Band 7 CAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Bristol

Job summary

We are looking for a Band 7 CAMHS clinician to join our Intensive Outreach Team.

We are a dynamic, supportive and creative team seeking a suitable candidate who can bring skills, experience and enthusiasm to meet the needs of children and young people with complex mental health needs.

CIOT is committed to the development of our team and offers regular access to a range of training opportunities. We hold regular space for CPD and would consider external training as part of workforce development.

Alongside this, our team promotes a culture of togetherness and actively promotes safety in difference. We regularly hold space to explore anti-oppressive practice and what this means for young people, clinicians and the wider healthcare service.

We promote wellbeing within our service and hold a monthly space for external reflective practice, in addition to supervision.

This post involves a mix of shifts.

You will be a key part of the leadership team, which will involve supervision, service development and carrying out senior duties, e.g., Senior Shift Co-ordinator for the day.

Main duties of the job

Our Intensive Outreach Team

Our Intensive Outreach Team shift pattern includes shifts spanning 9-5 and 12-8, covering a 7-day period. You would be expected to work roughly one weekend every four weeks.

Intensive Outreach Team

You will work in both a clinical and leadership role within our IO team, which supports young people and families/carers at risk of Tier 4 psychiatric admission, or those whom CAMHS are struggling to engage within a locality model and who are presenting with high-risk behaviours. We provide an intensive level of support, which can include daily visits, and follow a CPA and goals-based outcome-measure process to ensure we are led by the young person's voice.

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details

Date posted

20 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

342-CAMHS008-0226

Job locations

Campbell House

Henrietta Street

Bristol

BS2 8HR