# Senior Mental Health Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner/bac7ac5b-446e-4c08-a177-f71431a4f1a7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner/bac7ac5b-446e-4c08-a177-f71431a4f1a7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Oxford - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-16T09:43:09.525Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Abingdon/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CAMHS/CAMHS-v8045158 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8045158?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a qualified mental heath professional seeking a new challenge with more ownership and an opportunity to develop? A full-time opportunity has arisen to join the community CAMHS team for South Oxfordshire. We are seeking a Senior Mental Heath Practitioner to join a multi-discipline team who support children and young people with moderate to severe mental illness. This would be a great role for someone with excellent band 5 experience who is ready for their next step up to a band 6 role or someone already at a band 6 role wanting to broaden their experience. ### Main duties of the job - Collaboratively assess, plan and provide evidence-based treatment programmes for children and young people referred to the Oxfordshire CAMHS Getting More Help team. - Take responsibility for an agreed clinical caseload, involving key working and providing therapeutic interventions. - Develop and maintain relevant and evidence-based therapeutic activities as appropriate to the patient’s needs. - Work closely with a range of agencies including, social care, schools, other CAMHS teams, to meet the needs of children and young people to work collaboratively to develop/provide integrated services. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge and experience of assessing mental illness and providing treatment **Desirable** - Enhanced knowledge of specific treatments within CAMHS and experience in implementing these in practice ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working within mental health settings including working with Children and Young People **Desirable** - Direct experience of working within CAMHS ### Qualifications **Essential** - Qualification either RMN/OT/Social Work **Desirable** - Higher education such as masters ## Documents - [jd/ps (pdf, 624.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10333878) - [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.