Neurodiversity CAMHS Practitioner - Part-Time (30h)

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Alvington; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Protected CPD time

Training pathways and leadership

Funding for qualifications such as the

Induction and preceptorship programmes

Open learning culture within a team

Job summary

Livewell Southwest CAMHS is offering a 30-hour-a-week Mental Health Practitioner post focused on holistic assessments of children and young people with suspected or diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders. The role requires risk management, multi-agency liaison, and delivery of NICE-guided interventions.

You will hold a complex caseload, provide clinical supervision, and contribute to duty rotas, audits, and safeguarding processes, while maintaining accurate records.

Qualifications

• Degree in health or social care and current professional registration.
• Evidence of continued professional development relevant to the field.
• Experience with neurodiversity and multi-agency working is expected.

Responsibilities

• Carry out holistic assessments of children and young people with suspected or diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders, including evidence for diagnosis where appropriate.
• Hold a complex caseload, assessing and risk managing cases, including priority assessments and multi-agency risk plans.
• Deliver specialist individual, group and consultation interventions in line with NICE guidance.
• Provide clinical lead to non-registered staff for delegated tasks.
• Liaise with schools, social care and other multi-agency partners, attending meetings such as CAF meetings and child protection conferences.
• Make autonomous decisions on treatment and discharge, agreed with children, families and partners, and write summaries and correspondence to GPs.
• Work with families at home, in education and community settings, and at base.
• Contribute to the CAMHS Duty Rota, which operates daily.
• Keep accurate clinical, risk, child protection and activity records on the electronic system.
• Attend clinical supervision (minimum one hour a month), child protection supervision and team meetings.
• Organise own workload under the support of the Clinical Team Manager.
• Contribute to audit, quality and patient safety activity, clinical outcome measures and team protocols.

Skills

Holistic assessment

Risk assessment

Multi-agency collaboration

Clinical leadership

Education

Degree in health or social care

Current professional registration

Continued professional development

Job description

Livewell Southwest CAMHS is offering a 30-hour-a-week Mental Health Practitioner post focused on holistic assessments of children and young people with suspected or diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders. The role requires risk management, multi-agency liaison, and delivery of NICE-guided interventions.

You will hold a complex caseload, provide clinical supervision, and contribute to duty rotas, audits, and safeguarding processes, while maintaining accurate records.