Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Banbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner. The role involves supporting children and young people with mental health difficulties and offers flexible part-time hours. Responsibilities include delivering assessments, collaborating on care plans, and managing a clinical caseload. Candidates should have relevant experience, including the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team. The position also provides excellent career progression and benefits such as annual leave and training opportunities.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

Access to tailored learning and development

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discount at various retailers

Competitive pension scheme

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people with mental health difficulties.
• Ability to deliver generic mental health assessments and risk assessments.
• Experience in developing holistic care plans.

Responsibilities

• Deliver mental health assessments and risk assessments for children and young people.
• Collaborate with families and agencies to develop evidence-based care plans.
• Manage a clinical caseload providing evidence-based therapies.

Skills

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Social Worker

Occupational Therapist

CBT informed approaches

DBT informed approaches

Job description

We're looking for you to join our team as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner - you might be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist and have a range of experience. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team supporting children and young people with mental health difficulties, alongside Family Therapists, Psychologists, Psychotherapists and Psychiatrists. We will provide supervision and training tailored to your clinical needs. This part‑time post (22.5 hours a week) offers flexibility in working days. We deliver services from several North Locality bases, including Witney, Banbury, Bicester and Oxford, and will supply all necessary equipment. We value teamwork, supporting one another, and celebrating our successes in helping children and young people. You will have opportunities to develop your clinical skills through mandatory and ongoing training, including CBT/DBT‑informed approaches. CAMHS specialist teams also provide regular in‑house sessions. The CAMHS North Getting More Help Team serves the communities of Witney, Bicester, Banbury and parts of Oxford, operating Monday‑Friday, 9am‑5pm.

Responsibilities

Our North team is a supportive team: we know that delivering the best care means we need to make sure we are looking after you, so we focus on clinicians' wellbeing. We understand that working in CAMHS can be challenging and therefore strive to ensure that clinicians are well supported. Team managers work alongside clinicians to ensure that individual job plans are created to support clinicians in managing capacity of caseloads.

• Deliver generic mental health assessments and risk assessments for children and young people (CYP) open to the Getting More Help Team.
• Work collaboratively with CYP families/other agencies to develop holistic plans of care which are evidence based
• Hold a clinical caseload which consists of providing evidence based therapies and working with other professionals to meet the needs of children and young people with mental health needs.

We have a duty rota which we'll need you to partake in: this involves the clinician to respond and support plans for children and young people who are waiting for our service.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team