Job requirements
Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- QUALIFICATIONS
Professional Health or Social Care qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT, MHSW
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Demonstrate current registration with a regulated professional body/ organisation: NMC, HCPC
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Evidence of formal post registration learning
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Significant clinical experience of delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CAMHS or related services and/or adult mental health settings.
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Significant clinical experience of specialist care planning & case management/care coordination (including complex clinical risk assessment & management) within a mental health or learning disability setting.
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Experience of identifying and managing complex safeguarding concerns, including using formal processes to escalate safeguarding issues.
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Significant experience of providing personalised care planning to meet mental health or learning disabilities needs.
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Significant experience of delivering profession-based interventions within a clinical/therapeutic setting.
Desirable
9 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- QUALIFICATIONS
Post graduate training within a relevant CYPS/CAMHS field or skill
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Profession specific additional qualifications (i.e. LD, nurse prescriber, DBT, CBT, AMHP, family therapy or systemic practice)
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Clinical supervisor qualification/training/ accreditation
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Experience of undertaking specialist Self Harm assessments of children and young people.
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Significant experience of CAMHS related multi-agency collaborative working and joint care planning.
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Experience of providing specialist CAMHS related consultation/training and advice to partner agencies.
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Experience of providing CAMHS related training to other practitioners and/or specialist consultation/ support to partner agencies.
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Experience of providing clinical supervision.
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Experience of collaboration working with other agencies including the voluntary sector.
Job overview
Do you want to make a difference to the mental health of children and young people and shape early intervention services?
Gloucestershire Health and Care Trust has four established Young Minds Matter Mental Health Support Teams to work with schools. The aim of the team is to enable earlier and more effective mental health support for children, young people, their families and carers and increase resilience within school communities in managing mental health issues.
We are now expanding our successful team and seeking to recruit enthusiastic and committed mental health clinicians who enjoy working within multi agency settings to join the Mental Health Support Teams (MHST’s).
The teams comprise of;
- Qualified CAMHS clinicians, Senior Mental Health Practitioners (SMHP - band 6)
- Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP – Band 4 / 5)
- Partner agencies aiming to work within a THRIVE model (including Talk Well and Early Help).
- School Mental Health Leads and wider school teams
Band 6 clinicians as Senior Mental Health Practitioners (SMHP) are a vital part of the service. We are seeking people who are flexible, adaptable to change and able to develop service delivery over time and in response to feedback.
It is a community-based post and therefore a valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential.
Main duties of the job
The service welcomes those clinicians who may be currently working within other children’s or adult mental health settings who have the necessary transferable clinical skills and experience.
Key elements of the role are:
- Work in partnership with schools to deliver consultation, assessment of children/young people and a range of mental health interventions within school settings. This will involve direct work with children/young people as well as offering specialist consultation, signposting and advice to professional networks, including teaching staff
- To provide support to other clinical colleagues
- Be responsible and ensure the effective care co-ordination, support and advice around clinical care provided within schools, especially including consideration of safeguarding and clinical risk issues
- Consult with teachers, school staff and mental health leads in schools to identify children and young people with emerging mental health needs, as part of a whole school approach. This may include supporting the EMHP’s in delivering parenting support, group work, work with parents and psychoeducation within a school setting
Our service is very proud of the positive impact we make on the children and young people we work with and the encouraging feedback we receive as a service from school staff alongside children and families. We have a strong multi-disciplinary ethos in our clinical delivery and have robust clinical supervision structures.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicant must have the necessary professional qualification, including current registration as outlined in the person specification. All YMM CAMHS Registered Practitioners hold a generic job description, however specialist skills and responsibilities related to working within this work role will be clearly reflected within a personalised job plan.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
The Trust is required to work in line with the Government’s UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
To support compliance with UK immigration requirements, all applicants who require a visa to work in the UK must disclose their visa history in full. This includes current and previous sponsors, dates of sponsorship, visa category, and any changes of employment. If you are on a Graduate or Dependant Visa, please disclose the expiry date on your application. Incomplete information may mean we are unable to consider your application.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Senior Mental Health Practitioner MHST CAMHS with Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust in Gloucester, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Mental health practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Nov 2026.
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