Duty/PMHW Worker

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for mental health practitioner within the  PMHW/Duty , CAHMS to join a well established, dedicated and friendly teams across Bradford, Aire Wharfe Craven CAHMS.

There will be one full time Band 6 post within Duty/PMHW CAHMS and one full time post Band 6 within PMHW/Duty Team.

If you would like more information about these roles, please contact Team Manager  Sadia Ashiq as follows

Sadia Ashiq , sadia.ashiq@bdct.nhs.uk

Closing Date: 23.11.2026

Shortlisting: 24.11.2026

Interviews: 1.12.2026

Main duties of the job

• The role involves developing and providing mental health services to children and young people, including assessment, planning, and delivering short-term care packages. ​
• The worker will operate within a multidisciplinary team, offering specialist support, consultation, and training to staff and other agencies. ​
• Responsibilities include conducting comprehensive assessments, implementing care plans, maintaining therapeutic relationships, and ensuring the safety of children at risk. ​
• The position requires effective communication with children, families, and professionals, adapting approaches based on individual needs and circumstances.
• The worker will also contribute to policy formulation, service improvement, and performance monitoring, while promoting user involvement in care planning.

Working for our organisation

• Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
• We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
• We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
• We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

• Increase mileage rates for > 3500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.
• We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.