Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner - CAMHS (UCAT), Weston-Super-Mare

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in North Somerset seeks a Band 6 CAMHS clinician to join their Urgent Care and Assessment Team. The role involves providing urgent assessments and brief crisis interventions to under-18s. Ideal candidates will have relevant professional registration and experience in collaborative settings. This position requires shift work from Monday to Sunday, 9 AM to 10 PM.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist.
• Ability to provide urgent assessment and brief crisis intervention.
• Experience working with under-18s.

Responsibilities

• Join the Urgent Care and Assessment Team in North Somerset.
• Provide urgent assessment and intervention to under 18s.
• Work shifts covering Mon - Sun from 9 - 22.00.

Skills

Experience in assessment and management of complex risks

Ability to work collaboratively across health, education and social care settings

Passionate and child-focused approach

Education

Suitable professional registration (Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist)

Job description

We are looking for a Band 6 CAMHS clinician to join our Urgent Care and Assessment Team (UCAT) in North Somerset. This post is open to Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and clinicians who hold suitable professional registration.

If you are unsure whether your registration is applicable please contact us before applying.

UCAT are a growing, specialist team who are co-located with the wider North Somerset CAMHS service and closely linked to the CAMHS Intensive Outreach Team (CIOT), our partners based in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. UCAT provide urgent assessment and brief crisis intervention to under 18s with a North Somerset GP through two primary pathways - Hospital assessment and Intensive Outreach.

We are looking for passionate and child-focused clinicians with experience in assessment and management of complex risks. The ideal candidate will have experience working collaboratively across health, education and social care settings in order to promote the safety of young people on our caseload.

This role will require working shifts which cover Mon - Sun 9 - 22.00