The post holder will provide a comprehensive mental health service to children and their families in the Youth Justice Service (YJS) offering mental health assessment, therapeutic intervention, and consultation. They will provide highly specialist mental health assessment and therapy as well as undertaking supervision and consultation to non-clinicians colleagues and to other non-professional carers; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. Liaison with professionals across health, social care, education and youth justice services, and any other relevant community partners is essential. To work in highly flexible ways and on an outreach basis in community environments (which can include, custody suites, youth courts, family homes, schools) subject to the needs of the young person. They will also lead on the Trauma-informed strategy across the service.