Mental Health Practitioner
20 hours ago
Salary £ 26000
Bradford
**Vacancy listed** 21/07/2025
**Application deadline** 15/08/2025
**Details**
**MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER (BRADFORD)**
***Full Time - 35 hours per week | £26,000 per annum | Fixed-Term Contract ending 31st March 2027**
Are you looking for a rewarding role supporting children and young people to thrive? We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Youth Mental Health Practitioner to join our team, working across the Bradford District.
The successful practitioner must be well organised and flexible with a commitment to providing effective therapeutic support to children, young people and their families - empowering them to make a difference in their lives, underpinned by Brathay’s core values.
As one of our Mental Health Practitioners, you'll be responsible for providing emotional health and wellbeing support in locations across Bradford, conducting clinical assessments and
signposting to specialist support services.
- To excel in this role, you’ll have:
**Education and Qualifications**:
**Essential**:
- Level 4 diploma in Counselling and current registration with BACP
- A postgraduate, professional qualification or significant experience as a children’s workforce practitioner (e.g. qualified teacher, youth worker, social worker, occupational therapist, healthcare practitioner or counsellor
- A current and clean driving licence, for vehicle insurance purposes; you should be at least 21 years of age and have held a full, driving licence for at least one year
- A Safeguarding Level 2 certification
**Desirable**:
- Level 5 diploma in Counselling
- Safeguarding Level 3 (or willingness to undertake)
**Skills and Experience**:
**Essential**:
- Substantial experience of working with children and young people who have mental health needs and vulnerabilities in a variety of contexts
- At least 2 years experience of managing a defined caseload using specialist knowledge and clinical reasoning to undertake assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of interventions for children and young people liaising with families, and referring agencies as appropriate
- At least 2 years experience of providing therapeutic interventions one to one or group work as appropriate
- Proven ability and experience of acting as an advocate to facilitate the views and choices expressed by children, young people, families, groups and communities
**Benefits**
JOIN OUR TEAM
At Brathay, we know everyone has the capacity to do extraordinary things that can inspire and benefit others. This could be you too
- Health Cash Plan
- 30 days paid annual holiday entitlement (plus bank holidays)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life assurance
- Refer a friend scheme
- Long service award
- One free staff nights accommodation (Ambleside) per year (transferable to family or friends)
**Notes**
Safeguarding & Safer Recruitment:
Roles which include a regulated activity are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all
convictions, cautions, reprimands, final warnings, or bind overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’, should be declared unless otherwise “protected” from disclosure under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013).
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