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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal
Ability to reflect on and critically appraise the performance of self and others.
- Personal
Commitment to client centred, non-discriminatory practice.
- Personal
Flexible
- Knowledge
Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge
Understanding of the legal and social policy issues influencing the work environment
- Experience
Post qualification experience in a mental health setting, working with young people or adults with mental illness. Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of others.
- contractual
Ability to travel across Oxfordshire independently & IT competent
- Qualifications
Registered Nurse Mental Health (RMN) or Occupational Therapist (OT) or Social worker (SW)
- Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
To have ability to manage case load and act lead professional for clients on case list.
- Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
To be able to function as part of multi-disciplinary team and liaise with external agencies i.e. primary care, education, social and health care
- Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
To have ability to assess client need, both mental health, health and social needs
- Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
Ability to organise own time and diary and that of junior staff and learners.
- Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
Understanding of evidence based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
To have knowledge and understanding of the research process
- Experience
Experience of working with children and young people who have serious mental illness and their families and carers in the community
- Qualifications
Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma. Teaching/mentoring qualification Leadership training
- Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
Understand role and pupose of Audit
Job overview
The Senior Mental Health Practitioner is a key member of the CAMHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, providing intensive, evidence-based assessment and treatment to children and young people experiencing acute or complex mental health difficulties across Oxfordshire. Working collaboratively with families, carers, multidisciplinary colleagues and partner agencies, the post holder will manage an allocated caseload, assess and respond to clinical risk, coordinate care, support safe transitions between services, and promote recovery within the least restrictive environment. The role also includes supervising and developing junior staff and students, contributing to service improvement and clinical governance, and participating in the team’s seven-day rota and overnight on-call arrangements.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role include triaging referrals, completing comprehensive mental health and risk assessments, and delivering intensive, evidence-based interventions to children and young people experiencing acute mental health difficulties. The post holder will manage and prioritise an allocated caseload, formulate, implement and review treatment plans, maintain accurate clinical records, and coordinate safe transitions between services. They will work closely with families, carers, multidisciplinary colleagues and partner agencies to provide integrated, person-centred care in the least restrictive setting. Additional responsibilities include participating in clinical and multi-agency meetings, providing specialist advice and supervision, supporting staff and student development, contributing to audit, research and service improvement, and participating in the team’s seven-day and overnight on-call rota.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See document attached for full Job description, below is a brief summary:
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 (RMN, OT, SW) with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Mental health professionals role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 17 Sep 2026.
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