CAMHS Clinical Specialist

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a CAMHS Clinical Specialist for a fixed-term role in Maidstone. The successful candidate will provide assessments and therapeutic interventions for children with mental health difficulties. Strong CAMHS experience, especially with Neurodevelopmental conditions, is essential. The role also includes working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to enhance care delivery.

Qualifications

• Must have substantial experience with children and young people in a CAMHS setting.
• Experience working therapeutically with children with Neurodevelopmental conditions is essential.
• Professional registration with a relevant statutory body is required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in multi-disciplinary team settings for therapeutic aims.
• Manage own caseload and case management for clients at mild to moderate risk.
• Ensure quality clinical practice and facilitate research.

Skills

Engagement in therapeutic practice

Data entry skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Reflective practice ability

Adaptability in changing environments

Education

First level qualification in nursing or related field

Qualification in clinical supervision

Job description

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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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Maidstone, United Kingdom

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12.08.2025

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Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to recruit a CAMHS Clinical Specialist to the Southwark CAMHS Early Help Team (Tier 2 generic) for a fixed term contract covering a maternity leave.

The post holder will carry out initial assessments and offer treatment according to their clinical and professional back ground and training. It is important that the successful candidate has substantial experience of working with children and young people with complex mental health difficulties in a CAMHS setting. Experience working therapeutically with children and young people with Neurodevelopmental conditions is essential.

Main duties of the job

Participate as a multi-disciplinary team member in the setting and reviewing of therapeutic aims, objectives, standards and strategies to provide a high standard of care to clients and their families.

Assume responsibility for own case list and case management of children, adolescents and families who are determined to be at mild to moderate risk.

Undertake all duties in line with the professional Codes of Professional Conduct, and maintain professional registration requirements for the post according to discipline/profession.

You will manage your own caseload and work within a team but will have freedom to act within the service framework and Trust operational policies.

Working for our organisation

Southwark had a population of 306,745 in 2015; with 22% under 19 years. It has a striking cultural and ethnic diversity with 48% of people describing themselves as belonging to black and minority ethnic groups. There are well-established black and Irish communities with newer populations of Portuguese and South American residents, as well as a high and changing refugee population. A wide range of health indicators highlight Southwark as one of the most deprived areas in England and 12th most deprived borough in London in 2015. For example, compared to national averages, the area has lower socio- economic status and higher unemployment; higher death rates from suicide and higher use of acute inpatient mental health services.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will have responsibility for assuring the quality of clinical practice with specific reference to evidence based treatments within the team. You will hold responsibility for ensuring that all team members participate in audit, evaluation and research in evidence based treatments.

The post-holder will have a therapeutic caseload, offering therapy to children presenting with mild to moderate mental health and behavioural difficulties. You will also be working the parents/carers offering them support and guidance. You will have the ability to deliver a range of interventions for children and young people.

You will manage your own caseload and provide specialist support to families with complex presentations and to the services Band 6 CAMHS practitioners

You will be responsible for ensuring that staff, within the team achieve, positive clinical outcomes for children, young people and their families and that these are evidenced by performance indicators such as activity data, targets and quality measures.

You will work in partnership with Children's Social Care, Education, Child Health, and Adult Services and other key partners to support integrated practice and service delivery.

Person specification

Qualification

• First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN or HV or First level qualification in OT, social work, or equivalent with related CAMHS experience or First level qualification in art, play, drama or music therapy with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescent with mental health problems/needs, developmental/ learning disability problems.
• All applicants will require professional registration with a statutory body: ACP or UKCP, the Nursing Midwifery Council, General Social care council, Health Care Professional's Council, Chartered Clinical Psychologists by BPS,
• Qualification in providing clinical supervision.

Skills

• Proven ability to engage therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions.
• Basic IT and data entry skills
• Demonstrate an ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Proven ability to be ‘reflective’ in therapeutic practice and adapt practice from this reflection
• Proven ability to work within a changing environment

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to information sharing and confidentiality
• Understanding of and ability to maintain a safe therapeutic environment.
• 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 work therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions
• Relevant research and its application to assessment, treatment and case management of CAMH disorders.

Experience

• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Working knowledge of MHA, MCA and safeguarding children legislation.
• Prompt and accurate recording on to electronic notes system and an understanding of the need for this
• Prior experience of Camhs duty.
• Experience of working therapeutically with children and young people with Neurodevelopmental conditions.
• Familiarity with therapeutic approaches commonly used in CAMHS eg PBS, CBT, Family Therapy.
• Experience facilitating therapeutic groups.