Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner - Weston-Super-Mare

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health organization is seeking a Band 6 CAMHS clinician for the Urgent Care and Assessment Team in North Somerset. The role involves urgent assessments and crisis interventions for youth under 18, emphasizing collaboration across health, education, and social care. Candidates should possess relevant professional registrations and a passion for child-focused care. Shift work will be required covering all days of the week.

Qualifications

• Ideal candidates should have experience working collaboratively across health, education, and social care.
• Must hold suitable professional registration in relevant fields.

Responsibilities

• Provide urgent assessment and brief crisis intervention to under 18s.
• Work in a shift pattern covering Mon - Sun from 09:00 to 22:00.

Skills

Experience in assessment and management of complex risks

Working collaboratively across health, education and social care

Passionate and child-focused approach

Education

Professional registration in mental health, learning disability nursing, social work, or occupational therapy

Job description

Job overview

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 09:00 - 22.00