Job Title: CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
Salary Range: £71,038.46 to £79,133.77
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Contract Length: 6 months
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post: No
Advert Closing Date: 17/05/2026
Job Overview
This post offers an exciting opportunity to work within a specialist Children and Young People in Care (CYPiC) CAMHS function, delivering psychologically informed consultation, formulation and early intervention to professionals working with children and young people in care. The role focuses on enhancing trauma‑informed, attachment‑aware and relational practice across the care system, supporting social workers and multi‑agency partners to understand and respond to complex emotional and mental health needs. The post holder will provide case‑based therapeutic consultation, contribute to multi‑disciplinary formulation and planning, and support timely access to specialist CAMHS pathways.
This is a full‑time, fixed‑term post for 6 months and does not include any relocation offers.
For further information or an informal chat, please contact Richard Dyer - Head of Children's Health and Wellbeing (CAMHS) on 01534 445048 or r.dyer@health.gov.je
Job Purpose
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Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
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