Shape your future as well as theirs.
A career in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services means you can change a life every single day. You’ll work in a flexible and supportive environment with ongoing training and learning opportunities to progress your career. It’s time to shape your future as well as theirs.
Learning more, together
Still at school? What you learn now could be crucial for a child or young person with mental health problems. Take a look at the different career pathways and roles available across Greater Manchester. Your careers adviser can help you choose the right GCSEs and options for what to study next. You may want to consider apprenticeships, cadet schemes, T levels or assistant roles. Working in CAMHS promises a bright future where you’ll never be bored.
Growing stronger, together
Already at college? You’re even closer to a career that promises more. If you know your predicted grades check the entry requirements for different mental health roles. You can see which universities offer degree courses in your chosen field or look out for apprenticeships and assistant roles. Have a look through the different career pathways and roles, speak to mental health professionals, visit health careers events, or take part in work experience or volunteering to get an idea of what’s involved. There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing a child in your care grow with you.
Explore career pathways
Have a look through the different career pathways below and read about the roles available in CAMHS across Greater Manchester.
Consider the qualifications that you have or are working towards to see which roles might be open to you based on the requirements.
Read the bespoke Q&As prepared with experienced practitioners in each role to understand more about whether you might be suited to it.
Promoting excellence in psychological health and wellbeing
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As the largest provider of CAMHS in Greater Manchester, Pennine Care provides a wide range of community and inpatient services to support children and young people and their families living in Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
One of the largest acute trusts in the UK working together to improve health and quality of life for people in Manchester and Trafford.
Inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living across Greater Manchester, the North West of England and beyond.
