Senior Mental Health Practitioner (CAMHS)
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 23 August 2026
Job summary
Do you want to make a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people while helping shape early intervention services?
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has four established Young Minds Matter Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) working in partnership with schools to provide early mental health support for children, young people, families, and carers, while strengthening resilience within school communities.
We are expanding our successful service and are looking for enthusiastic, committed, and adaptable mental health professionals to join our Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs).
The multidisciplinary teams include:
- Qualified CAMHS Clinicians – Senior Mental Health Practitioners (Band 6)
- Education Mental Health Practitioners (Band 4/5)
- Partner agencies working within the THRIVE model (including Talk Well and Early Help)
- School Mental Health Leads and wider school teams
Senior Mental Health Practitioners (Band 6) play a key role within the service. We are seeking professionals who are flexible, responsive to change, and committed to continuously developing service delivery based on feedback and best practice.
This is a community-based role. A valid UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle for business use are essential.
Main duties of the job
Applications are welcomed from clinicians currently working in children's or adult mental health services who possess transferable clinical skills and relevant experience.
Key responsibilities include:
- Working collaboratively with schools to provide consultation, assessment, and evidence-based mental health interventions for children and young people.
- Delivering direct therapeutic work with children and young people.
- Providing specialist consultation, advice, signposting, and support to teachers, school staff, and other professionals.
- Supporting fellow clinical colleagues within the team.
- Coordinating care and providing clinical guidance within school settings, particularly regarding safeguarding and risk management.
- Consulting with school staff and Mental Health Leads to identify children and young people experiencing emerging mental health difficulties.
- Supporting Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) with parenting support, psychoeducation, group work, and family interventions.
Our service is proud of the positive difference we make for children, families, and schools. We have a strong multidisciplinary approach and provide robust clinical supervision and ongoing professional support.
About us
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust employs more than 5,000 colleagues across over 55 sites and within community settings.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued, respected, and supported.
Recent staff survey results show:
- 72% of staff would recommend the Trust as a place to work.
- 76% would recommend our services to friends or family.
- 81% agreed that patient care is the Trust's highest priority.
Although we are proud of these achievements, we continue investing in staff wellbeing, engagement, learning, and service improvement to become an outstanding place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate must possess the required professional qualification and maintain current registration with the relevant professional body as outlined within the person specification.
All Young Minds Matter CAMHS Registered Practitioners work under a generic job description, with specialist responsibilities reflected in an individualised job plan.
Further qualification, training, and experience requirements are detailed within the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Health or Social Care qualification (RNLD, RMHN, Occupational Therapist, or Mental Health Social Worker).
- Current registration with an appropriate professional body (NMC or HCPC).
- Evidence of post-registration professional development.
Desirable
- Postgraduate training in a relevant CAMHS or Children and Young People's Mental Health field.
- Additional professional qualifications such as:
- Learning Disability
- Nurse Prescriber
- DBT
- CBT
- AMHP
- Family Therapy
- Systemic Practice
-
Clinical supervision qualification or accreditation.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience delivering evidence-based mental health interventions within CAMHS, related children's services, or adult mental health services.
- Extensive experience in care planning, care coordination, and complex risk assessment.
- Experience identifying and managing safeguarding concerns using appropriate procedures.
- Experience delivering personalised care planning.
- Experience providing profession-specific therapeutic interventions.
Desirable
- Experience conducting specialist self-harm assessments for children and young people.
- Experience of multi-agency working within CAMHS.
- Experience delivering CAMHS consultation, advice, and training to partner organisations.
- Experience providing clinical supervision.
- Experience collaborating with voluntary sector organisations.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from candidates requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applicants.
International applicants may also need to provide overseas criminal record certificates where required under UK immigration rules.
UK Registration
Applicants must hold current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Employer
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Countywide – Gloucestershire
Rikenel, Montpellier
Gloucestershire
GL1 1LY
United Kingdom
Employer contact
Operational Lead
Louise Price
Email: louise.price@ghc.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0300 421 4688
Job details
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
327-26-576
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