Senior Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing skilled assessment and psychosocial, evidence-based interventions for under 18s with psychological, psychiatric, or risk-based issues within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. The practitioner will act as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, covering the Emergency Duty Rota, conducting urgent and routine assessments, and providing supervision to other team members. It also includes participating in team and service development and liaising with various agencies.
Key responsibilities
- Undertake assessment of patients/service users with complex needs, including those with unconfirmed diagnosis.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate specialised programmes of care utilising evidence and research.
- Provide psychosocial, evidence-based interventions using a collaborative approach.
- Cover the Emergency Duty Rota and conduct regular urgent or routine assessments.
- Provide supervision for other team members as agreed with the Team Leader.
- Participate in team and service development and evaluation, and liaise, advise, and consult with a wide range of agencies.
Essential criteria
- Registered Health or Social Care Professional (e.g. Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist etc).
- Professional registration with HCPC, NMC, SWE or equivalent.
- Experience of working in a CAMHS, crisis or community CAMHS setting or an equivalent experience.
Desirable criteria
- The ability to evidence how HSCs CARE Values are applied in practice.
- Evidence of relevant CPD.
- A high standard of communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to deal with complex and challenging situations in a calm and diplomatic manner.
- The ability to effectively prioritise own workload and that of others.
- The ability to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Commitment to self-development and the development of others.
- Adaptable and responsive to changing service needs.
- Ability to deal with stress in self and others, recognising when support is required.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,860 – £64,615 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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States of Guernsey
Senior Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
The States of Guernsey are looking for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Mental Health Practitioner will be acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team and will provide skilled assessment for under 18s with a range of psychological, psychiatric or risk-based issues. The post holder will also provide psychosocial, evidence-based interventions using a collaborative approach and will be skilled at-risk assessment and case management.
The Practitioner will complement the multi-disciplinary working of the team, providing supervision for other team members, as agreed with the Team Leader. A large proportion of the duties will require you to cover the Emergency Duty Rota and to do regular urgent or routine assessments also.
In addition, you will participate in team and service development and evaluation, and liaise, advise and consult with a wide range of agencies.
About us
The Island of Guernsey is in the English Channel in the Bay of St Malo, 50km off the north-west coast of France and 120km from the English coast.
Guernsey has a population of around 63,000 and in Alderney just under 2,000. Working in a relatively small Health and Social Care Service like
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