# Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Nurse/Social Worker/OT > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner-nursesocial-workerot/e7c9af80-ba40-4d33-a961-5f8888ff6259 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner-nursesocial-workerot/e7c9af80-ba40-4d33-a961-5f8888ff6259.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Littlemore Mental Health Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Social worker, Mental health nurse, Mental health practitioner, Learning disability nurse, Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-08T12:36:02.978Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Melksham/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CAMHS/CAMHS-v8339522 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8339522?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you seeking a community role based in Child and Adolescent Mental Health services (CAMHS) where flexible working arrangements are considered to enable you to bring your best self to work and, most significantly; help transform the lives of children and young people? 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 us an enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist. Alongside the multi -disciplinary team, you will be working with young people experiencing a wide variety of mental health difficulties sometimes with complex social situations and neurodevelopmental challenges. We strongly encourage professionals who are interested in re-direction and have an extremely robust training package tailored to role to ensure you feel confident in your role. Check us out online at: BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube ### Main duties of the job The role will include undertaking the assessment of the young person's mental health needs, alongside your colleagues and working 1-1 with young people in providing the treatment plan drawing on a variety of interventions that may involve multi-agency networking where necessary. You will be offered in house training in a number of evidence-based interventions, for example CBT, DBT skills, mentalisation based therapy, motivational interviewing and compassionate focused therapy to name just a few. The main duties of the job are: - Comprehensive assessment of children and young people presenting to the service. Melksham CAMHS have a multi disciplinary clinic working with colleagues to assess and make the best plan for young people. - Shared formulation , risk assessment and care planning. - Multi agency working. - Delivery and/or oversight of collaborative treatment plan using evidence-based interventions. - Support and supervision of colleagues. - Being part of the on-call rota covering out of hours contact from professionals. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be supported by excellent team knowledge and experience on a formal/informal basis. Clinical and managerial supervision are augmented with profession specific supervision. We are investing heavily in training and preceptorships to develop staff skills. We have a thorough induction process. We encourage people to get in touch if they are interested, so please contact Emma Harding-Wyatt, Clinical Team Manager for an informal discussion about these roles . Please see attached Job description for further details. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives - High standards of written communication skills with the ability to use email and internet. - Risk assessment and management skills, particularly in relation to Safeguarding children and young people - Able to manage a caseload, set priorities and work with members of a multi-disciplinary team ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs. - Knowledge of mental health and community care legislation and policy - Knowledge of Safeguarding policy and procedures - Knowledge of Recovery focused practice **Desirable** - 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) - Knowledge of Child and Adult Protection work ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of and commitment to working in a multi-agency setting working in partnership with a range of health, social care and education professionals. - Relevant experience in a community setting / inpatient setting - Experience of working with families, carers and significant others - Experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of mental health needs. - Ability to carry out assessments and psycho-social interventions **Desirable** - Experience of positive risk taking - Experience of Recovery focused practice - Experience of a range motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and a psychological therapy (i.e. CBT/DBT ### Qualification **Essential** - Relevant professional qualification e.g. registered Mental Health Nurse, registered Learning Disability Nurse, registered Occupational Therapist, registered Children’s Social Worker - Current registration with relevant professional body – eg NMC, HCPC, GSW - Evidence of continuous professional development ## Documents - [band 6 jd&ps (pdf, 208.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10663501) - [guidance notes for candidates applying for a job at ohft (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2228) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.