CAMHS Clinician

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; Billingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a CAMHS Clinician to assess and manage care for children and young people within the Getting Help pathway. You will work in a multidisciplinary team, deliver evidence-based interventions, contribute to safeguarding, and collaborate with families and schools.

The role emphasizes trauma-informed practice, risk assessment, and continued professional development within an iThrive CAMHS model. Closing date 15 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate level evidence-based practice for children and young people.
• Experience with safeguarding and legislation awareness.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based assessments and interventions for children and young people.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Effective communication

Clinical supervision

Report writing

Training & teaching

Risk assessment

Education

Post-graduate qualification

CAMHS degree

Teaching & assessing in clinical practice

Model of therapy training

Tools

NHS systems

Job description

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

CAMHS Clinician

The closing date is 15 November 2026

The North Tees & Darlington Getting Advice & Help Service is a partnership between Alliance and TEWV, providing assessment, advice and therapeutic support for children, young people and families experiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

The CAMHS Clinician will work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver mental health assessments, risk assessments, care planning and evidence-based interventions for children and young people requiring Getting Help level support. The post holder will work collaboratively with families, schools and partner agencies to promote positive outcomes and prevent escalation of need.

Working within an integrated Alliance and TEWV model, the clinician will contribute to safe, effective and person-centred care, safeguarding processes, service development and quality improvement. The role requires excellent communication, clinical decision-making and partnership-working skills, alongside a commitment to trauma-informed, strengths-based and recovery-focused practice.

This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• Manage a caseload of children and young people requiring support within the Getting Help pathway, delivering evidence-based assessments and interventions.
• Participate in the service duty system, providing advice, triage, risk assessment, and consultation to children, young people, families, and professionals.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to provide coordinated, person-centred care.
• Contribute to multi-agency working with schools, primary care, social care, and voluntary sector partners to support positive outcomes.
• Assess and manage clinical risk, safeguarding concerns, and escalating cases appropriately where specialist intervention is required.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to service performance, quality improvement, and outcome monitoring.
• Participate in regular clinical and managerial supervision, continuing professional development, and reflective practice.
• Promote early intervention, resilience, and recovery-focused approaches to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within an innovative integrated CAMHS iThrive model, supporting children and young people to access the right help, at the right time.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the point of application.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for children and young people in the designated field.
• Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
• Care Programme Approach and its application in practice
• Detailed understanding of Safeguarding andits application in practice.
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
• Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
• Research and development methodologUnderstanding of psychological models of care and treatment.y
• The Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS)

Skills

• Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to children and young people, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional / care co-ordinator responsibilities
• Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
• Write reports.
• Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings.
• Use approved breakaway techniques.

Qualification

• Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Depending on work area, recognised sign-off mentor (or equivalent) or must be achieved within agreed timescale.
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area (within agreed timescale)
• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework (at the point of application)
• Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession.
• CAMHS Degree
• Recognised qualification in a specific model of therapy e.g. family therapy, CBT etc.
• Recognised training in Facilitation of Parenting Groups

Experience

• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
• Providing clinical supervision.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Quality improvement activities
• Significant experience working with children and young people with mental ill health in a community setting.
• Leadership or management experience
• Mentoring students on practice placement experience

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Address

1 Belasis Court, Belasis Hall Technology Park, Billingham, TS23 4AZ.