Core CAMHS Specialist Practitioner

NHS; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Gloucester seeks an experienced clinician to lead their Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) teams. The role involves providing clinical leadership, conducting assessments, and delivering evidence-based treatments tailored for children and adolescents experiencing mental health challenges. Candidates should possess professional health qualifications and relevant experience in similar roles. The position is full-time, offering a salary between £47,810 and £54,710 per year, with opportunities for professional development and a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in evidence-based clinical interventions.
• Registered with a professional body (NMC, HCPC, etc.).
• Formal qualifications in CAMHS or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership within the CAMHS team.
• Conduct assessments and treatment for children and families.
• Supervise and support CAMHS staff.

Skills

Clinical assessment and formulation

Evidence-based clinical interventions

Experience with children and young people

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical supervision skills

Education

Professional Health or Social Care qualification

Current registration with a professional body

Formal post-graduate learning in CAMHS

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an experienced clinician to join our Core Child and Adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) teams. You should be able to demonstrate the skills to work with children, young people and their families who may present with various mental health difficulties such as anxiety, emotional dysregulation and low mood. We pride ourselves on working within a strong multi-disciplinary team, which is made up of supportive and experienced clinicians. In our team you will have the opportunity to assess children, young people and families and you will be expected to demonstrate experience in providing evidence based treatments and or interventions within your profession applicable to supporting mental health needs of young people.

Key responsibilities

• Providing clinical leadership within the team
• Provide a range of CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people as well as their families/ carers who present with emotional and mental health difficulties
• Providing Care Coordinator responsibilities for a caseload of children and young people. There will be a specific focus upon providing clinical assessment, formulation and treatment, including Self Harm assessments where the Voice of the Child is embedded within personalised care planning
• Providing clinical supervision to CAMHS staff
• Demonstrating a commitment to ensuring routine outcome measures are embedded within practice to demonstrate clinical based improvements for children, young people and parents/carers

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people\'s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust. Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust\'s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

• Date posted: 22 January 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 per year (pro rata)
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 327-26-049
• Job locations: Acorn House, Horton Road, Gloucester, GL1 3PX

Job responsibilities

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Health or Social Care qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT, MHSW, Counsellor
• Current registration with a regulated professional body/organisation: NMC, HCPC, BPS, ACP, BACP
• Evidence of formal post-graduate learning within a relevant CAMHS field or skill

Desirable

• Profession specific additional qualifications (e.g. LD, nurse prescriber, DBT, CBT, AMHP, family therapy or systemic practice)
• Evidence of formal post-graduate learning within a relevant CAMHS field or skill
• Clinical supervisor qualification/training/accreditation

Essential qualifications (additional)

• Clinical supervisor qualification/training
• Demonstrate extensive experience and expertise in delivering evidence-based/best-practice clinical interventions within CAMHS or related services and/or adult mental health settings
• Demonstrate extensive experience of providing specialist CAMHS related consultation/training and advice to partner agencies
• Demonstrate clinical expertise and high levels of competency in assessing and managing children and young people with high clinical risk needs, including positive risk management in practice

Disclosure and sponsorship

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required. Applicants may require Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK; for details see the UK Visas and Immigration information. UK registration with a current professional body is required.