Registered Mental Health Nurse

The successful candidate will work closely with families to provide guidance, education, and support in managing children and young peoples (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.

Main Duties

And responsibilities

Work closely with families as appropriate to offer guidance, education, and support in managing

their child's mental health challenges.

Triaging/screening referrals, making

clinical decisions and providing assessment and pathway decisions.

Completing assessment and safety calls

to CYP & families.

Hold active small caseload of CYP

Provide resources to parents and caregivers to help them understand and address their

childs mental health

needs effectively.

Collaborate with schools, healthcare providers, social services,

and other community

organisations to coordinate care and ensure a holistic approach to each

child's well-being.

Monitor and contribute to improving local

access metrics for children and young people, particularly those from

marginalised or vulnerable backgrounds.

Respond to identified safeguarding concerns, providing immediate

support and intervention to children and families in need.

Stay current with developments in child and adolescent mental

health, attending training

sessions, workshops, and conferences as needed.

Participate in regular supervision and peer support

meetings to ensure

best practices and continuous professional growth.

Engage with local communities to raise awareness about mental health issues and available support services for children and young

people.

Provide on call support inc Evening & Weekends as part of a rota.

Any other duties appropriate to

role to support the development of the service offer and quality of

care received by CYP.

This job profile is intended as a general guide to the

responsibilities attached to the post and may be altered from time to time, following consultation with the post holder to reflect changing

needs of the service &/or ABLs priorities.

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.

ABL is an exciting fast-paced, growing community health

organisation. As an experienced, CQC registered, provider of community health

services, we are passionate about delivering evidence based, innovative,

effective and relevant health care services in partnership with individuals,

communities and stakeholders.

Experience

Qualifications