Neurodiversity Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 17 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: | 30 December 2025 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL4 7PY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B9832-2025-NM-10115 |
Summary
To provide clinical input to the team, delivering practice within best evidence and to the highest possible standard. The post sits within the neurodiversity pathway within CAMHS based within the city offering mental health and neuro-developmental assessment and treatment interventions in line with NICE Guidelines. This can include individual work, group work and consultation. The post holder will demonstrate effective skills in the assessment and reassessment of risk and complex behaviour issues and communicate concerns accurately in a timely fashion. This is inclusive of priority assessments and requires multi-agency responses to risk assessment and risk management plans. This will also include completing recognised assessments as part of the team to provide evidence for potential diagnosis when appropriate. The post holder will make an autonomous decision about the treatment, time of discharge, and agree with the child, young person and family/carers as well as multi-agency key partners. Communicate a summary of the work undertaken and how to sustain improvements made and include correspondence to General Practitioner. The post holder is required to maintain high effective standards in the recording of clinical observations and actions, risk and risk management including child protection in health records.All roles may involve work with families at their homes, education and community settings and at base as appropriate/required by children/young people and their families. The post holder will contribute to the CAMHS Duty Rota which operates on a daily basis.The post holder will play a role in encouraging and co-coordinating collaboration between all agencies by attending multi-agency meetings such as multi-agency CAF meetings, child protection case conferences, education reviews etc, to provide a mental health perspective. Participate in the training of other colleagues and students in areas of own expertise.To provide line management and supervision of colleagues of a lower banding within the post holders sphere of knowledge this list is not the full job description(JD). Please read full JD in attached files.