Specialist Practitioner
| Posting date: | 02 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2026 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG5 3FL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9186-26-0078 |
Summary
To work as part of the wider multi-disciplinary Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team to enhance the mental and emotional well-being of children and young people within Nottinghamshire. Provide therapeutic mental health assessment and intervention within a variety of community settings so to better engage children and young people. Provide a defined level of CAMHS specialist assessment and interventions to a diverse and challenging group of young people and their families, under the care programme approach, who present with significant mental health difficulties and who are open to the Youth Justice System, those who use substances where there is a direct relationship between their mental health and substance use, those who present with First Episode Psychosis and At Risk Mental State and those who display Harmful sexual behaviour. To provide realistic timely or occasionally intensive support to patients within their own community setting. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.