Senior Practitioner - CAMHS Learning Disabilities

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Hereford; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider is seeking a Senior Practitioner for its CAMHS Learning Disability team. This role focuses on delivering assessments and therapeutic interventions for children and young people with learning disabilities. Candidates should have extensive experience in mental health and possess a postgraduate qualification relevant to the field. The position offers competitive pay, flexible working opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Maternity and paternity support

Qualifications

• Extensive post-registration experience with children and young people with learning disabilities.
• Experience in assessment and therapeutic interventions.
• Strong understanding of risk assessment and management.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist input for young people with learning disabilities and mental health needs.
• Liaise with families and other professionals to meet young people's needs.
• Document care plans and ensure regular review.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Organizational skills

Education

Postgraduate qualification in child and adolescent mental health

Job description

Senior Practitioner - CAMHS Learning Disabilities

The closing date is 28 September 2025

Are you an experienced and motivated mental health practitioner? Are you passionate about improving mental health services for children and young people with learning disabilities? Are you looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to contribute to a developing service?

Then we want to meet you!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior practitioner to join our CAMHS Learning Disability team in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The successful applicant will deliver assessments and therapeutic interventions across both Worcestershire and Herefordshire, working both in the community and from bases.

No two days will be the same, so flexibility, problem solving skills and a desire to make a difference are all vital for this role.

You will receive regular clinical and line management supervision to the CAMHS LD Team and be offered continuing professional development and training throughout your career. Flexible and hybrid working is also available.

This is full time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part time.

Main duties of the job

• You will provide specialist input for young people with intellectual/learning disabilities and mental health needs. This will include assessment of needs and risk, implementation and evaluation of care with the YP, the carer, MDT and other agencies
• You will hold a defined caseload and ensure effective liaison and consultation with them, their families and carers, GPs and other services about support, management, possible risks and contingency strategies.
• You will liaise with, advise, and support all other professionals/agencies working with the young person and family members to meet the needs of those young people. This will include attending clinical meetings, MDT meetings, high risk complex case meetings, and other meetings as appropriate.
• You will ensure that all young people have documented care plans which are reviewed and evaluated on a regular basis
• You will mentor allocated RMN/RNLD student practitioners.
• You will undertake regular supervision of own case load with the team lead.

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

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Job responsibilities

As a practitioner with extensive post-registration experience working with children and young people with learning disabilities and behavioural/mental health needs that challenges services, you will assess and deliver therapeutic interventions to your defined caseload of young people.

You will provide consultation to other agencies around learning disability issues

You will have a strong skillset in assessment and management of risk

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

Person Specification

Experience

• Extensive post-registration experience working with children and young people with learning disabilities and behavioural/mental health needs that challenge services
• Experience of assessment and delivery of therapeutic interventions with young people with learning disabilities and their families
• Provision of consultation to other agencies around learning disability issues
• Assessment and management of risk
• Provision of clinical supervision to other staff
• Analysing data and outcome measures
• Work across a range of settings and with a range of agencies
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• Appropriate and adaptable verbal and written communication
• Good time management and organisational skills

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification relevant to child and adolescent mental health and learning disabilities or relevant further training
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
• Specific training in areas such as Solihull Approach, Sensory Processing/integration, Positive Behavioural Support

Additional Criteria

• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

Knowledge

• Good working knowledge of behavioural/mental health issues in LD CAMHS work
• Knowledge of approaches to assessment and intervention with young people with learning disabilities and their families
• Good knowledge of safeguarding issues
• Knowledge in associated areas such as Attachment, Sensory needs, Autism Spectrum Conditions, Parental adjustment
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act

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.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata for part time