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CYP Mental Health Practitioner SPA (Single Point of Access)

Salary: £39,959 per year

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Swindon

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 16th of June 2026

Please quote job reference: ABL 806g

Role Purpose:

The SPA Practitioner will play a pivotal role in delivering responsive, person-centred care to children, young people and families across Swindon. Working within a Single Point of Access model, this role will provide meaningful telephone consultations to all appropriate referrals, ensuring each contact receives timely, relevant guidance or signposting to local mental health and wellbeing services.

This role requires individuals who can assess presenting needs, hold supportive conversations, and direct children, young people and families to the most appropriate pathways within BE U or services across the local landscape. Working closely with other professionals in education, health and community services, the SPA Practitioner will ensure a smooth and informed journey for families navigating emotional wellbeing support.

This role will require excellent risk assessment and management skills in relation to positive risk taking and decision making to enable safe and effective responses to CYP and their families. We are seeking applicants who thrive in a busy environment, who stay calm under pressure, and excel at coordination and adapting to change.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The successful candidate will work closely with families to provide guidance, education, and support in managing children and young people s (CYP) mental health needs. The role involves triaging and screening referrals, making informed clinical and pathway decisions, and carrying out assessments and safety calls with CYP and their families. You will hold a small active caseload, offering tailored support and providing practical resources to parents and caregivers. Working collaboratively with schools, healthcare professionals, social services, and community organisations, you will help ensure a coordinated and holistic approach to care. Responsibilities also include monitoring access and outcomes, particularly for marginalised or vulnerable groups, responding to safeguarding concerns with appropriate interventions, and contributing to service improvement. You will stay up to date with developments in child and adolescent mental health through ongoing training, participate in supervision and peer support, and engage with local communities to raise awareness of available services. The role also requires participation in an on-call rota, including evenings and weekends, and a flexible approach to support the evolving needs and priorities of the service.

Skills & Competencies required:

• Experience in delivering phone-based assessments or support within a health, education or social care context.
• Experience of managing own case load delivering evidence based/CBT informed interventions.
• Knowledge of emotional wellbeing needs in children and young people.
• Strong understanding of the local support landscape or willingness to rapidly develop this knowledge.
• Ability to listen actively and communicate effectively, showing empathy and cultural sensitivity.
• Ability to assess levels of need, manage risk, and provide appropriate signposting or escalation.
• Strong documentation and record-keeping skills, ensuring accurate, evidence-based case notes.
• Proficiency with digital systems, including client management systems and Microsoft Office.
• Cultural competency and sensitivity to the diverse needs of the community.
• Confidence to work independently while contributing to a wider multi-disciplinary team.

Employee Benefits:

• Birthday Day off
• Flexible Annual Leave scheme
• Employee Referral scheme
• 37.5 hours working week
• Flu jabs
• Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• Leadership and staff away days
• Training and Development

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for A better Life, please click apply to view the full job description and responsibilities, and to complete your application on their website.

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£52,000 per annum + up to 40% bonus

40 hours per week, including some weekends, occasional nights and share of the on-call support line.

Introduction

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The Role

• Lead the nursing team and be responsible for delivering individual care plans click apply for full job details

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Location: Bristol / South West Region

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary: 45,000 per year

We are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced and proactive Clinical Lead to support the delivery and development of high-quality, person-centred care across specialist services.

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinically skilled and values-driven Clinical Lead to play a key role in shaping clinical standards, supporting staff development, and strengthening governance and compliance across the organisation. The Clinical Lead will work closely with operational leaders and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective, and evidence-based care delivery across services supporting individuals with complex needs.

This role is ideal for a confident clinician who enjoys balancing strategic oversight with hands-on clinical leadership and is passionate about improving outcomes for the people they support.

About the Role

As a Clinical Lead, you will oversee and support the clinical aspects of care delivery across specialist services, ensuring high standards of clinical practice, governance, and person-centred support are maintained at all times.

The Clinical Lead will be responsible for assessing new service users, supporting care planning and risk management processes, delivering clinical supervision, and guiding staff teams to ensure safe and effective practice.

You will also contribute to service development, audits, training delivery, recruitment processes, and continuous improvement initiatives, while supporting compliance with CQC regulations, safeguarding standards, and organisational policies.

This is a varied and dynamic role requiring strong clinical expertise, leadership skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across multiple services and teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and oversight across specialist services
• Complete clinical assessments, care planning, and risk assessments for new and existing service users
• Support and guide staff teams to ensure safe, evidence-based, and person-centred care delivery
• Deliver clinical supervision, coaching, and ongoing support to staff
• Develop and deliver tailored clinical training programmes across the organisation
• Support recruitment, induction, and staff development processes
• Contribute to clinical governance, audits, compliance monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure services operate in line with CQC standards, safeguarding requirements, and best practice guidance
• Work collaboratively with Registered Managers, multidisciplinary teams, families, and external professionals
• Participate in on-call duties and provide clinical support during incidents or escalations where required
• Promote a culture of learning, reflective practice, and high-quality care across services

About You

• Qualified Nurse or Clinical Psychologist with active professional registration
• Postgraduate qualification and/or significant continuing professional development within a relevant clinical field desirable
• Previous experience within a Clinical Lead, senior clinician, or clinical governance role
• Strong experience in clinical assessment, care planning, and risk management
• Experience providing clinical supervision and supporting staff development
• Confident delivering training and facilitating learning across different formats
• Strong understanding of CQC regulations, safeguarding, and clinical governance frameworks
• Excellent communication, leadership, organisational, and audit skills
• Ability to work both strategically and operationally across multiple services
• Positive, proactive, and solution-focused approach

Benefits:

• Attractive and competitive salary package
• Paid sick leave
• Company-contributed pension scheme
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing programme
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• Positive, supportive, and team-oriented work culture

At Olive Recruit, we are committed to fostering a workplace culture that embraces diversity and promotes inclusivity. Our core values, Integrity, Impact, Inclusivity, and Innovation, guide our efforts to create an environment where every employee feels valued, respected, and empowered to excel.

As a recruitment agency, we prioritise sourcing and placing diverse candidates with our clients, recognising that diverse perspectives are essential for business success and inclusive work environments.

We take great pride in celebrating the unique backgrounds and experiences of our team members and candidates. By embracing these different perspectives, we not only create a great place to work but also better serve our clients. Your individuality is what makes our team strong.

Join us in championing our values and building a workplace where everyone can thrive.

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The successful applicant will undergo a free enhanced disclosure from the disclosure barring service & other compliance checks required.

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Romford Care Centre are looking for a Lifestyle-Activity lead to join their friendly team to enhance the lived experience of our residents.

The role is leading a lifestyle lead, to ensure meaningful, enjoyable, engaging and stimulating activities are planned, organised,

promoted and implemented in the home for all residents in line with principles, policies,

procedures and best practice guidelines for relationship centered care, clinical care and

dementia care.

The Lifestyle lead will motivate, inspire and mobilise team members in the home to be

involved and engaged in the provision of stimulating activities within the resident s

environment.

They will spend 80% of their time delivering vibrant activities to all the residents across all the units in the home

To plan organise, promote and implement a meaningful, enjoyable, engaging and stimulating activities programme, based on relationship centred care principals

Motivate, inspire and mobilise other care team members within the home

Deliver 80% of their working time on vibrant and meaningful activities across all units of the home with targeted programmes that meet the needs of the resident groups such as those who live in residential communities, those living with dementia and those who are bed bound and are not able to easily participate in the home programme.

Lead on the design, development and implementation of the home newsletter that reports on the home s events and activities of interest

Ensure records relating to activities are accurate and up to date

Qualifications/Education

NVQ HSC level 3 or QCF HSC award 3 (not essential)

Experience

Proven track record of organising, coordinating, motivating other

Experience of organising and scheduling programmes of events or activities

Experience of working and/or engaging with older people (both living with and without Dementia).

Experience delivering high quality relationship centered care

Skills/Knowledge

Excellent communication (written and verbal) and clinical skills

Knowledge of and competence in core Microsoft office applications

Passionate and keen to develop new skills

Listening skills

Data management (for record keeping and review)

Ability to organise efficiently and prioritise workloads whilst under pressure

Personal Qualities

Reliable, flexible, adaptable, punctual

Will and able to work outside the standard work hours

Approachable and friendly

Positive in outlook and manner

Self-motivated

Able to promote a professional image for the company at all times