We are looking for a passionate and motivated CAMHS Participation Facilitator to join our Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs).
This is an exciting opportunity to help ensure that children, young people, and families are at the heart of service design and delivery. You will need to be enthusiastic about co-production, youth engagement, and mental health. You will support meaningful participation activities, enabling young people to shape the services they use and influence real change.
You will provide practical, day-to-day support to CAMHS and Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) to plan and deliver meaningful participation activities — such as running groups, collecting feedback, coordinating young people’s involvement in recruitment, and reviewing patient information and resources. Working closely with clinicians and managers, the Facilitator helps turn ideas about participation into tangible action. Ensuring Children, Young People’s and Families experiences and views enable young people to shape the services they use and influence change.
This is a full-time role, we would welcome 30 hours as a minimum. There will be need to travel to site locations both in the East and West Dorset. Being a driver and having use of a vehicle is essential for this role. Make a Real Difference to Young People’s Voices in Dorset .
As a CAMHS Participation Facilitator, you will:
Work directly with children, young people, and families to co-produce improvements in mental health services
Facilitate participation groups, workshops, and engagement activities
Support young people to influence service design, recruitment, and evaluation
Develop innovative and inclusive ways to gather feedback (e.g. surveys, digital tools, creative sessions)
Help ensure services reflect diverse voices, including those who may be underrepresented
Work closely with clinicians, managers, and partner organisations across Dorset
You will play a key role in helping us evidence “You said, we did” and embedding participation in everything we do.
At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to create healthier lives, empowered citizens and thriving communities.
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
We understand that using AI can be a useful and supportive tool when completing your application. However, we have also seen an increase in the over-reliance of AI tools which is negatively impacting applications as they remove candidate’s individuality, and it becomes much harder to get a sense of who you are and your authentic experience. If you do use AI, it should be used to enhance your application and not to create your supporting statement in its entirety. If we suspect you have used AI to create your supporting statement and this does not match your experience, we may withdraw your application.
As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact
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Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.
