Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Oxford Health; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - GBP 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in the UK seeks a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to enhance care for children and their families. This role involves delivering assessments and therapies, working collaboratively with families and other professionals. Ideal candidates will hold professional registration as Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, or Occupational Therapists, offering a balance of remote and face-to-face work. Comprehensive training, supervision, and a supportive work environment are provided, along with numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Mental Health First Aiders

NHS Discount at various retailers

Qualifications

• Experience of working closely with interdisciplinary teams.
• Demonstratable post-qualifying experience in mental health.
• Knowledge of MHA, MCA, and other relevant legal frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver mental health assessments for children and young people.
• Develop holistic care plans with families and agencies.
• Manage clinical caseload with evidence-based therapies.

Skills

Experience of working with adults/children experiencing mental health difficulties

Working closely with other disciplines

Knowledge of safeguarding adults and children

Education

Professional registration as a qualified Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist

Job description

Job overview

In the Oxfordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services teams we are focused on ensuring young people gain access to the right care in a timely way. We are proud to be developing a needs‑led, responsive and accessible service based on the Thrive model.

We’re looking for you to join our team as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner – you might be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist and have a range of experience.

We are launching an initiative for one year to focus on young people and their families who require assessment and treatment from the Getting Help and Getting More help teams. You would be joining a specific team including a mix of mental health professionals to focus on these young people and their families.

The team would have a different working model, combining face‑to‑face and remote working, with different bases across the county (including Banbury, Oxford, Bicester, Abingdon and Witney). Flexibility depending on where you live would be on an individual basis.

We are looking for enthusiastic clinicians to join the team who enjoy working with others, have a flexible approach to delivering treatment and enjoy a challenge. You will have a clear job plan setting out the expectations and will be fully supervised as well as working closely with the rest of the team for support.

We’ll support you with access to supervision and training according to your needs as a clinician.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you will:

• Deliver generic mental health assessments and risk assessments for children and young people (CYP) open to our CAMHS teams.
• Work collaboratively with CYP families/other agencies to develop holistic plans of care which are evidence based.
• Hold a clinical caseload consisting of providing evidence‑based therapies and working with other professionals to meet the needs of children and young people with mental health needs. At present we are achieving this on a hybrid basis at present with a mixture of office working and working from home.
• For the duration of this role the focus will be on assessment and treatment of young people so you will not be expected to join a duty rota.
• Training requirements can be provided in house.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

• Professional registration as a qualified – Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with adults/children experiencing mental health difficulties
• Experience of working closely with other disciplines within a multi‑disciplinary team
• Demonstratable post qualifying experiencing

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of MHA, MCA and other legal frameworks involved in the delivery of mental health care
• Knowledge of National and local issues concerning mental health
• Knowledge of safeguarding adults and children

Desirable criteria

• Specialist levels of applied knowledge related to mental health care, e.g. physical health care, substance misuse, perinatal
• Experience of working in community mental health teams
• Specialist levels of applied knowledge related to mental health care, e.g. physical health care, substance misuse, perinatal

Documents to Download

Job Description & PS (PDF, 640.3KB)

Job risks and OH Tasks (PDF, 312.6KB)

Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)

Recruiter Contact Details

Name: Sharleigh Hills

Title: Team Manager

Email: [e-mail]

Telephone: [phone]