Senior CAMHS Practitioner

NHS; Truro; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Truro is seeking a Senior CAMHS Practitioner to deliver mental health services to children and adolescents. The ideal candidate must possess current professional registration and hold qualifications in child mental health. Key responsibilities include conducting assessments, maintaining caseloads, and providing consultations. This role emphasizes teamwork and dedication to improving the mental health of young people and their families. The position is currently open only to employees within the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.

Benefits

Bespoke training package

Career progression opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Current professional registration with a relevant body.
• Post qualification training in child mental health.
• Experience in a multi-agency mental health setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide full assessments and evidence-based interventions.
• Maintain an individual caseload from referral to discharge.
• Liaise and consult with colleagues and other agencies.

Skills

Ability to work under pressure

Teamwork

Passion for working with young people

Education

Current professional registration - NMC, HCPC, AHP, SW, BABCP

Post Qualification in Child & Adolescent Mental Health

Evidence of professional updating

Job description

Go back Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Senior CAMHS Practitioner

The closing date is 29 December 2025

Join us in transforming Child and Adolescent Mental Health services across the South West.

We appreciate we are striving for cutting edge assessment and treatment within a highly emotive and distressing environment. We are therefore looking for individuals that are good under pressure; place high worth in team based working and with an unrelenting passion and dedication for working with young people and their families.

It is our intention to embed reflective practice, continual learning and clinical supervision into the essence of the service. We hope to offer a bespoke and rolling training package to all staff and would like to invest in our team member's sense of mastery. We assure to be mindful of fostering career progression opportunities moving forward. We are especially interested in utilising new employee's specialist expertise and interests.

Apply now or contact one of our Team Managers for an informal chat or visit.

We encourage trainees and newly qualified candidates to apply for this role.

We would be particularly interested in applications from Allied Health Professionals and Social Workers for this vacancy, but welcome applications from all registered mental health professionals.

Main duties of the job

As a CAMHS Practitioner you will be responsible for providing full assessments, formulation and evidence based interventions to children, young people and their families, who are experiencing mentalhealth difficulties. You will be responsible for maintaining an individual caseload, from referral to discharge, conducting routine and high priority assessments and interventions as appropriate and exercising autonomy. You will be liaising and providing advice, information and consultation to colleagues and other agencies as well as undertaking service governance activity, including research and audit as appropriate.

Successful candidates will provide regular and ongoing consultation, joint work, training and advice to other professionals in relation to child and adolescent mental health to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Job responsibilities

This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:

• Cornwall Foundation Trust
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board

If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

Person Specification

Education and Training

• Current professional registration - NMC, HCPC, AHP, SW, BABCP
• Post Qualification in Child & Adolescent Mental Health or evidence-based intervention.
• Evidence of professional updating

Experience

• Experience of working within a mental health setting
• Experience of working with children and adolescents with complex mental health needs in a child focussed multi-agency setting.

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.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Carrick/Mid CAMHS