Off the Record believes young people should be happy and healthy. Come and work with us to see young people increase their confidence, resilience and improve their relationships.
We offer
a generous paid leave entitlement, with 35 days per annum (inclusive of Public Holidays and two discretionary days), accruing an extra day of annual leave every year until you’ve got the maximum 40 days annual leave per year
two days of paid volunteering leave to support organisations that matter to you personally
an excellent pension scheme with The People’s Pension, including contributions from the organisation
life assurance cover for all paid staff.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. OTR is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability or any other status protected by law. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. We believe that our differences make us stronger and drive innovation. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences to join our team.
Current Vacancies
CAMHS Link Worker
Hours: Part time, 26 hours per week (3.5 days)
Salary: OTR Band C, starting at £28,656 FTE
Accountable to: CAMHS and Hospital Youth Work Lead
Based at: BANES Community CAMHS Team, Keynsham, BS31 1HA (with Off The Record, Manvers Street, Bath, BA1 1JW, as a secondary base)
Contract type: Fixed term until 31st March 2028
Purpose of the role
You’ll be joining an exciting 2-year-old project working creatively alongside BANES CAMHS (the local NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) to offer non-clinical support that ensures an excellent experience for children and young people accessing mental health support across BANES.
As our CAMHS Link Worker, you’ll be embedded within the CAHMS team, working alongside a wide range clinicians to build trusted relationships with young people and provide 1:1 support for wellbeing, taking a social prescribing approach (for more information about social prescribing see https://www.socialprescribingnetwork.com/resources).
You’ll support children and young people who are: accessing CAMHS support for the first time, already receiving CAMHS support, and those who are moving towards being discharged from CAMHS. You’ll also work to tackle inequalities that disadvantaged groups may face when accessing CAHMS, including Looked After Children, those with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities), young people out of school, and other groups who are hard to reach and/or hard to engage.
Your attributes
We are looking for a candidate who has excellent listening skills and the ability to form positive relationships with young people. You need to be able to carefully manage caseloads and understand the need to work in person-centred way.
Your enthusiasm and personality are as important to us as your experience. If you can’t tick off every point in the person specification below but feel that you have the right transferable skills to succeed in the post, please do still apply.
If you would like an informal, confidential conversation about the role before applying, please email office@offtherecord-banes.co.uk to arrange a time for a chat with our Lead CAMHS Link Worker.
Key duties
Establishing Links:
Develop and maintain effective relationships with children and young people, their families, and relevant external agencies to facilitate access to the right support at the right time.
Help to maintain a directory of local community groups and support networks to enable effective social prescribing.
Assessment and Support:
Work closely with children and young people to help them identify their support needs and goals.
Collaborate with the CAMHS multi-disciplinary team, including taking notes during Initial Assessments.
Hold a caseload of children and young people providing social prescribing.
Advocacy and Guidance:
Advocate for the rights and needs of children and young people within the CAMHS system.
Offer guidance to children, young people and families on navigating the mental health support landscape, including available services and pathways to care.
Collaborative Working:
Work closely with teams within OTR and CAMHS to co-ordinate holistic care for children and young people.
Participate in team meetings, case conferences, and relevant training to enhance service delivery.
Documentation and Reporting:
Maintain accurate records of interactions, assessments, and support plans in accordance with OTR and CAMHS guidelines.
Maintain accurate and up to date outcomes and feedback records.
For full job description and person specification, please see the link below.
How to apply
Fill in the application and equal opportunities forms below and email them to office@offtherecord-banes.co.uk
The closing date for applications is 12 midday on Thursday 15th October 2026. We will hold interviews for any shortlisted applicants on Wednesday 21st October at BANES CAMHS in Keynsham.
Therapeutic Practitioner
Hours: Part time-, 0.6 or 0.8 FTE. Term time only or year round considered.
Salary: Starting at £16.87 per hour
Accountable to: Senior Therapeutic Practitioner
Based at: OTR premises and other operational locations, including schools and partner settings, with authorised remote working where appropriate
Contract type: Permanent
Purpose of the role
To provide safe, effective and young-person-centred counselling and therapeutic support on behalf of OTR. Individual therapeutic work will ordinarily remain a substantial component of the role.
The postholder may also contribute to the wider therapeutic service through appropriate group work, assessment, consultation, service development, partnership working and other activities that improve the quality and accessibility of support for children and young people.
Key responsibilities
Therapeutic practice:
Provide individual counselling and therapeutic support to children and young people in accordance with OTR’s clinical framework and professional standards.
Undertake appropriate assessment, collaborative goal setting, review, outcome monitoring and planned therapeutic endings.
Manage an appropriate caseload and organise therapeutic work effectively within allocated working hours.
Contribute, where reasonably required, to group-based therapeutic work, workshops, psychoeducation or other appropriate forms of therapeutic support.
Adapt practice appropriately to the age, needs, identity, communication and circumstances of each young person.
Safeguarding and clinical governance:
Recognise, assess and respond appropriately to safeguarding, clinical-risk and welfare concerns, seeking advice and escalating concerns without delay.
Maintain safe professional boundaries and work within the limits of competence, qualification, training and professional responsibility.
Participate actively in management, clinical and group supervision, reflective practice and case discussion.
Comply with OTR’s safeguarding, confidentiality, consent, risk-management and clinical-governance requirements.
Records and administration:
Maintain accurate, timely and professionally appropriate case records on systems authorised by OTR.
Complete required assessments, outcome measures, safeguarding records and service-monitoring information within agreed timescales.
Undertake the preparation, follow-up, professional communication and administration associated with therapeutic work.
Manage cancellations and non-attendance in accordance with OTR procedures and remain available for other appropriate duties during contracted hours.
Teamwork and service contribution:
Work collaboratively with OTR colleagues, schools, families, health services, community organisations and other professionals where appropriate.
Attend relevant team meetings, development days, training and organisational activities.
Contribute reasonably to service review, evaluation, quality improvement and the development of therapeutic resources, programmes and approaches.
Share learning and contribute to a supportive, reflective and accountable team culture.
Represent OTR professionally and support positive working relationships with partner organisations.
Professional responsibilities:
Maintain any qualification, professional membership, registration, accreditation, insurance or clearance required by OTR for the role.
Complete mandatory training and refresher activity identified by OTR, including safeguarding training.
Maintain appropriate continuing professional development and raise learning or support needs through supervision and line management.
Work in accordance with OTR’s values, policies, procedures and commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and anti-discriminatory practice.
Notify OTR promptly of any matter that may materially affect suitability to practise safely.
For full job description and person specification, please see the link below.
How to apply
Fill in the application and equal opportunities forms below and email them to office@offtherecord-banes.co.uk
We’re always excited to meet talented people who share our passion. This is a rolling recruitment process, so we’ll be reviewing applications regularly and arranging interviews as we go. If this role feels like the right fit for you, we’d love to hear from you.
We reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time.
