Specialist Mental Health Practitioner

Sheffield Source: WhatJobs

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Overview

As a Senior Practitioner at Sheffield Children’s CAMHS, you will provide clinical leadership and professional support to a multidisciplinary team, ensuring safe, effective care for children and young people with moderate to severe mental health needs. You will oversee complex assessments, formulation, treatment and discharge planning, aligning practice with governance standards. Collaborating with health, social care and education partners, you’ll drive service development and pathway improvement. This role offers a meaningful chance to shape outcomes for CYP and families while leading clinical excellence.

Pay / Benefits

Generous annual leave
Pension schemes
Health and wellbeing programmes
Exclusive discounts

Responsibilities

Provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to a team of practitioners
Manage a complex caseload of CYP with moderate to severe mental health presentations
Undertake and oversee comprehensive mental health assessments, formulation and risk management
Lead on care planning, treatment delivery and discharge processes
Ensure high standards of clinical governance, safeguarding and quality assurance
Support service development and transformation initiatives
Collaborate with partner agencies to deliver integrated, person-centred care

Key requirements

Current RMN / RN (Mental Health), Social Work or Occupational Therapy registration
Post-registration experience including substantial Band 6 in a CAMHS Community setting
Post-registration experience equivalent to Masters level
Knowledge of evidence base for assessment and triage
Demonstrable knowledge of clinical risk management
Demonstrable knowledge of therapy approaches
Leadership of junior staff and ability to build, develop and maintain relationships