CAMHS Developmental Liaison Practitioner

Job Summary

37.5 hours per week. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) within Livewell Southwest CiC has the opportunity over the next 7 years to shape Children, Young People and Family Services.

Professional registered clinician band 5 with a developmental post into a band 6 full‑time WTE. Competencies must be completed within 2 years depending on current experience.

All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7‑day service.

• Support the emotional, psychological and social wellbeing of children and young people with a drive for early intervention.
• Enable cultural change in how first‑contact services support children and young people with mental health problems.
• Actively promote resilience, prevention and early intervention to children and young people in the community in line with the 2019 NHS Long Term Plan strategic vision for CAMHS.
• Work as the named Early Help Liaison Practitioner, linking with services, families, professionals and schools to promote emotional, health and wellbeing as part of a whole‑school approach.
• Offer consultation, advice and signposting to community services and schools for children and young people presenting with emerging mental health difficulties.
• Coordinate assessment, targeted intervention or group that meets the needs of the child or young person.
• Co‑coordinate training to community professionals and schools and co‑facilitate training when appropriate.
• Represent CAMHS in multi‑agency meetings such as EHAT, SEND and child protection meetings, providing oversight of the mental health element of a multi‑agency plan.
• Implement evidence‑based targeted interventions in a timely manner in collaboration with other clinicians in the early help pathway.
• Ensure children and young people access timely assessments and the appropriate targeted interventions.
• Organise and deliver groups within the school and community setting on a needs‑led approach.
• Maintain standards of care to the highest level within available resources.
• Participate in line management, clinical governance and quality improvement initiatives (e.g. clinical audit, essence of care).
• Maintain confidentiality and communicate clearly with children, families and other health professionals.
• Contribute to the advice line, providing advice, support, signposting and resources.

• Post‑registration working with children and young people who have experienced mental health and psychological well‑being difficulties.
• Knowledge of attachment, trauma and parental mental health impacts.
• Awareness and knowledge of undertaken assessments, risk management processes.
• Experience working with families of diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Knowledge/experience of multi‑agency safeguarding systems (e.g. child protection conferences).
• Effective caseload and time management skills.

• Life experience in a wide range of settings.
• Post‑registration experience delivering interventions.

• Mental health presentations and evidence‑based interventions.
• Confidentiality and safeguarding children.

• Teamwork, ethical issues in relation to mental health, system one training.

• Mental health and risk assessment and intervention skills.
• Organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• IT proficiency.
• Commitment to anti‑oppressive practice and partnership working.
• Commitment to learning and professional development.
• Interpersonal and administration skills.
• Ability to supervise junior staff and manage personal stress.
• Flexible, reliable and empathetic.

• Group interaction, change management and mentorship skills.

• Core qualification in a mental health modality (e.g. Nursing, Social Work, Psychology) with experience working with children and young people.
• Appropriate registration (NMC, HCPC).

• Post‑graduate training in methods of working with children with mental health problems.
• Clinical supervision and assessor training or willingness to undertake.

• Frequent independent travel between Livewell Southwest sites and community locations.
• Flexible working hours and duties, both individually and with colleagues.
• Ability to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments where required.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Livewell Southwest
200 Mount Gould Road, Mount Gould, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 7PY

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