC. The hours are 9-5pm and you will be based at Erlegh House, University of Reading with free parking on-site.

• Provide comprehensive assessments and therapeutic interventions to young people and their families, as appropriate. 

• Provide care co-ordination for young people open to the service where appropriate.

• Independently manage an appropriately sized caseload.

• Use supervision effectively.

• Offer supervision and training to junior colleagues and other agencies as appropriate.

• Work with colleagues to support the clinical leadership of the team.

• Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and within a multiagency system.

• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice.

• Contribute to audit, service development and research, as appropriate.

• Maintain own continuing professional development and contribute to team professional development initiatives.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority

• Committed to providing good quality, safe services

• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance

• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell

• Generous NHS pension scheme

• Excellent learning and career development opportunities

• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles

• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services

• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants

• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality

• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave

• Free parking across Trust sites

The “must haves” for this role:

1. Qualification in one of the core mental health professions – Nurse, OT, Social Worker.

2. Experience in Children’s Mental Health services.

3. The ability to manage complexity.

4. Training or experience in risk assessment and management.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.

If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact:Christina Subraiby email onchristina.subrai@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Sep 2026

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