CAMHS Clinician Neurodevelopmental Assessment

NHS; North East; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health service provider is seeking enthusiastic individuals to become CAMHS Clinicians for neurodevelopmental assessment in children aged 0-19. The role involves working on a new service within a multi-disciplinary team, conducting assessments, and contributing to diagnostic processes. Candidates should have relevant professional registration and 18 months of post-qualifying experience. This position offers opportunities for training and supportive supervision.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent).
• Recognised training in Facilitation of Parenting Groups.

Responsibilities

• Carry out observational assessments of children and young people.
• Complete clinical observations and participate in diagnostic decision-making.
• Work alongside other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Observational assessments

Clinical supervision

Collaborative work with families

Leadership experience

Education

Current professional registration

Post graduate qualification in relevant area

Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice

Job description

CAMHS Clinician Neurodevelopmental Assessment

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 07 December 2025

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the Durham and Darlington Neurodevelopmental Pathway and take part in assessment for neurodevelopmental disorders in children and young people age 0-19. This is a new service and the individual would be joining at an exciting time of transformation.

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

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates would be expected to work alongside other members of the multi-disciplinary team as well as liaise with external agencies such as education and local authority. The candidate will be completing clinical observations, coordinating information and participating in diagnostic decision-making as part of the MDT.

The post holders will receive regular supportive supervision and training opportunities.

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 post holder will carry out observational assessments of children and young people in a variety of contexts such as clinic, home and school. The observations will be fed back to the wider MDT and inform the decision around diagnosis of autism and/or ADHD.

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

Denise Ainsley

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Post graduate qualification in relevant area a (within agreed timescale)
• 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
• 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)
• Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession
• Recognised qualification in a specific model of therapy e.g. family therapy, CBT etc
• Recognised training in Facilitation of Parenting Groups

Experience

• Quality improvement activities
• Providing clinical supervision
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
• Leadership or management experience
• Significant experience working with children and young people with mental ill health in a community setting
• 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 methodology
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment
• The Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS)

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