Mental Health Practitioner - Camden Young Person's Service
Team
North & East London Young Peoples Services
Location
Camden
No. of Vacancies
1
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours per week
37.5 hours per week
Salary
Starting at £32,034.46 rising incrementally to £35,081.51 per annum
Closing Date
27/07/2026
Ref No
SHP2075
About the role:
Too many young people are left waiting, repeating their story, or trying to navigate mental health systems that were never built with their lives in mind. In this role, you’ll help change that. As Mental Health Practitioner, you’ll help young people in Camden Young Person’s High Support Accommodation Service build trust, understand their options and access the health and mental health support they need to move towards safety, wellbeing and independence.
You’ll hold a focused caseload of young people with higher mental health and wellbeing needs, carrying out screenings, building clear health profiles, supporting referrals and helping young people engage with appointments, treatment and care planning. You’ll work alongside young people at their pace, recognising that confidence, choice and trust are often built through patience, consistency and strong relationships.
You’ll also support colleagues to feel more confident when responding to mental health need, distress, crisis, risk or barriers to engagement. Working closely with CAMHS, adult mental health services, primary care, substance use services and other health partners, you’ll help create a more joined-up response so young people are not passed between systems, but actively supported to access the care they deserve. At SHP, you’ll be part of a learning culture that values development, training and career growth — with space to deepen your practice, share your expertise and keep growing while making a real difference.
About you:
- You understand how trauma, instability, care experience or homelessness can shape a young person’s mental health, trust and engagement with services.
- You know how to build relationships with young people who may feel let down, unheard or unsure about accepting support.
- You can support young people through distress, crisis or difficult choices about their care with calm, compassion and clear boundaries.
- You are confident working with health and mental health partners, including CAMHS, adult mental health, primary care or substance use services.
- You can guide colleagues thoughtfully, record clearly and use learning, feedback and outcomes to strengthen support for young people.
About us:
We’re London’s leading homelessness charity – and we get things done.
Important info:
Closing date: Sunday 26th July at midnight
Interview date: Monday 3rd August in person at a Young Person's Service
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant.
Please note applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. Applications with insufficient/without current right to work or requiring sponsorship will not be accepted or progressed.
Our attractive benefits package includes:
- A salary increase after successfully completing six month's probationary period
- A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
- 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
- A contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
- Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
- Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work
Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed and are IIP Silver accredited.