Camhs Practitioner

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a clinical post within the Family First Service, based in South End. The role involves working with SET CAMHS managers to deliver psychological support to children, young people and families, and to contribute to outcomes and safeguarding across multi-agency settings.

The post requires professional registration and experience with neurodevelopmental issues, with a focus on NICE concordant interventions.

Qualifications

• Professional registration with HCPC/NCM, UKCP/BABCP/AFT/SWE is required or desirable.
• Experience working with children and young people presenting mental health disorders.
• Ability to work across multi-agency settings including education, social care and hospital services.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of psychological services to children and young people in Family First CAMHS.
• Conduct assessments, plan treatments and contribute to service outcomes.
• Engage with families to provide NICE-concordant interventions and psychoeducation.
• Collaborate with SET CAMHS and other partners to support safeguarding and complex cases.

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to work in the Family First Service in South End. This is a joint funded position between SET CAMHS and South End Social care.

The Families First Partnership (FFP) is a national programme transforming how children, young people and families are supported.

Through Families First, we aim to:

• improve outcomes for children and families through earlier, more effective support
• strengthen collaboration between agencies so families experience co-ordinated help
• reduce pressure on crisis services by preventing problems from escalating
• empower families to take an active role in shaping plans and decisions
• use partnership resources more effectively across the system

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with the Family First Manager and SET CAMHS Manager to help support the delivery of psychological support. They will be responsible for assessment, treatment and deliver of service outcomes. The post holder would require a Professional registration (HCPC/NCM, UKCP/BABCP/AFT/SWE) and/or accreditation.

This post would suit clinicians with experience working with young people who present with mental health disorders, adapting support for young people with neurodevelopment issues and working with the wider systems including education, social care, Acute Hospital, Psychiatric Hospitals and family/carers.

About us

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.

We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Job responsibilities

Promoting the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community through clinical interventions in the locality team. To prevent more serious mental health problems in children and young people by early identification of the development of mental health problems in children and young people

Providing a direct service to children and young people and their families, in an accessible and less stigmatizing environment, based on the best available research evidence, within clinical governance.

Working alongside other colleagues in SET CAMHS in order to provide an in-depth comprehensive assessment of the child’s, young person’s, and family’s functioning where there is a constellation of high dysfunction and severe and highly complex mental health problems in the family. To formulate their strengths and difficulties and to determine the most appropriate treatment plan.

To provide NICE concordant therapeutic interventions (including parent/child work, group work, parent support input, psycho-education and brief individual work with children and young people) to children and young people with complex mental health difficulties including neurodevelopmental disorders such as autistic spectrum disorders, learning difficulties, ADHD; emotional difficulties, including depression and anxiety states; attachment disorders; conduct disorders, eating disorders; post-traumatic stress disorder; psychosomatic disorders; enuresis/encopresis, aggression, borderline states, self-harming, substance misuse and other behavior potentially dangerous to the child/young person or others.

Experience of complex risk formulation and collaborative safety planning. Experience of partnership working across systems around a child or young person and their family where there are safeguarding and mental health concerns.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Details JD

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on the vacancy.

Working for Us

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.

Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.

We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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Desirable

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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.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.