Senior MH Practitioner - Nurse - Melksham

Job overview

With a national drive to improve mental health and wellbeing services for children and young people, there’s never been a more important time to join Oxford Health CAMHS.

We’re seeking  suitably qualified Mental Health Nurses, Learning Disability Nurses, Occupational Therapists or Social Workers to join our Crisis and Home Treatment Service (CAHTS). This BSW-wide service offers an opportunity to make a meaningful difference.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you’ll carry out initial assessments and deliver time-limited interventions for young people in crisis. Your work will focus on early support and prevention, aiming to reduce the need for longer-term mental health care.

The CAHTS team provides a high-quality, responsive service for children, young people and families facing emotional and mental health difficulties. You’ll also be involved in our ongoing service development, based on the i-Thrive model, ensuring support is timely, appropriate, and delivered by skilled professionals.

Liaison and collaboration are key – you’ll work closely with CAMHS colleagues, Children’s Services, Social Care, Education, and other agencies to ensure holistic and effective care.

Join us and help shape the future of children’s mental health in our community.

Main duties of the job

We will 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.

You will offer emotional support to adolescents and/or their parents who are in mental health crisis or are being supported to leave psychiatric inpatient care.

The CAHTS operates  Monday to Fridays, and on a rota basis on Saturdays and Sundays and BH, covering the hours of 10am -6pm.  The service development plan is to work a flexible week covering shift across the hours of 8am - 8pm Monday - Friday.  There is also an expectation that you will support the out of hours core team rota.

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.