CAMHS Practitioner | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Catford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in mental health seeks a care coordinator to assess and treat mental health conditions in children and young people. The role involves significant clinical practice, with responsibilities including risk assessments and collaboration with various teams. Candidates with skills in cognitive behavioural therapy or similar therapies are encouraged to apply. This position offers flexibility in working arrangements, generous pay, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous pay and pension

Flexible working options

Career development opportunities

NHS discounts

Childcare vouchers

Qualifications

• Experience with risk assessments and managing service referrals.
• Ability to maintain therapeutic environments.
• Supervisory experience over junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Conduct risk assessments under supervision.
• Participate in daily duty rota and manage new referrals.
• Coordinate care plans across agencies.

Skills

Cognitive behavioural therapy

Play therapy

Art therapy

Collaboration

Supervision

Job description

Overview

The post holder will be a care coordinator responsible for assessing and treating a range of mental health and significant behavioural difficulties in children and young people referred to the team. The successful candidate will work within the Horizon Generic team, a large generic team within Lewisham CAMHS, delivering treatment and assessment. This clinical post expects approximately 75% of time spent in clinical practice. Flexible working is available as part of our new ways of working, and flexible options can be discussed at interview.

Responsibilities

• Carry out risk assessments with children, young people and their families routinely under supervision of the team manager and senior clinical supervisor to manage these situations effectively.
• Be part of the daily duty rota for the service, including screening and managing new referrals, telephone queries and supporting the team as required.
• Collaborate with other CAMHS practitioners in the service from all disciplines and participate in internal and external professional networks to ensure care plans across agencies are coordinated efficiently and effectively.
• Contribute to the accurate recording and reporting of client contact, ensuring documentation meets CAMHS and professional standards of record keeping. Collect and collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS.
• Maintain a safe therapeutic environment and work with the team and clients to sustain high operational standards in clinical systems.
• Link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and CAMHS teams for referrals and joint work; maintain good relationships and clear communication with professional agencies and departments, offering specialist advice and support where appropriate.
• Participate in the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings and taking responsibilities within the service as negotiated with the line manager.
• Supervise junior team members (Band 5–6) or trainees from any discipline as required.

Requirements and Skills

If trained in cognitive behavioural therapy, play therapy, or art therapy, you may apply for this post and these clinical skills will be considered an asset for the Horizon team. This role is a clinical post with 75% clinical time expectation.

Benefits

• Generous pay, pensions and leave; comprehensive package dependent on role and length of service.
• Work-life balance with flexible working options, including part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development opportunities with mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Car lease, accommodation on selected sites, and NHS discounts up to 10% through Health Service Discounts.
• Additional benefits: counselling services, wellbeing events, long service awards, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, childcare vouchers, staff restaurants.

This advert closes on Wednesday 8 Oct 2025