Job summary

We are looking for a full time, substantive Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the Bristol South CAMHS team.

We are a service working with children and young people with complex mental health needs. We use the CAPA model of assessment and treatment, which would involve working with a variety of clinical presentations and needs, including: suicidal thoughts, low mood, anxiety, OCD and emerging psychosis, often alongside neurodiversity. We also have a lot of referrals for young people with disordered eating and diagnosed Eating Disorders, and there are opportunities to work within this clinic if this is something you are interested in.

We are looking for a practitioner with a core professional registration, including registered nurses, social workers, psychologists, occupational therapists, family therapists, art therapists and CBT therapists.

South Bristol is an area of significant disparities in health, wealth and access. We are committed to working in a manner which is inclusive and anti-oppressive, and invite applications from staff who share these values.

Main duties of the job

The key elements of the role include, but are not limited to:

Completing assessments of young people with complex emotional and mental health needs.

Completing 1:1 treatment interventions for a variety of clinical presentations, drawing on techniques including: CBT-informed work, DBT-informedwork, systemic work and creative therapies.

Care and safety planning, in partnership with young people, families and carers, and other professionals.

Multi-professional and multi-agency working, including close working with social care, schools, primary care and acute hospital trust's.

Proactively safeguarding young people who may be experiencing abuse or who are at risk of abuse.

Utilising your own clinical supervision, reflective practice and caseload management to work in an evidence-based manner and in a way that is sustainable for your own wellbeing.

See Job Description for full details.

About us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details

Date posted

28 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

342-CAMHS085-1026

Job locations

Knowle Clinic

Broadfield Road, Knowle

Bristol

BS4 2UH

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a specialist assessment, consultation and evidence based treatment service to children, their families or their professional carers, referred to CAMHS.

To manage own caseload from referral to discharge: holding routine and urgent risk cases, working autonomously the majority of time using highly developed specialist expertise.

To always work within Trust/best practice safeguarding guidelines and policy.

To provide reports and maintain written records of assessments, clinical interventions and consultation meetings.

To work to a job plan and participate in Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA) in the delivery of CAMHS services. This will include specialist assessments and evidence based treatment for children, adolescents and their families.

To work with children, young people and their families promoting opportunities for their maximum engagement and involvement in formulation, care planning and evaluation of the service they receive.

To ensure throughput of young people managing and creating regular appointment slots in your work schedule.

To work closely as part of the multi-disciplinary CAMHS team providing leadership in an agreed area.

To liaise closely with our partnership agencies of Education, Social Services and the Voluntary Sector in order to facilitate proper coordination and development of services for children/young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health problems.

To liaise with other disciplines and agencies to ensure the best practice is shared.

To be prepared to travel to other sites and clinics, to schools and to the childs home as required.

To participate in suitable clinical and caseload supervision (as provided) and ensure that time is available to undertake this effectively.

To engage young people and their families with suitable strategies and approaches.

To use IT and technology to maintain affective communication and clinical record keeping.

To work within the guidelines of Clinical Governance and employing AWP Trust policies.

To keep up to date with statutory mandatory training.

See Job Description for full details.

Job description Job responsibilities To provide a specialist assessment, consultation and evidence based treatment service to children, their families or their professional carers, referred to CAMHS. To manage own caseload from referral to discharge: holding routine and urgent risk cases, working autonomously the majority of time using highly developed specialist expertise. To always work within Trust/best practice safeguarding guidelines and policy. To provide reports and maintain written records of assessments, clinical interventions and consultation meetings. To work to a job plan and participate in Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA) in the delivery of CAMHS services. This will include specialist assessments and evidence based treatment for children, adolescents and their families. To work with children, young people and their families promoting opportunities for their maximum engagement and involvement in formulation, care planning and evaluation of the service they receive. To ensure throughput of young people managing and creating regular appointment slots in your work schedule. To work closely as part of the multi-disciplinary CAMHS team providing leadership in an agreed area. To liaise closely with our partnership agencies of Education, Social Services and the Voluntary Sector in order to facilitate proper coordination and development of services for children/young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health problems. To liaise with other disciplines and agencies to ensure the best practice is shared. To be prepared to travel to other sites and clinics, to schools and to the childs home as required. To participate in suitable clinical and caseload supervision (as provided) and ensure that time is available to undertake this effectively. To engage young people and their families with suitable strategies and approaches. To use IT and technology to maintain affective communication and clinical record keeping. To work within the guidelines of Clinical Governance and employing AWP Trust policies. To keep up to date with statutory mandatory training. See Job Description for full details.

Person Specification

Education & Qualification

Essential

• Professional qualification leading to registration with professional body e.g. Mental Health Nursing, Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Child Psychotherapy or other professional qualification with evidence of robust community CAMH experience and the use of CAPA approach to clinical assessment and intervention.
• 2 years post qualifying experience in mental health nursing or equivalent as above
• Additionally, if not incorporated into the professional qualification, a therapeutic qualification for work with children, adolescents and their families to Masters Level or equivalent is required.

Desirable

• Evidence of post qualification training and development
• Experience of clinical supervision

Experieince & Knowledge

Essential

• Significant experience of working in a CAMHS team
• Significant experience of delivering evidence based therapeutic interventions preferably with children and adolescents

Desirable

• Experience in a community CAMHS service across more than one role
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to colleagues and more junior staff including trainees/students

Person Specification Education & Qualification Essential Professional qualification leading to registration with professional body e.g. Mental Health Nursing, Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Child Psychotherapy or other professional qualification with evidence of robust community CAMH experience and the use of CAPA approach to clinical assessment and intervention. 2 years post qualifying experience in mental health nursing or equivalent as above Additionally, if not incorporated into the professional qualification, a therapeutic qualification for work with children, adolescents and their families to Masters Level or equivalent is required. Desirable Evidence of post qualification training and development Experience of clinical supervision Experieince & Knowledge Essential Significant experience of working in a CAMHS team Significant experience of delivering evidence based therapeutic interventions preferably with children and adolescents Desirable Experience in a community CAMHS service across more than one role Experience of providing clinical supervision to colleagues and more junior staff including trainees/students

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Knowle Clinic

Broadfield Road, Knowle

Bristol

BS4 2UH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Knowle Clinic

Broadfield Road, Knowle

Bristol

BS4 2UH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)