Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner - Weston-Super-Mare

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health care provider in Weston-super-Mare is seeking a Band 6 CAMHS clinician to join their Urgent Care and Assessment Team. The ideal candidate will have professional registration and experience in mental health assessment. Responsibilities include urgent assessments for young people in crisis and collaborating with various agencies. The role offers flexible working hours and the opportunity to make a significant impact on youth mental health.

Qualifications

• Must hold suitable professional registration.
• Experience in mental health assessment and management.
• Preference for candidates with multi-disciplinary collaboration experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide urgent mental health assessment and brief intervention to young people.
• Deliver hospital-based assessments and follow-ups.
• Identify and support at-risk young people through outreach.

Skills

Assessment and management of complex risks

Collaboration across health, education, and social care

Use of therapeutic approaches (DBT, systemic family therapy, NVR)

Education

Professional registration as a Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist

Job description

Position

We are looking for a Band 6 CAMHS clinician to join our Urgent Care and Assessment Team (UCAT) in North Somerset. The 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.

About UCAT

UCAT is a growing specialist team co‑located with the wider North Somerset CAMHS service and closely linked to the CAMHS Intensive Outreach Team (CIOT), our partners in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. UCAT delivers urgent assessment and brief crisis intervention to under‑18s through two primary pathways – Hospital assessment and Intensive Outreach – working with GP referrals and A&E presentations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide urgent mental health assessment and brief intervention to young people who present to A&E in crisis.
• Deliver hospital‑based assessments within BNSSG and urgent follow‑ups to young people presenting to hospitals outside the area.
• Identify and support young people at risk of requiring in‑patient admission through intensive outreach work.
• Utilise therapeutic approaches such as DBT, systemic family therapy, and NVR to engage, assess, and offer brief intervention.
• Escalate safeguarding concerns and collaborate with young people, families, and external agencies to promote the safety of young people.
• Offer short‑term mental health assessment and intervention in settings such as home visits, schools/colleges, community and clinic rooms.
• Maintain positive working relations with external agencies to support transitions between services, including AMHS and appropriate non‑NHS services.

Registration and Experience

Applicants must hold suitable professional registration and have experience in assessment and management of complex risks. Preference will be given to candidates with experience working collaboratively across health, education and social care settings.

Working Hours

This role covers shifts from Monday to Sunday, 09:00 to 22:00.

About AWP

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 staff delivering inpatient and community‑based mental health care across Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire and parts of Dorset. We champion a person‑centred approach to support patients and staff alike.

Equal Opportunity Employment

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.