Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 11 March 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for existing clinicians or newly qualified mental health nurses/social workers/occupational therapists to join the West Youth Community Mental Health team based at Thurlow House in Kings Lynn as a Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner. This is a full time (37.5 Hours) post, working with service users ages 14-25 years of age.
You will be working in highly skilled multi-disciplinary team with a strong team ethos of supporting each other. You will be supported to develop a strong understanding of your role as a Care Coordinator/Assessor becoming skilled at delivering evidence-based treatment interventions for our service users. Working in partnership with other agencies will be a big part of the job so good communications skills will be vital.
What you can expect is a thorough induction and training / preceptorship period, and opportunities for ongoing development and well as regular and supportive managerial and clinical supervision.
If this sounds like the role for you and you wish to become part of a fantastic team and play your part in delivering great care and shaping our future, then please do not hesitate to APPLY!
We welcome you to contact us to discuss more about the role and arrange a time for you to have an informal visit and a chance to meet with members of our friendly, dedicated and supportive team.
Main duties of the job
Day to day the role will involve core duties some of which are listed below:
You will enjoy plenty of opportunities for joint working, training, and a sound supervision structure.
You can expect a manageable case load and a supportive management team to ensure you're able to work independently but support is never far away if needed.
The ideal candidate should have experience in working in a mental health environment and ideally experience in working in community teams.
Working in a busy and dynamic Youth Community Mental Health Team means every day will be different:
- Managing a caseload via face to face, online and telephone contacts
- Waiting List monitoring via telephone calls
- Undertaking initial assessments on behalf of the service
- Undertaking face to face visits in the community setting including home visits
- Working with service users and their families/carers to care plan holistic goal setting and engage in treatment planning and working in collaboration with internal/external stakeholders
- Attending regular MDT meetings and liaising with colleagues from other services (both internally and externally such as Social Care, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, U18 Crisis Team CAIST, Adult Community Mental Health Teams, MHT, Acute Hospitals A&E, and third sector organisations)
- Participating in the duty worker rota (Monday to Friday 09:00am to 17:00pm) may be part of this role moving forward
**Valid UK Driving licence is required for this post**
About us
Norfolk is a fantastic county with a mixture of rural and urban areas. We have miles of beautiful coastlines with swathes of green and open spaces for you to enjoy.
Why work for us? At NSFT and within the Youth service in Kings Lynn, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Like with most NHS trust NSFT does have its challenges, however, we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey so that together we strive to make continual improvements in the care that we deliver.
Some other benefits of working for the organisation are:
NHS pension
NHS discounts
Staff Physio Service
- Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
Details
Date posted
23 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year gross per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
246-WSN7805267
Job locations
Thurlow House
Goodwins Road
King's Lynn
PE30 5PD
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
Thurlow House
Goodwins Road
King's Lynn
PE30 5PD
Employer's website
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