# Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Swindon > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner-swindon/445251bd-7c2f-4ee2-9018-f80e801d7962 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner-swindon/445251bd-7c2f-4ee2-9018-f80e801d7962.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Oxford - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Full-time - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week (You will be required to participate in a flexible working pattern within the multi-disciplinary team to provide cover for a core day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday –Sunday and Bank Holidays. You will also participate in covering the service’s 24 hour on call service on a rota basis.) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T12:21:57.966Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Swindon/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Child_Adolescent_Mental_Health_Services_CrisisHome_Treatment_Team/Child_Adolescent_Mental_Health_Services_CrisisHome_Treatment_Team-v8052186 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8052186?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you dedicated to improving the lives of children and young people? Do you thrive in environments where you can help to deliver impactful, short-term interventions? We’re looking for an enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join  the Crisis and Home Treatment Service (CAHTS), embedded within the Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), are looking for a Mental Health Practitioner to join us, based in Swindon. We work closely alongside and liaise with the Getting More Help Teams on supporting children, young people (CYP) and their families experiencing complex mental health needs. Our CYP might be at risk of inpatient hospital admission or transitioning out of inpatient care; our role is to provide intensive, short-term support within the community. No two days are the same, with plenty of variety in this role and lots of opportunities for learning. Check us out on Youtube: BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube ### Main duties of the job In CAHTS, we’re committed to deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health services for children, young people and their families who are experiencing additional mental health needs. Children and Young people within our service are often experiencing an increased level of mental health needs, including exhibiting increased risk behaviours. Whilst this can sometimes feel daunting, we have a strong multi-disciplinary leadership team who are responsive to the needs of the team. - Support CYP and their families with psycho-social education - Provide practical support, drawing upon evidence-based interventions. - Liaison, advice and consultation with wider CAMHS, colleagues in Children Services and a range of external agencies such as Children’s Social Care, Education and many mor - Be responsible for initial assessments and delivery of time limited, short term interventions to address emotional and mental health needs of young people in crisis, with the aim of reducing longer term mental health problems. We'll need you to participate in a flexible working pattern within the multi-disciplinary team to provide cover for a core day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday –Sunday and Bank Holidays. You will also participate in covering the service’s 24 hour on call service on a rota basis. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The role will involve offering emotional support to adolescents and/or their parents who are in mental health crisis or are being supported to leave psychiatric inpatient care. We can offer you a variety of training including Positive Behaviour Support, AMBIT, DBT coping skills, and Family Based Therapy for Eating Disorders. There will also be the opportunity for further training based around individual learning needs. If you have any questions about the role or the team, and you'd like to find out more, please contact Clare Fry on \[email protected\] or 07785663323. ## Job Details Are you dedicated to improving the lives of children and young people? Do you thrive in environments where you can help to deliver impactful, short-term interventions? We’re looking for an enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist to join the Crisis and Home Treatment Service (CAHTS), embedded within the Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), are looking for a Mental Health Practitioner to join us, based in Swindon. We work closely alongside and liaise with the Getting More Help Teams on supporting children, young people (CYP) and their families experiencing complex mental health needs. Our CYP might be at risk of inpatient hospital admission or transitioning out of inpatient care; our role is to provide intensive, short-term support within the community. No two days are the same, with plenty of variety in this role and lots of opportunities for learning. Check us out on Youtube: BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube ## Job Description In CAHTS, we’re committed to deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health services for children, young people and their families who are experiencing additional mental health needs. Children and Young people within our service are often experiencing an increased level of mental health needs, including exhibiting increased risk behaviours. Whilst this can sometimes feel daunting, we have a strong multi-disciplinary leadership team who are responsive to the needs of the team. Support CYP and their families with psycho-social education Provide practical support, drawing upon evidence-based interventions. Liaison, advice and consultation with wider CAMHS, colleagues in Children Services and a range of external agencies such as Children’s Social Care, Education and many mor Be responsible for initial assessments and delivery of time limited, short term interventions to address emotional and mental health needs of young people in crisis, with the aim of reducing longer term mental health problems. We'll need you to participate in a flexible working pattern within the multi-disciplinary team to provide cover for a core day 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday –Sunday and Bank Holidays. You will also participate in covering the service’s 24 hour on call service on a rota basis. ## Responsibilities The role will involve offering emotional support to adolescents and/or their parents who are in mental health crisis or are being supported to leave psychiatric inpatient care. We can offer you a variety of training including Positive Behaviour Support, AMBIT, DBT coping skills, and Family Based Therapy for Eating Disorders. There will also be the opportunity for further training based around individual learning needs. If you have any questions about the role or the team, and you'd like to find out more, please contact Clare Fry on \[email protected\] or 07785663323. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post qualifying mental health experience - Caseload management/complex conditions & cases - Experience of care coordination/lead professional - Evidence based, reflective practice & clinical reasoning skills in assessment & treatment **Desirable** - Experience of working with children and/or young people with mental health difficulties - Experience of being a Care co-ordinator or managing a case load. ### Qualification **Essential** - RMN/Social Worker/OT/other relevant professional qualification - Registered to practice in the UK **Desirable** - Knowledge of DBT and CBT - Non-medical prescriber qualification ### Professional & Personal Skills **Essential** - Effective communicator with patients, carers & staff - Organisational skills for own & others workload ## Documents - [organisation chart (pdf, 170.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10341684) - [jd&ps - band 6 smhp (pdf, 306.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10341682) - [job risks and oh tasks (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10341685) - [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.