CAMHS Clinical Lead - Psychologist/Family Therapist/Psychotherapist

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Clinical Lead within a dynamic team dedicated to improving mental health support for children and families. This role involves overseeing high-quality care delivery, implementing evidence-based practices, and shaping the future of CAMHS services in Essex. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, provide clinical supervision, and maintain a small caseload of complex cases. Join a supportive organization that values professional development and offers a comprehensive induction process to ensure your success. If you are passionate about making a difference in young people's lives, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction training

Regular clinical supervision

Opportunities for leadership development

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge in evidence-based psychological therapies within CAMHS.
• Solid understanding of trauma-informed care and attachment-related presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical improvements ensuring high standards of care.
• Collaborate with managers and agencies for integrated care.
• Support workforce development through supervision and training.

Skills

CBT

Family Therapy

DBT

Trauma-informed care

Attachment-related presentations

Education

Post-graduate training in psychological practice

Job description

CAMHS Clinical Lead - Psychologist/Family Therapist/Psychotherapist

Band 8b

Main area: CAMHS Clinical Lead

Grade: Band 8b

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 395-PP017-25

Site: SET-CAHMS Essex Town (Basildon, Southend, Chelmsford, Castlepoint & Rochford)

Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing date: 14/02/2025 23:59

We are thrilled to announce the recruitment of two Clinical Leads for our SET CAMHS Locality Teams across mid and South Essex. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and passionate psychological professional to make a significant impact in the lives of young people and their families.

As a Clinical Lead, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality care within our locality teams. You will be responsible for developing and overseeing a needs-led, evidence-based clinical model. At SET CAMHS, we adopt the iTHRIVE framework, which guides care provision across our teams and services. In this role, you will oversee the quality of clinical care within your hub while maintaining direct involvement in delivering exceptional interventions to young people and their families.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Lead, you will:

• Lead and drive clinical improvements within the service, ensuring the delivery of the highest standards of care.
• Collaborate with operational managers and partner agencies to provide integrated care.
• Support and develop the workforce through supervision, consultation, and training.
• Contribute your expertise within multidisciplinary team (MDT) and leadership meetings.
• Hold a small caseload of young people with more complex needs.

Skills and Experience Required

• Extensive knowledge and experience in delivering evidence-based psychological therapies within CAMHS, such as CBT, Family Therapy, DBT, and other psychotherapeutic approaches.
• A solid understanding of trauma-informed care and attachment-related presentations.
• A commitment to workforce development and clinical excellence.

What We Offer

The successful candidates will join a supportive Directorate of Psychological Professions, offering a wide range of opportunities for leadership and career development. You will also receive regular clinical supervision from the Clinical and Strategic Lead to support your ongoing professional growth.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of CAMHS services in our region while working with a dedicated and talented team.

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT

NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID-19 for our patients, our staff, and their families.

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

SET CAMHS has adopted the iTHRIVE Framework, which provides a set of principles for improving mental health and wellbeing support for children, young people, and families, with SET CAMHS working in partnership with HCRG Care Group to deliver service to children and young people. The THRIVE Framework is needs-led which means that mental health needs are defined by the children, young people, and their families, alongside professionals, through shared decision-making. i-THRIVE | Implementing the THRIVE Framework

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification when completing your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist).
• To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, ACP, AFT).

Experience

• Extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with co-morbid difficulties and special needs (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma).
• Experience of using observation (e.g. in school contexts) to contribute to assessments of children.

Experience and Skills

• Experience with supervision, training, and developing others.
• Experience with quality and service improvement.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Nadeem Goodur

Job title: SET-CAMHS Assistant Director

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 07394097699

Additional information: Joseph Stone - SET CAMHS Clinical Strategic Lead, [e-mail] - 07704661856