CAMHS Practitioner - Getting Advice

Job summary
The Doncaster CAMHS Service have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 CAMHS Practitioner to join our Getting Advice Pathway Team. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary team completing assessments and providing evidence based interventions, advice and support to professionals, parents and young people.

Main duties of the job
We are looking for a CAMHS Practitioner who is passionate about delivering high quality and effective services to children, young people and their families. You will be child and young person centered in your approach and have excellent clinical skills, experience of multi-agency working and be able to demonstrate the ability to work independently and autonomously. You will have experience of working within a children and young people safeguarding framework.

As a service we are committed to the professional development of the workforce, we have a well-established preceptorship programme and clinical, safeguarding and managerial supervision alongside a talent management programme.

About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Details
Closing date: 05 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 376-DCCG-0513
Location: Crystal Building, Tickhill Road Hospital, Weston Road, Balby, Doncaster, DN4 8QN

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: A professional Nursing qualification or Occupational Therapist qualification or Social Work with current registration
• Desirable: Specialist Qualification in CBT, FT or other appropriate therapy Degree or equivalent
• Desirable: A qualification, or have undertaken a program of formal training in Clinical Supervision

Experience

• Essential: Demonstrable post qualification experience, including experience of working with young people with complex mental health problems and working with children and families in particular.
• Essential: Managing and prioritising a complex caseload
• Essential: Experience of Multi-Disciplinary Working
• Essential: Currently engaged in an advanced level of practice and able to demonstrate a degree of professional autonomy
• Essential: The ability to provide patient-centered assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation with children, young people, parents and families using mental health nursing skills
• Essential: Ability to undertake Risk Assessments and identify appropriate plans in partnerships with the young person, families and other agencies
• Desirable: Planning and delivering presentations and training to groups
• Desirable: Experience in delivering comprehensive family work in a child and family setting

Knowledge

• Essential: Theoretical and practical knowledge in areas of child and adolescent mental health and good awareness of key drivers in the field
• Essential: Highly competent in making a decision regarding ongoing patient care based on clinical and risk factors
• Essential: High level of problem solving and planning skills
• Essential: Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimise patient management
• Essential: Awareness of own competency level and how to seek appropriate help
• Essential: Understanding of confidentiality and risk management.
• Essential: Clinical audit, research and clinical governance principles
• Essential: Have a good understanding of child protection/safeguarding policies, recording and reporting any concerns to the appropriate agency including participate in case conferences as required.
• Desirable: Wider NHS and social care policy
• Desirable: Importance of public relations
• Desirable: Research, audit and quality improvement methodologies
• Desirable: Understanding of assessment of children suspected of having ADHD/ASD.

Skills

• Essential: Ability / Skills to support change and improvement, support and inspire colleagues / act as a role model
• Essential: Ability to motivate others
• Essential: Good planning and organizational skills
• Essential: Good Assessment skills selecting treatment from a range of options
• Essential: Able to manage caseload and to prioritise under time pressures for self and team
• Essential: Good clinical reasoning skills
• Essential: Ability to work autonomously
• Essential: Flexible approach to problem solving
• Essential: Multi-agency team work
• Essential: Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimise patient management
• Essential: Providing clinical supervision
• Essential: Time management
• Essential: IT literate - use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and email and Internet
• Essential: Manage a varied workload and deliver to deadlines under pressure

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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 Sponsorship
Applications 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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
Employer's website: https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:
CAMHS Pathway Lead - Getting Advice, Tracy Maughan, tracy.maughan1@nhs.net

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