Senior Mental Health Practitioner-CAMHS Eating Disorder Services in Worcester

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the CAMHS Herefordshire/Worcestershire Community. You will become a key part of our CAMHS Community Eating Disorders Team, a passionate, dynamic, and highly skilled service dedicated to supporting young people and their families through some of their toughest moments. Join our warm, supportive multidisciplinary team who genuinely value each other.

Whether you're based in Hereford or Worcestershire, you'll be stepping into a role where your expertise truly matters. You'll work across both counties as part of an integrated, forward-thinking team that values collaboration, compassion, and creativity in care. We are looking for a motivated, experienced senior clinician with a real passion for eating disorders and a desire to make a meaningful impact. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same, this is the place for you. This is your chance to join a busy, evolving service where your work will directly shape the futures of young people and their families. This is a full-time role.

Main duties of the job:

• Qualification in RMN, BSc/DipSW, BSc OT, RSCN.
• Experience in assessment and management of children and young people with mental health and eating disorders presentation, clinical risk and managing own case load.
• The ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels, respecting and valuing others.
• Working flexibly to provide the service delivery need across Worcestershire and Herefordshire (the service operates from 9 am - 5 pm, Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays).
• An enthusiastic, motivated and innovative thinker to become part of a Children and Young People facing community.
• The ability to work autonomously to manage your own case load whilst working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• The ability to problem solve and manage time effectively.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced and varied environment.

There is scope for professional development as developing our workforce is important to us.

About us:

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer:

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours.
• Flexible and agile working opportunities.
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support.
• Wide range of supportive staff networks.
• Health and wellbeing opportunities.

If you would like to know more, please visit our website. We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• Essential: Professional clinical qualification RMN/OT/Social Worker etc.
• Evidence of post registered clinical qualifications/training or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of training to a minimum of post graduate diploma level.
• Current registration with relevant professional body.
• Desirable: Specific qualification in a relevant therapeutic speciality e.g. counselling, Family Therapy, CBT, eating disorders.

Experience:

• Essential: Extensive post registration experience in mental health care including mental health assessment and risk assessment.
• Use of therapeutic interventions within mental health settings i.e., 1:1, counselling, family therapy and group work.
• Delivering teaching/training.
• Providing consultation.
• Desirable: Working in inpatient settings, Liaison across Tier I-IV CAMH Services, Providing care in CAMHS community settings, Developing a specialist area on behalf of the Service/ or local Team, Developing policies and protocols, Working in a multi-disciplinary Team, Supervising less experienced.

Skills & Abilities:

• Essential: Ability to challenge poor behaviour, Role modelling good behaviour, A positive attitude and able to act on feedback, Ability to praise and be supportive to others, Highly developed and effective communication skills, both oral and written, including ability to communicate complex, highly personal, and sensitive information.
• Advanced ability to develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship, appropriately with young people and their families.
• Able to communicate effectively within the team and build good sound working relationships.
• Good presentation and teaching skills; able to use multi-media materials for both formal large group situations and small informal settings.
• Ability to use IT equipment including literature searches, databases, patient information systems.
• Able to project-manage changes in relation to clinical practice and/or governance and operational issues.
• Able to prioritise own work and deal with competing demands to work effectively, within a highly stressed work environment.
• Committed to promote patients right, independence, and choice e.g., through informed consent for interventions.

Knowledge:

• Essential: Working knowledge of Health Service Knowledge gained from working in a CAMHS community setting.
• Working knowledge of mental health issues in CAMH Services.
• Good knowledge of recognised disorders and illnesses in the field of mental health.
• Good clinical knowledge of eating disorders.
• A good knowledge of own professional guidelines such as NMC/HCPC.
• Understanding of a range of communication styles when working with children and families in distress.
• Hold an interest in a specialist area.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act.

Additional Criteria:

• Essential: Able to meet the daily travel requirements of the post across both counties.
• Able to work independently.
• Able to work as a member of a team.
• Aware of personal strengths and limitations.