Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner (CAMHS Eating Disorders) - Bristol
| Posting date: | 04 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 December 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS1 5BQ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9342-25-1120 |
Summary
Manage own caseload from referral to discharge from EDHTT. Ensure completion or delegation of tasks related to own caseload. Provide systematic assessment, consultation, and treatment services to families, young people, and carers referred to CAMHS EDHTT. Provide reports and maintain written records of assessments, clinical appointments, discussions, and reviews for CYP with eating difficulties. Co-ordinate small teams around a young person within the EDHTT. Liaise with colleagues in the acute trust (UHBW) when joint working with the Community Childrens Nursing Team. Ensure escalation of risk and safeguarding concerns. Provide person-centred care during mealtimes, before and after meals, following family-based treatment. Support CYP and their families/carers in managing high levels of distress. Provide excellent clinical supervision for Band 4 Support Workers in the team. Keep accurate records and update supporting systems with supervision. Contribute to ongoing team development through continuing professional development, anti-oppressive practice, and wellbeing input. Support day-to-day co-ordination of shifts in the absence of senior staff (e.g., managing sickness, risk concerns, escalating where needed). Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, inclusive of working to Joint Standard Operating Procedures with colleagues from the local acute trust. Maintain excellent working relationships with Locality CAMHS and acute services, attending joint planning meetings and supporting ongoing formulation and treatment for Children & Young People (CYP). Work alongside the Community Childrens Nursing Team (from the acute trust UHBW) to support young people receiving nasogastric feeding at home towards eating within a clear and time-limited care plan. Provide psychoeducation alongside evidence-based interventions for young people and their families in conjunction with their case coordinators. Provide meal support to families, being present before, during, and after the meal to offer real-time support and role modelling. Manage own caseload of young people and provide a supportive environment for Band 4 Support Workers to carry out visits and psychosocial interventions with direct or indirect supervision. Continually assess and respond to changes in presentation, including dynamic risk assessment and management. Support young people and families experiencing high levels of distress at home, providing calm and containing care in the face of distress. Offer excellent supervision to support workers within the team. Support the day-to-day running of the service where necessary and with support from the leadership structure (e.g., prioritising team workload where there are absences, working autonomously with on-call support out of hours). This list is a brief overviewplease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details. Please read this closely and consider the essential criteria for the role, alongside the shift requirements. Note: This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with AWP Trust policy, all newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of advertised role banding. All NQSWs are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within two years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances, in which case it may be extended for a further two years. If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role, this will be an automatic progression following confirmation of your successful ASYE completion. If you have been appointed to a Band 5 post, you will then be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy upon successful ASYE completion. Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.