Job summaryNorth Somerset child and adolescent mental health team is a well-established multi-disciplinary team. The team currently offers a range of innovative and informed approaches, supports CPD opportunities with a comprehensive in-house training programme.
We offer flexible working patterns and have the benefit of working across 2 sites in Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon.
The team also provides Eating Disorder and Learning Disability Services and so have the potential to offer development opportunities.
The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and supportive multidisciplinary, working as part of the leadership team to provide assessment, treatments for children, adolescents and their families with complex mental health needs.
We particularly welcome applications from accredited CBT/EMDR/Family Therapist or those who are coming up to accreditation.
We welcome calls/visits from prospective candidates to discuss in more detail this opportunity and what the team can offer.
WSM and Clevedon are thriving seaside towns within commuting distance to Bristol and Taunton. The M5 motorway within easy access.
WSM is a growing multi-cultural area with numerous amenities and has access to the beautiful coastline and also the Mendip Hills.
The area is ideal for those who like an active lifestyle but also who want to be within reach of Bristol and Taunton.
Main duties of the job- To carry out assessments and provide treatment for young people presenting with significant mental health difficulties in the community.
- To be highly skilled in clinical risk assessment and management in relation to children and young people including experience of managing self-injurious behaviour. To be able to develop and to implement and review risk management and safety plans collaboratively.
- To be able to offer evidence based interventions to children, young people and families according to NICE guidance and local pathways of care.
- To hold and to manage a case load and using resources creatively to provide excellent intervention for children, young people and families; uniquely tailoring therapeutic interventions to meet the needs of service users.
- To be able to work as an autonomous practitioner as well as with the wider team and partner agencies within the North Somerset Team and the wider systems within a collaborative care model approach.
- To work and provide leadership in the assessment and treatment within a highly experienced multi-disciplinary team involved in the assessment and treatment of children and young people with serious and complex mental health difficulties.
- To work with the team and the wider care system to deliver care which can positively impact on the welfare of the child.
About usWe are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all-round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million people.
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.DetailsDate posted: 15 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 342-CAMHS079-1026
Job locations: Long Fox Unit, Grange Road, Uphill, Weston Super Mare, BS23 4TS, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities- To provide a specialist assessment, consultation and evidence based treatment service to children, their families or their professional carers, referred to CAMHS team.
- To manage own caseload from referral to discharge, holding medium to high risk cases working autonomously the majority of time using highly developed specialist expertise.
- To always work within Trust/best practice safeguarding guidelines and policy.
- To provide reports and maintain written records of assessments, clinical interventions and consultation meetings.
- To work to a job plan and participate in Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA) in the delivery of Tier 3 CAMHS. This will include specialist assessments and evidence based treatment for children, adolescents and their families.
- To work with children, young people and their families promoting opportunities for their maximum engagement and involvement in formulation, care planning and evaluation of the service they receive.
- To ensure throughput of young people managing and creating regular appointment slots in work schedule.
- To work closely as part of the multi-disciplinary CAMHS team providing leadership in an agreed area.
- To liaise closely with our partnership agencies of Education, Social Services and the Voluntary Sector in order to facilitate proper coordination and development of services for children/young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health problems.
- To liaise with other disciplines and agencies to ensure the best practice is shared.
- To be prepared to travel to other sites and clinics, to schools and to the child's home.
- To participate in suitable clinical and caseload supervision (as provided) and ensure that time is available to undertake this effectively.
- To engage young people and their families with suitable strategies and approaches.
- To use IT and technology to maintain effective communication and clinical record keeping.
- To work within the guidelines of Clinical Governance and employing AWP Trust policies.
- To keep up to date with statutory mandatory training.
Person SpecificationEducation and QualificationEssential- Professional qualification leading to registration with professional body e.g. Mental Health Nursing, Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Child Psychotherapy or other professional qualification with evidence of robust community CAMH experience
- 2 years post qualifying experience in mental health nursing or equivalent as above
- Additionally, if not incorporated into the professional qualification, a therapeutic qualification for work with children, adolescents and their families to Masters Level or equivalent is required.
Desirable- Evidence of post qualification training and development
- Experience of clinical supervision
Experience and KnowledgeEssential- Significant experience of working in a CAMHS team
- Significant experience of delivering evidence based therapeutic interventions preferably with children and adolescents
Desirable- Experience in a community CAMHS service across more than one role
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to colleagues and more junior staff including trainees/students
- Experience of using of CAPA approach to clinical assessment and intervention.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer detailsEmployer name: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address: Long Fox Unit, Grange Road, Uphill, Weston Super Mare, BS23 4TS, United Kingdom
Employer's website: http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/
Employer contact detailsFor questions about the job, contact: Clinical Service Manager, Becky Davies, rebecca.davies32@nhs.net, 03001256700
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