CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and evolving multi-disciplinary Community CAMHS team. The Community CAMHS North team operates from two main bases at Balderton Primary Care Centre and Langold, with additional satellite sites in Retford and Rainworth. The service supports children and young people presenting with a wide range of emotional and mental health difficulties, from mild to severe.

You will become part of a well-established, supportive, and dedicated team that is passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people, and their families and carers. As a Community CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner, you will play a key role within the multidisciplinary team, providing consultation, assessment, and evidence-based interventions. Applicants must be a Registered Nurse, hold a DipSW or equivalent social work qualification (CSS, CQSW, or degree in social work), or be an Allied Health Professional registered with the HCPC and accredited by a recognised HCPC body such as UKCP or BACP.

IMPACT Senior Administrator

Since October 2020, the responsibility for commissioning adult secure care mental health, learning disability, and autism services has transferred from NHS England (NHSE) Specialised Commissioning to Provider Collaboratives (PCs). There are fifteen Provider Collaboratives nationally, each coordinating and delivering care for adult patients requiring low and medium secure services.

The Provider Collaborative for the East Midlands is called IMPACT. It is a partnership of nine NHS and independent sector providers, led by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as the Lead Provider. The other organisations in the collaborative include Cygnet Healthcare, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Elysium Healthcare, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Priory Healthcare, and St Andrew’s Healthcare.

To ensure integrity and avoid conflicts of interest, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust established an arms-length commissioning and clinical oversight function known as the IMPACT commissioning hub. The hub’s role includes understanding the needs of the local population and enabling clinicians and Experts by Experience to shape better care pathways. Through the Lead Provider model, IMPACT also sub-contracts other providers to support safe discharges, assure service quality, and lead regional and national reporting to NHS England.