Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 376-DCCG-0506
- Employer
- Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- RDASH - Crystal Building
- Town
- Doncaster
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/10/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/10/2026
Employer heading
CAMHS Practitioner - Getting Advice Team - SPA
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed CAMHS Practitioners to join the Getting Advice Team Pathway within the Single Point of Access function.
This is an exciting time to join our evolving service in the Getting Advice Pathway, where we are committed to improving access to mental health advice and support for children, young people, and their families. This will be a dynamic role where no two days will be the same. This will involve triaging, assessment, and formulation of young people, families, plus signposting and engagement with partner agencies, helping to identify the most appropriate support for each young person at the most appropriate time.
Applications are invited from qualified Registered Mental Health Nurses and Learning Disability Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists.
Successful applicants will be required to co-work effectively with colleagues and maintain good clinical records and data collections. Current hours of work are Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm
Main duties of the job
- To provide individual support for young people, their families and carers within Getting Advice SPA to explore ways of improving mental health and well-being via effective screening and triaging of referrals
- To support the efficient management of referrals into CAMHS – including onward referral, signposting, support to access appropriate services and guidance
- Collection of relevant data to demonstrate effectiveness of service
- Management of potential crisis situations and effective risk assessment
Working for our organisation
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable post qualification experience, including experience of working with young people with complex mental health problems and working with children and families in particular
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
- Currently engaged in an advanced level of practice and able to demonstrate a degree of professional autonomy
- The ability to provide patient centred assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation with children, young people, parents and families using mental health nursing skills.
- Ability to undertake Risk Assessments and identify appropriate plans in partnerships with the young person, families and other agencies
- Experience of working within a triage-based service
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A professional Nursing qualification or Occupational Therapist qualification or Social Work with current registration
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of consistent pattern of learning from Education, training and experience.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Theoretical and practical knowledge in areas of child and adolescent mental health and good awareness of key drivers in the field
- Highly competent in making a decision regarding ongoing patient care based on clinical and risk factors
- High level of problem solving and planning skills
- Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimise patient management
- Awareness of own competency level and how to seek appropriate help
- Understanding of confidentiality and risk management.
- Clinical audit, research and clinical governance principles
- Have a good understanding of child protection/safeguarding policies, recording and reporting any concerns to the appropriate agency including participate in case conferences as required.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability / Skills to support change and improvement, support and inspire colleagues / act as a role model
- Ability to motivate others
- Good planning and organizational skills
- Good Assessment skills selecting treatment from a range of options
- Able to demonstrate a genuine interest in working with young people
- Demonstrate effective communication skills, written, verbal, non-verbal
- Ability to work on own initiative without direct supervision, understanding where clinical input is needed.
- Able organise own workload and respond to delegation.
- Understanding of team dynamics and to be able to effectively work within a team based setting.
- IT Literate – Use of word processing software, use of electronic patient records and use of email and video conferencing.
- Ability to identify risk and manage appropriately within scope of practice. Able to manage caseload and to prioritise under time pressures for self and team
- Good clinical reasoning skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Flexible approach to problem solving
- Multi-agency team work
- Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimise patient management
- Providing clinical supervision
- Time management
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracy Maughan
- Job title
- Pathway Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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