CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner

Integrated Care System; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner position is available within Children and Young People's Mental Health Services. The practitioner will be integral in delivering crisis support and intensive home treatment. Ideal for motivated individuals aimed at improving youth mental health through evidence-based interventions in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Protected CPD time

Funding for qualifications

Leadership programs

Qualifications

• Experience in working with children and young people in mental health settings.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multi-agency team.
• Understanding of trauma-informed care principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide crisis support and treatment to young people experiencing mental health crises.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments and formulate care plans.
• Support families and educate about mental health.

Skills

Crisis Management

Psychosocial Assessment

Communication

Education

Relevant mental health qualification

Job description

37.5 hours per week Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner

Are you looking for a new challenge and rewarding career in Children and Young People's Mental Health Services within an evolving team? CAMHS Crisis and Home Treatment Pathway are looking for resilient, innovative, and motivated individuals who are passionate about improving the lives and mental health of our young people.

Our pathway provides crisis support and intensive home treatment to young people experiencing mental health crisis and emotional distress. The service can be fast-paced, and the ideal applicant will be extremely organized and self-motivated to provide high-quality assessment and formulation for young people within the service. We provide evidence-based assessments and interventions for young people, keeping with the principles of the iTHRIVE model. The team adopts a creative, trauma-informed, and proactive approach in engaging young people and their families. The individual will be able to work independently but also collaborate well within a team.

Working hours will cover a 7-day a week service including bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

• Crisis Community: To respond to CYP presenting in crisis within the community that have been referred in. Clinicians will complete psychosocial assessments, risk management, and signposting.
• Home Treatment: The team offers CYP an intensive community approach to avoid hospital admission and provides step-down support after discharge from a mental health inpatient unit.

Please refer to the relevant job description attached to this job application/ vacancy for further information.

Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information regarding eligibility.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are received. We recommend submitting your application at the earliest opportunity.

All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7-day service.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

Guided by values of kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration, we focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Our work centers on individual needs to help people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritize staff development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organization.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all community sections, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions, and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job responsibilities

• To improve children and young people's mental health through delivering an integrated, coordinated system of community-based mental health care, providing safe, culturally competent, effective, cost-efficient, timely, and accessible services responsive to local needs and views.
• Support delivery of consultation, liaison, and training to staff in universal/targeted/specialist services. Provide clinical input, ensuring practice aligns with evidence-based standards within a multi-agency locality-based team offering assessment and treatment interventions per NICE Guidelines.
• Contribute to a positive working environment supporting high morale, personal development, and continuous improvement.
• Work with children, young people, families, and professionals to reduce stigma and promote positive messages about mental health.
• Develop skills to provide autonomous, culturally competent assessments, formulate care plans, and communicate effectively with referrers, GPs, and relevant parties, with young people's consent where appropriate.