Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Bristol
Posted 20 hours 37 minutes ago by Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd
Employer: NHS Jobs
Location: Bristol, BS5 0AX
Pay: £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Disability Confident: No
Closing Date: 06/03/2026
About this jobTo assess, develop, implement, and evaluate therapeutic interventions, and to be responsible for the management of your own caseload from referral to discharge.
To carry out specialist and urgent assessments of a young persons mental health needs and associated risks when required, including deliberate selfharm assessments.
To work with children, young people, and their families, promoting opportunities for their maximum engagement and involvement in formulations, care plans, and evaluation of the service they receive.
To work jointly with staff from other agencies in direct work with children, young people, and their families.
When appropriate, to engage in joint work with other specialist CAMHS personnel as agreed with the CAMHS Service Manager.
To develop effective liaison with referrers, and those contributing to referrals to specialist CAMHS, and to guide referrers to appropriate resources for children and young people with mental health needs.
To attend CAMHS meetings and case discussions as appropriate.
To work closely as part of the multidisciplinary CAMHS team.
To practise within current legislation governing the delivery of services to children and young people, including legislation relating to Looked After Children and the safeguarding of children as defined in the Children Act (1989, amended 2004), as well as local guidelines.
To assess safeguarding issues for each case, to practise within local safeguarding guidelines, to share and directly refer concerns when appropriate, and to participate in multiagency safeguarding conferences.
To participate in regular reviews of cases and attend case discussions, conferences, and reviews as appropriate.
To comply with the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements of your professional body.
Please contact Lois Richards (Clinical Service Manager) if you would like any further information.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities
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