# Mental Health Practitioner – CAMHS ASD Pathway

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Dudley
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £56,515 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-16T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-02T10:33:33.052Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Midlands/Bloxwich_Walsall/Black_Country_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health_Autism/Mental_Health_Autism-v8010358
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8010358?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are excited to offer a band 6-7 development role for health professionals with a current professional registration within our Autism Diagnostic Clinic, which sits within our Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

The development role is a position which includes additional training and support and the successful candidate will progress to Band 7 once all agreed competencies are achieved in line with development plans.

### Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will play a key role in assisting the multi-disciplinary ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) team to provide quality ASD assessment and therapeutic services to children and young people. Working with support systems to gather multi-agency assessment information to contribute to multi-agency panel decisions.  The ASD team is based within Specialist CAMHS.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification for a more in depth description regarding the role.

## Job Details

We are excited to offer a band 6-7 development role for health professionals with a current professional registration within our Autism Diagnostic Clinic, which sits within our Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

The development role is a position which includes additional training and support and the successful candidate will progress to Band 7 once all agreed competencies are achieved in line with development plans.

## Job Description

The successful applicant will play a key role in assisting the multi-disciplinary ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) team to provide quality ASD assessment and therapeutic services to children and young people. Working with support systems to gather multi-agency assessment information to contribute to multi-agency panel decisions. The ASD team is based within Specialist CAMHS.

## Responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification for a more in depth description regarding the role.

## Person Specification

### Essential & Desirable

**Essential**

- Degree in Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or equivalent
- Registered with a governing body as relevant to the above.
- Post Qualification Basic Courses/Study Days relevant to post
- Good working knowledge of neurodiversity and Autism Theories.
- Proven relevant post qualification experience
- Passion to work in CAMHS

**Desirable**

- Training in ADOS/ADIR/DISCO
- Previous experience in similar role

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 569.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10295947)
- [person specification (pdf, 461.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10295948)
- [bchft anti racist declaration (pdf, 222.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2381)

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