CAMHS Clinician

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; York; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust in York seeks a CAMHS Clinician for a 12-month maternity cover. The role involves assessing and treating children and young people, coordinating care as a Key Worker, and collaborating with families and multidisciplinary colleagues.

Experience in CAMHS, knowledge of CBT/SFP/DBT is desirable and training will be provided. A professional registration and commitment to safeguarding are required.

Qualifications

• Current professional registration with appropriate body.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area (within agreed timescale).
• CAMHS Degree.
• Recognised qualification in a specific model of therapy e.g. family therapy, CBT etc.
• Recognised training in Facilitation of Parenting Groups.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and intervention to families as part of a large multi-disciplinary team.
• Act as a Key Worker, coordinating care and ensuring safe, effective care delivery.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions; training and supervision available to develop CBT/SFP/DBT skills.
• Communicate clearly with children, young people, families, and diverse professionals to support care planning.
• Lead or contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement, and case reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical supervision

Communication

Care co-ordination

Teamwork

Report writing

Breakaway techniques

Education

Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area

CAMHS Degree

Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice

Professional registration with relevant body

Job description

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

CAMHS Clinician

The closing date is 26 November 2026

Are you looking to try something different or seeking an opportunity to build on your experience. Do you have an interest and passion for understanding and working with children who require assessment/treatment of young people and in supporting their families? Do you want to work alongside a well-established and compassionate team in helping to assess and support these families? Then we have the right role for you! York's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are seeking to recruit a CAMHS Clinician to join us for a 12 month maternity cover post and will consider secondment.

The team is in a position to be able to help staff develop the knowledge and experience within CAMHS and offer additional training as appropriate to role but are keen to recruit an individual who has experience to bring along with them.

Please note this post require candidates to have a professional registration as a Child, Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist.

Nursing candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework at the time of applying.

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 join a large multi-disciplinary team in providing assessment and intervention to families here in York. You will become a Key Worker in co-ordinating care, ensuring that safe and effective care is provided, whilst providing evidence based interventions. Qualifications in CBT, SFP and DBT are desirable for this role but we are in a position to provide training and supervision to develop these skills.

If you enjoy working within an experienced and inclusive team who are passionate about supporting with children and young people and their families/carers, and enjoy a challenge and have a flexible approach, then we would like to hear from you. You will need to be confident in your own clinical decision-making skills. You will work with a range of professionals from a variety of different agencies including social care, acute care and a range of community and voluntary sector partners.

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

The role can be demanding but also highly rewarding so you will need to be someone who is motivated, resilient and passionate about working with this client group. an experience CAMHS clinician who is able to manage their own caseload, with an emphasis on doing brief therapy as well as longer term specialist interventions.

Person Specification

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

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
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment.
• 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.

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

£39,959 to £48,117 a year(pro rata), per annum