Senior Mental Health Practitioner CAMHS Eating Disorder Service
Closing date: 21 June 2026
We are launching an exciting new service – Eating Disorder Intensive Support at Home (ED-ISH) – across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. This full‑time Band 6 role requires a senior mental health practitioner with a specialist interest in eating disorders. You will deliver time‑limited, intensive, person‑centred interventions within young people’s home environments, working in a hybrid model across both counties.
Key responsibilities include:
- Assessment and management of children and young people with mental health and eating disorder presentations, including risk management.
- Providing high‑intensity, therapeutic care to high‑risk young people.
- Managing your own caseload autonomously whilst working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Working flexibly across Worcestershire and Herefordshire, with service hours 8 am–8 pm Monday to Friday and weekends 9 am–5 pm on a rota basis.
- Problem‑solving and effective time management in a fast‑paced, varied environment.
- Undertaking professional development to contribute to the growth of the service.
About us
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust delivers community hospitals, health services and mental health and learning disability services across both counties. We value diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities.
Benefits
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay for unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity and adoption support
- Wide range of supportive staff networks
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour and act on feedback
- Positive attitude and supportive communication skills, both oral and written
- Advanced therapeutic relationship building with young people and families
- Strong communication within multidisciplinary team
- Presentation and teaching skills, using multimedia for large and small settings
- IT proficiency, including literature searches and patient information systems
- Project management of clinical practice and governance changes
- Prioritisation of work and dealing with competing demands in a high‑stress environment
- Commitment to promote patient rights, independence and choice
- Strategic thinking for service development and planning
Additional Criteria
- Daily travel across both counties is required
- Independence in working and teamwork;
- Aware of personal strengths and limitations
- Availability 8 am–8 pm weekdays and 9 am–5 pm weekends on a rota basis (pro rata)
Experience
- Extensive post‑registration experience in mental health care, including assessment and risk assessment
- Use of therapeutic interventions such as 1:1, counselling, family therapy and group work
- Teaching and training delivery
- Consultation provision
- Inpatient and community CAMHS settings experience
- Developed specialist areas and policies for the service or local team
- Working in a multidisciplinary team
Qualifications
- Post‑registered clinical qualifications or equivalent training to a minimum postgraduate diploma level
- Current registration with the relevant professional body
- Original certificates to verify qualifications at offer
- Specific qualification in a therapeutic speciality e.g. counselling, family therapy, CBT, eating disorders
Knowledge
- Working knowledge of the Health Service
- Experience in a CAMHS community setting
- Knowledge of mental health issues in CAMHS
- Recognition of disorders and illnesses in mental health
- Clinical knowledge of eating disorders
- Awareness of professional guidelines such as NMC/HCPC
- Understanding of various communication styles with distressed children and families
- Interest in a specialist area
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check to verify any previous criminal convictions.
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