CAMHS Day Patient Lived Experience role
The closing date is 22 February 2026
Job summary
We are launching a new CAMHS Day Patient service offering intensive, compassionate and recovery focused support for young people and their families.
Sitting between inpatient care and intensive community support, it complements the acute risk pathway in Leicestershire.
We are recruiting a Parenting Practitioner with lived CAMHS experience to join an existing peer role. The post ensures parent and carer voices shape service design and delivery. Using personal experience of supporting a young person across health, social care or education, the post holder will provide meaningful peer support, helping families feel heard, valued and involved. The role includes one to one support, group work, workshops and signposting to community resources. Strong communication, emotional resilience and teamwork are essential.
The Day Patient Provision offers structured therapeutic programmes, multidisciplinary input and a nurturing space to help young people stabilise their mental health, build resilience and stay connected to home and education. Presentations may include emotional regulation needs, trauma histories, ASD, intellectual disability or risks that could otherwise lead to admission. The team delivers intensive, psychologically informed care.
What We Offer: Chance to shape a new service Supportive MDT Training, supervision and development. A culture of collaboration, innovation and high quality care
Main duties of the job
The Parent Peer Support Practitioner will work as part of the day unit Provision, providing peer based support to parents and carers of young people receiving care within the service.
Key responsibilities include assessing carers needs in collaboration with the MDT; offering emotional and practical support to reduce carer stress and burnout; facilitating psychoeducational and therapeutic groups; and supporting parents and carers to engage confidently in their child's treatment and develop their own coping strategies.
The role involves championing the principle of parents as partners, strengthening communication between families and the clinical team, and supporting the development of compassionate, inclusive pathways for families.
The post holder will contribute to multidisciplinary meetings, maintain accurate records, and work collaboratively with internal and external services to ensure families are well supported. You will participate in supervision, training and service development activities, and uphold clinical governance, safeguarding and confidentiality standards in line with Trust policies.
The role requires flexibility and may include working in community, outpatient and home settings.
An Enhanced DBS check is required.
The service will operate 7 days per week, from 8:30am to 6pm and it is anticipated there is a level of flexibility from applicants across those days to meet the needs of parents/ carers within the service.
About us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Details
Date posted
18 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
005792
Job locations
Beacon Unit,
Glenfield Hospital Groby Road
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE3 9EJ
Employer details
Employer name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Beacon Unit,
Glenfield Hospital Groby Road
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE3 9EJ
Employer's website
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