Band 7 CAMHS Practitioner | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Lewisham; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health care organization in Lewisham is seeking a mental health professional to provide specialist therapy and support to children with moderate to severe mental health problems. Responsibilities include conducting assessments and interventions, and ensuring culturally appropriate care. The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications and experience, and will thrive in a psychologically safe environment. Opportunities for professional development are available.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in providing psychological therapy.
• Ability to work autonomously within professional guidelines.
• Cultural competency in therapy interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist support and therapy to children in care.
• Consult and collaborate with diverse service users and carers.
• Conduct service evaluation, audit, and research activities.

Skills

Specialist assessment

Therapeutic interventions

Risk management

Education

Relevant professional qualifications

Job description

· To provide a specialist support and therapy to children in care, children on a special guardianship order and adopted children with moderate to severe mental health problems, and their families including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.

· To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.

· To provide consultation as appropriate.

· To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.

· To work as an autonomous professional within registry body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor



· To provide specialist assessments, formulations and interventions for young people in the Symbol team including mental health assessments.

· To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.

· To provide specialist therapy for young people (CBT, IPT, Psychotherapy, to name a few but not limited to these three)

· To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.

· To act as a care co-ordinator,taking responsibility for initiating planning and reviewing care plans, CPA co-ordination and statutory meetings.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust(SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities, and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.

· To contribute to the effective working of the Treatment teamandto a psychologically informed framework for the service.

· To contribute to the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.

· To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.

· To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.

· To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.


This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Aug 2025