Senior Mental Health Practitioner - CAMHS
Aylesbury
Part Time
£39,959 - £48,117 Per annum
Expires: 02/07/2026
Band 6
Permanent
About the Role
Job overview
With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health - Buckinghamshire CAMHS and make a positive difference to children and young people’s life chances.
You need to be a Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers interested to join our fantastic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service based in Aylesbury, Bucks. You will deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for children, young people and their families who are experiencing mental health difficulties.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner you will be responsible for initial assessments, delivery and evaluation of care and providing psycho-educational advice and practical support to young people and their families by drawing on evidence- based interventions and using a collaborative, recovery focused approaches.
This post is based in our Getting More Help (GMH) part of their service. Risk assessment and management including the need for positive risk taking is an important part of the role. You will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision for other team members and participate in the team service development and evaluation.
Working for our organisation
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.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Bucks CAMHS team are an innovative and supportive multi-disciplinary team. We have a strong ethos around staff well-being and ensuring a wide range of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities are available to everyone. We offer robust clinical and caseload supervision to facilitate a supportive working environment.
This is a varied and rewarding role within a highly supportive team. Clinical Supervision and CPD are priorities for the service.
Part time hours will be considered.
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional mental health qualification as Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker
- Current registration with relevant professional body: NMC or HCPC
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification in therapeutic modality e.g. IAPT CBT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of being a Care coordinator or managing a case load
- Significant post qualifying mental health experience.
- Working knowledge of community services.
Desirable criteria
- Working with children, young people and families
Knowledge and further training/skills
Essential criteria
- Formulating policies/procedures
- Risk assessment and management skills, particularly in relation to Safeguarding children and young people
- Caseload Management
- Effective communicator with patients, carers and staff
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and experience of a range of evidence-based interventions i.e. motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT)
- Student supervisor
Documents to Download
GMH SMHP JD & PS (PDF, 336.4KB)
Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)
Recruiter Contact Details
Name: Megan Wale
Title: Service Manager
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01865 901325