CAMHS Clinical Specialist | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Care Coordinator to assess and treat children and young people within a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will support and advise families while maintaining professional standards. Responsibilities include participating in assessments, ensuring accurate record-keeping, and maintaining a safe therapeutic environment. The role demands effective communication with various agencies and commitment to evidence-based practices. This position is essential for delivering high-quality mental health services to the community.

Responsibilities

• Participate as a multidisciplinary team member in the assessment and treatment of children and young people.
• Ensure accurate recording and reporting of client contact within professional standards.
• Maintain a safe therapeutic environment and assure quality of care through high operational standards.

Job description

Role Overview

The post holder will be a care coordinator, assessing and treating children and young people in a multidisciplinary team (MDT). The post holder will also support and advise parents and carers of children and young people (C&YP) referred to the service, offer consultation to professional networks, and may be expected to supervise junior colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Participate as a multidisciplinary 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 record‑keeping standards; collect and collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS.
• Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment and assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems.
• Maintain good professional standards and attitudes toward the care and treatment of children, young people, and their families.
• Link with other statutory and voluntary agencies, professionals, and other CAMHS teams for referrals and joint work; maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with 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 and taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.

About the Service

Our national and specialist CAMHS services have a formidable reputation nationally and internationally, comprising a broad range of outpatient clinics and five inpatient units. We commit to evidence‑based treatment and actively engage in clinical research, developing, assessing and implementing innovative treatments such as intensive day treatments for eating disorders.

Our clinical teams are fully committed to multidisciplinary, comprehensive assessments of young people within their family and social context, taking into account their academic achievements and potential.

Local CAMHS

Southwark CAMHS employs a large number of child and adolescent mental‑health staff from disciplines including child psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, family therapy, nursing, occupational therapy, and 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

This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Dec 2025.