The post-holder will: Provide assessment and treatment to children and young people with mental health needs; Work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals; Work as part of CAMHS first on-call rota. Promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people. To provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To support the ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system. To provide assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who are severely mentally ill or at suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model. To apply a sound knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work. To be committed to a quality approach for patient care. The post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues. To manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual need. To operate within the clinical and case management supervision framework. To provide training, consultation and supervision to other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and families. To participate in the development, audit and review of this extension to existing service provision. To work as part of the CAMHS on call rota when required and to work in a flexible manner (24/7). To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow specialist CAMHS practitioners. To work collaboratively with all services to provide coherent and co-ordinated mental health services for children and young people as well as other significant partners, ensuring timely transition and relevant consultation, training and support to universal services and targeted groups. To use a range of Information Technology systems (including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept securely and confidentially To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical incidents are reported. To comply with both clinical and corporate governance frameworks. To support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service improvement and redesign. To actively promote user/carer involvement in all aspects of care planning/delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities and wishes of the individuals concerned. To work in an innovative and child, young person and family centred way, in a culture of continuous improvement and learning. Apply Trust policies and procedures in instances of aggression, acute distress and disturbed mental health presentations. To maintain relevant professional registration To identify and communicate any concerns through the relevant management processes. To demonstrate continued practice development and engage in annual appraisal. We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.