CAMHS Mental Health Navigator | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	13 April 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£29,812 - £32,715 per annum , pro rata ( Incl of HCAS)
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	13 May 2026
Location:	Bracknell, RG12 2UT
Company:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7932862/371-CFS731

Summary

We’re looking for enthusiastic individuals with experience in mental health settings to join us as a CAMHS Mental Health Navigator. This is a nonclinical role where you can make a real difference to children, young people and their families.


As a Mental Health Navigator, you’ll work closely with our clinical teams to help ensure families receive the right support at the right time. Your daytoday work may include:

• Liaising with referrers such as GPs, families and schools

• Supporting referrers to access selfhelp tools and online resources

• Contacting families for feedback after assessments

• Reaching out to families who may have been waiting longer than expected

• Providing practical support to clinical colleagues to help them focus on direct care


You’ll be fully supported by the wider team, and monthly supervision is provided.


As this is a new and developing role, there’s lots of scope to shape how it grows and to bring your own ideas and strengths. It’s a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a dynamic environment and wants to contribute to improving children and young people’s mental health services.


If you’re compassionate, motivated and eager to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

• Liaising with referrers when additional information is needed to support safe and appropriate decision‑making.

• Building positive working relationships with wider services, including voluntary organisations and local authority teams.

• Working closely with clinical and administrative colleagues to ensure a smooth and supportive journey for service users.

• Reaching out to families who may have been waiting longer than expected, offering information, reassurance and signposting where appropriate.


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:

• Experience of working in mental health teams.

• Willingness to learn and adapt to challenging workload.

• Ability to communicate effectively and work as part of a team.

• Good IT skills and clear writing skills for the purposes of documentation.


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.


We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.


We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Jason Wear or Robert Williams on 0300 365 1234 or email: CAMHSCPEservicemanager@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.


Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.



This advert closes on Tuesday 21 Apr 2026

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