Core CAMHS Specialist Practitioner

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced clinician to join our Core Child and Adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) teams.

You should be able to demonstrate the skills to work with children, young people and their families who may present with various mental health difficulties such as anxiety, emotional dysregulation and low mood.

We pride ourselves on working within a strong multi-disciplinary team, which is made up of supportive and experienced clinicians. In our team you will have the opportunity to assess children, young people and families and you will be expected to demonstrate experience in providing evidence based treatments and or interventions within your profession applicable to supporting mental health needs of young people.

Main duties of the job

Key elements of the job:

• Providing clinical leadership within the team
• Provide a range of CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people as well as their families/ carer's who present with emotional and mental health difficulties
• Providing Care Coordinator responsibilities for a caseload of children and young people. There will be a specific focus upon providing clinical assessment, formulation and treatment, including Self Harm assessments where the Voice of the Child is embedded within personalised care planning
• Providing clinical supervision to CAMHS staff
• Demonstrating a commitment to ensuring routine outcome measures are embedded within practice to demonstrate clinical based improvements for children, young people and parents/carers.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

22 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-26-049

Job locations

Acorn House

Horton Road

Gloucester

GL1 3PX

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