CAMHS Senior Practitioner

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading health and care trust as a CAMHS Senior Practitioner. This full-time role involves providing urgent mental health support to children and young people in crisis, working flexibly within a supportive team environment. Ideal candidates will have a professional clinical qualification and experience in mental health care. Enjoy generous leave, pension benefits, and a commitment to work-life balance.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Wide range of supportive staff networks

Qualifications

• Extensive post registration experience in mental health care.
• Use of therapeutic interventions within mental health settings.

Responsibilities

• Providing rapid assessments and interventions to young people in crisis.
• Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams including psychiatrists and psychologists.
• Completing comprehensive risk assessments.

Skills

Communication

Computer literacy

Education

Professional clinical qualification RMN / OT / Social Worker

Post graduate diploma level training

Job description

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Job Summary

This is a full time, permanent post.

Are you passionate about supporting young people through their most challenging times? Do you thrive in fast-paced, compassionate environments where every day brings new opportunities? If so, we want you to join our fantastic team.

Were looking for dynamic, skilled, and empathetic allied health professionals to join our Crisis and Home Treatment Team within CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) in Hereford as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner. This is a unique opportunity to play a vital role in delivering urgent mental health support to children, young people, and their familiesright when they need it most, and often in the comfort of their own home.

The team adopt a trauma informed holistic approach to the young people of Hereford and have a supportive, learning culture meaning this is a great place to work.

The service runs 7 days a week 8am-8pm shifts, flexible working is encouraged.

Any questions please reach out to Aly Irving.

Main duties of the job

• You will be providing rapid, responsive assessments and interventions to young people in mental health crisis.
• Delivering short-term, intensive support at home
• Engaging with parents/carers
• Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, therapists, and social workers.
• Completing comprehensive risk assessments
• Engaging in weekly MDT meetings
• Participating in clinical, safeguarding and reflective supervision.
• Administrative
• Contemporaneous clinical record keeping.
• Work alongside clinical leads and operational leads
  
  

About Us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
  
  

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.

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Date posted

25 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9798-1355

Job locations

Benet Building

Ruckhall Lane, Belmont

Hereford

HR2 9RP

Job Description

Job responsibilities

• Operate as part of a multidisciplinary team providing Crisis Intervention and Intensive Home Treatment to CYP countywide.
• Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to CYP.
• Proactively engage in formal and informal education of Acute Trust staff and other partnership agencies, families and children and young people.
• Actively and creatively engage CYP and carers encouraging them to make appropriate use of the mental health, social care and voluntary services available as part of a process of recovery and crisis management.
• Undertake full psychosocial assessments with those in need of such. Ensuring thorough, precise and timely documentation and dissemination of information in line with Trust policy and procedure.
• Undertake a supervisory role to junior staff in line with trust policy and procedure.
• Undertake acute risk assessment and safety planning for extremely vulnerable client groups during times of crisis.
• Deliver High quality, evidence based care to a defined team caseload
  
  

For full detail of the duties and criteria for the role, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

• Operate as part of a multidisciplinary team providing Crisis Intervention and Intensive Home Treatment to CYP countywide.
• Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to CYP.
• Proactively engage in formal and informal education of Acute Trust staff and other partnership agencies, families and children and young people.
• Actively and creatively engage CYP and carers encouraging them to make appropriate use of the mental health, social care and voluntary services available as part of a process of recovery and crisis management.
• Undertake full psychosocial assessments with those in need of such. Ensuring thorough, precise and timely documentation and dissemination of information in line with Trust policy and procedure.
• Undertake a supervisory role to junior staff in line with trust policy and procedure.
• Undertake acute risk assessment and safety planning for extremely vulnerable client groups during times of crisis.
• Deliver High quality, evidence based care to a defined team caseload
  
  

For full detail of the duties and criteria for the role, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional clinical qualification RMN / OT / Social Worker etc.
• Evidence of post registered clinical qualifications/training or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of training to a minimum of post graduate diploma level
• Current registration with relevant professional body
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
  
  

Desirable

• Evidence of on-going continuing professional development
• Evidence of providing a supervisor role
  
  

Essential

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
• Computer literacy.
• Ability to travel to patients at the needs of the service across a wide geographical area in a timely manner
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post registration experience in mental health care including mental health assessment and risk assessment
• Use of therapeutic interventions within mental health settings i.e. 1:1, counselling, family therapy and group work
• Delivering teaching / training
• Providing consultation
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of working in a CYP service or Crisis & Home Treatment service
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Extensive post registration experience in mental health care including mental health assessment and risk assessment
• Use of therapeutic interventions within mental health settings i.e. 1:1, counselling, family therapy and group work
• Delivering teaching / training
• Providing consultation
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of working in a CYP service or Crisis & Home Treatment service
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Benet Building

Ruckhall Lane, Belmont

Hereford

HR2 9RP

Employer's website

https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Benet Building

Ruckhall Lane, Belmont

Hereford

HR2 9RP

Employer's website

https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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