CAMHS Practitioner

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust; Taunton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension contributions

Annual leave

Career progression

Blue Light Card

NHS discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist to join the CAMHS West Community Team in Somerset. The role is full-time or 30 hours per week, with a Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm pattern.

You will deliver comprehensive assessments and evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties.

Qualifications

• Eligible candidates include RMN, social worker or OT.
• Band 6 or Band 5 ASYE available.
• Full-time or 30 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive assessments and evidence‑based interventions.
• Collaborate with families and carers to tailor support.
• Provide care across clinical bases, homes, and community settings.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Holistic care

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

NMC Registration

Job description

We're looking for a dedicated Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist to join our CAMHS West Community Team. This role is available full-time or 30 hours per week, working Monday--Friday, 8:30am--5pm.

Due to ongoing investment in our CAMHS services across Somerset, this is an exciting time to join a developing and supportive team. We welcome both experienced clinicians and newly qualified practitioners, offering roles at Band 6 or a Band 5 Preceptorship/ASYE for those starting their careers.

You will play a key role in delivering comprehensive assessments, evidence‑based interventions, and ongoing evaluation for children and young people presenting with mental health difficulties. Working closely with families and carers, you will provide compassionate, holistic support tailored to individual needs.

The role involves a mix of autonomous and collaborative practice, delivering care in clinical bases, homes, and community settings.

To support your professional development, we offer monthly line management and clinical supervision, regular peer group supervision, and bi‑monthly CPD sessions for all CAMHS clinicians. We also provide access to therapeutic training and clear progression opportunities.

The CAMHS West Team is a multi-disciplinary team comprising of professionals from various disciplines. The team support children and young people under 18 presenting with a broad range of complex difficulties including anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, trauma and those presenting with associated risk. The team have a positive and supportive culture and a strong ethos of working together with a shared passion and operates 9-5, Monday to Friday.

There are opportunities for close working relationships with other CAMHS Teams within Somerset including Forensic CAMHS, Community Eating Disorder Service and the Enhanced Outreach Team.

You will receive clinical and managerial supervision in addition to accessing structured learning and development opportunities including the potential for training in specialist therapies. We also prioritise taking care of our employees! We have annual team away days, compassion circles, access to Employee Assistance Programme including counselling if required.

Benefits

• flexible working
• fantastic pension contributions
• market leading annual leave allowance
• career progression and regular conversations
• Blue Light Card
• NHS exclusive discounts
• annual team away days
• compassion circles
• Employee Assistance Programme including counselling if required

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London. There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!