Job Description

Job Overview

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Young Peoples Team (YPT) is a specialist mental health team working with young people who present with a moderate to severe mental illness. We are looking to recruit an Adoption Lead - Community Psychiatric Nurse Band 7 to join our team.

This post is 0.8 WTE (30 hours per week).

The successful applicant will have an expert knowledge around adoption and mental health, be able to deliver consultation and formulation at monthly clinics with adoptive parents and local authority professionals, they will act as a central point for all complex mental health referrals who have an adoptive history and be trauma informed in their practise.


The successful applicant will be confident in presenting training packages to large groups and be responsible for ensuring the training packages are up to date and inline with current research. You will have excellent communication skills and be able to work closely with mental health professionals, parents and the local authority. You will have excellent record keeping abilities and demonstrate competency to work with high levels of risk and develop comprehensive care planning. You will be able to demonstrate all of the trust values and have a good knowledge of the trust strategy.


Please note - this post is for an 8 month secondment to the team, please ensure that you have sought discussion with your line manager prior to application. Applicants may also apply for this post as a fixed term contract of 8 months.

Please note that a full UK driving license and access to a car during working hours is required for this role.

Contact Details:

Kayleigh Lord kayleigh.lord@nhs.net

Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

To be the central point for moderate to severe presentations of mental illness within adoptive young people To work closely with the local authority To provide consultation and training To provide comprehensive risk assessment and care planning with excellent record keeping skills To hold a clinical caseload and act as Lead Professional To be confident in leading multi-disciplinary meetings To be a strong presence in team meetings and leading on adoption feedback and training within the team To offer supervision to junior colleagues To be flexible and able to provide care across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland - a driving license and access to a car with relevant insurance is required for this post

For more details, please see the attached and Person Specification.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us


Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.


We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.


Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.


We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.


For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).


All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.


For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.


Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.