CAMHS Community Practitioner

1 month ago


Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom NHS Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced CAMHS Community Practitioner to join our team in providing early intervention services to children and young people. The successful candidate will work as part of the locality facing early help pathway, supporting children and young people who may present with emerging mental health difficulties.

The postholder will be responsible for supporting the emotional, psychological and social wellbeing of children and young people, with a drive for early intervention and enabling cultural change in the way first contact services can support children and young people with mental health problems.

The role will involve working with the CAMHS liaison practitioners to support children and young people where there is concern about emerging mental health issues or behaviours, and delivering training to community services and schools.

The postholder will also provide assessments, targeted interventions and advice & support for children & young people, and direct clinical work with children/young people and their families.

Main Responsibilities

  1. Work as part of the locality facing early help pathway to work with children & young people who may present with emerging mental health difficulties.
  2. Represent CAMHS in multi-agency meetings to have oversight of mental health element of a multi-agency plan around a child.
  3. Participate in the delivery of training programmes for schools & community services from a portfolio of available CAMHS training.
  4. Maintain standards of care to highest level within available resources.
  5. Liaise effectively with the CAMHS pathways across the city.
  6. Maintain confidentiality in respect of the young people at all times.
  7. Communicate clearly with children & young people, their families & all other health professional groups about their health problems.

About Us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall.

We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.

What We Offer

  • Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff.
  • Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training.
  • Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.


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