CAMHS Clinical Specialist

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS mental health service is seeking a CAMHS Clinical Specialist to coordinate care for children and young people. You will work in a multidisciplinary team, assessing and treating various mental health conditions while supporting families. Candidates should have a first-level qualification in nursing or psychology and relevant CAMHS experience. The position offers a salary of £56,276 to £63,176 per year, inclusive of HCAs, with commitments to high standards of clinical care and communication.

Qualifications

• Professional training and relevant CAMHS experience.
• Registration with NMC, HPC, ACP, or UKCP required.
• Experience in therapeutic work with children and adolescents.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to team through meetings and responsibilities.
• Provide specialist treatment for mental health conditions.
• Maintain accurate recording and reporting of client contacts.

Skills

Experience in a CAMHS setting

Therapeutic approaches knowledge (PBS, CBT, Family Therapy)

Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

Experience with neurodevelopmental conditions

Education

First level nursing qualification or Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Professional registration with statutory bodies

Qualification in supervision

Job description

Go back South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

CAMHS Clinical Specialist

The closing date is 23 December 2025

The post holder will be a care coordinator, assessing and treating children and young people in the team working in collaboration with the multiple disciplinary teams (MDT). The post holder will also be involved in supporting and advising parents and carers of C&YP referred to the service as well as offering consultation and advice to their professional networks. The post holder may be expected to offer supervision to junior colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Participate as a multi-disciplinary team member in the assessment and treatment of children and young people referred to CAMHS.

Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact are accurate, up to date, of good quality and within CAMHS and professional requirement standards of record keeping. To collect & collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS

Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment. Work to assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems

To maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of children, young people and their families

To link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS Teams in terms of referrals and joint work. Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate

About us

National and specialist inpatient and outpatient services

Our national and specialist CAMHS services have a formidable reputation nationally and internationally, and comprise a broad range of outpatient clinics, and five inpatient units. We have a strong tradition of evidence-based treatment, and are active in clinical research; developing, assessing and implementing effective new treatments such as intensive day treatments for eating disorders.

We offer training programmes and service development support for mental health professionals both nationally and internationally. We also have a range of specially developed educational mental health programmes targeted at school age children and young people for interventions to whole classes, small groups, and individual students.

Local CAMHS

Southwark CAMHS employs a large number of child and adolescent mental-health staff. These come from a variety of disciplines including: child psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, family therapy, nursing and occupational therapy, art and drama psychotherapy. The service is organised as follows:

CAMHS Early Help integrated with Children's Social Care

Specialist services for children, adolescents & their families (2 teams)

Specialist services for young people with Neuro-developmental disorders

Carelink - CAMHS Looked after Children team.

Job responsibilities

Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.

Provide specialist treatment to children and young people with a range of mental health conditions and co-morbid neurodevelopmental conditions.

Following training if needed, provide screening/ assessments for ADHD for children and young people

Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact are accurate, up to date, of good quality and within CAMHS and professional requirement standards of record keeping. To collect & collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS

Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment. Work to assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems

To maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of children, young people and their families

To link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS Teams in terms of referrals and joint work. Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.

Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of children, adolescents and families.

Make a clinical formulation from a standard CAMHS assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention. Design, write and share a copy of the care plan with children, young people and their carers

Assess safeguarding issues and refer concerns to Child Protection teams

Deliver interventions for children and young people who have self-harmed/are in crisis or presenting with other mental health concerns; the treatment interventions provided would be based on NICE guidelines and evidence based practice

Use individual, group work, family work, advice and supervision according to the needs of children and young people and have a flexible and innovative approach to packages of care

Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.

Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN or HV or Doctorate level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or First level qualification in OT, social work, or equivalent or First level qualification in art, play, drama or music therapy.
• All applicants will require a professional training and relevant CAMHS experience in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) , Health Professional's Council (HPC/ HCPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) or The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) .
• Qualification in supervision.

Experience

• Experience of working within a CAMHS setting
• Experience working therapeutically children and adolescent with mental health difficulties and co-morbid neurodevelopmental conditions.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Familiarity with therapeutic approaches commonly used in CAMHS eg PBS, CBT, Family Therapy.
• Experience in assessments for Neurodevelopmental conditions.

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to information sharing and confidentiality
• Ability to work in partnership with service users and carers in the planning and delivery of care
• Ability to provide care that is sensitive to the needs of minority ethnic groups
• Ability to maintain effective professional relationships with all team members
• Ability to work therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAs