Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner CAMHS & ED - Weston-super-Mare

We are looking for a Band 6 Clinical Practitioner to join the North Somerset CAMHS Team, working across Core CAMHS and the Eating Disorders pathway.

The team is consistently rated by staff as very supportive, offering strong development opportunities and maintaining long‑standing links with Exeter University.

You will be working across North Somerset, with bases at The Barn, Clevedon, and in Weston‑super‑Mare. This post involves travel to meet the needs of the service; therefore, a driving licence and access to a car are essential.

You will be supporting children and young people with a range of mental health and eating difficulties, as well as associated comorbidities. Our aim is to work alongside young people, their families, and carers to promote recovery.

North Somerset CAMHS is a busy, thriving service that is passionate about delivering highly effective and accessible support to young people and families across the area.

We are a well‑established multidisciplinary team offering evidence‑based interventions. The team is diverse, committed to staff development and wellbeing, and provides excellent supervision and CPD opportunities. We offer established specialist clinics, including family therapy and specialist eating disorder clinics, alongside opportunities for staff to work autonomously with their own caseload. Regular reflective practice groups and process groups are in place to support clinical work.

Your role will involve providing triage, assessment, and treatment to support young people and their families/carers who present with a range of mental health and eating disorders, as well as associated comorbidities.

The team offers a variety of treatment approaches, including group-based interventions, family therapy, and individual therapeutic work.

You will work collaboratively within Core CAMHS, alongside the Eating Disorder Home Treatment Team and the medical team at The Seashore Centre.

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We deliver services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire, and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person‑centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees provide better care.

AWP is committed to supporting and creating a positive, research‑active, and evidence‑based environment and culture, which has a beneficial impact on everyone who works within the organisation and on the care we provide to those who use our services.

At AWP, we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We are particularly keen to receive applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sophie Hicks Job title: Systemic Lead Email address: sophie.hicks@nhs.net Telephone number: 0300 125 6700

Claire Luker

Clinical Service Manager

Claire.luker@nhs.mail