Job summary
- Main area
- Forensic CAMHS
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 23 months (YEF Funded)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 267-OC7427935
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Forensic CAMHS South West (North)
- Town
- Keynsham
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 Per annum | Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Mental Health Practitioner
Band 8a
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Join Our Team as a Consultant Mental Health Practitioner!
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and adolescents facing complex mental health challenges? We’re seeking a dedicated Consultant Mental Health Practitioner to join our Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (FCAMHS) team. This is a fixed term post for 1 year with the potential to extend.
Step into a unique role within a supportive, close-knit community forensic setting, working alongside an expert team of Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Nurses, and Admin staff. Here, your work will be valued, your skills sharpened, and your impact truly meaningful.
What’s in it for you?
* Deliver specialist assessments and risk work rarely offered in similar roles
* Benefit from regular clinical supervision and reflective monthly team meetings focused on wellbeing
* Grow professionally in a role that blends hands-on practice with continuous learning
Who are we looking for?
Professionals qualified in Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, or Psychology with experience in mental health — ideally with young people and a background in forensic settings. If you’re organised, communicative, tech-savvy (Microsoft Office and Excel skills a must), and driven by a genuine desire to support vulnerable, marginalised youth, we want to hear from you.
Ready to take the next step in your career and make a powerful difference?
Main duties of the job
Under regular supervision you will develop skills to support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care; providing consultation to other professionals and agencies, providing psychological assessment and brief psychological interventions.
You will work with colleagues within the multi-disciplinary team and so should be able to demonstrate the ability to do so. The role will also involve participation in audit, service evaluation and service development projects.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide 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”
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 apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Provide expert care to patients on their caseload. Providing skilled assessment, treatment, supervision and consultation within Forensic CAMHS.
· Provide expertise and specialist advice, supervision, guidance and consultation to other professionals
· Make decisions where precedents do not exist, where appropriate without recourse to others, and to advise and support colleagues where standard protocols do not apply.
· Draw on advanced knowledge and exercise professional skills of the highest order, some of which are likely to be highly specialist, acquired only after lengthy training, supervision and practice.
· Build on and maintain working relationships between the Youth Offending Services, Children's Social Care and wider CAMHS Teams.
For more information please see the attached Job Description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered RMN, OT, Social Worker or Psychological Therapist
- Educated to degree level or equivalent plus masters degree or willing to work towards
- Advanced clinical skills in acute mental health presentations and risk management
Desirable criteria
- Masters degree directly related to specialism
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- In depth understanding of the NHS and/or public services
- Advanced clinical skills in acute mental health presentations and risk management
Desirable criteria
- Trained/knowledge of Forensic assessments eg SAPROV
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups within CAMHS and / or the criminal justice system
- Experience of working as a highly specialist clinician with young people and families.
- Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of others
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working with high-risk young people in a range of residential, criminal justice and / or mental health settings.
- Previous experience of working with Young Offenders and their families.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- John-Mark Poppleston
- Job title
- Clinical Team Manager FCAMHS
- Telephone number
- 01865 903038
- Additional information
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.
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