CAMHS Senior Community Support Worker

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; Presencial; GBP 34.000 - 37.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

NHS discounts

Car lease

Accommodation

Counselling services

Staff restaurants

Descripción de la vacante

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is hiring a CAMHS Senior Community Support Worker (Band 4) to engage with young people and families in community settings and the ETS day service. The role focuses on person-centred care planning and delivering therapeutic activities under supervision.

The post requires Care Certificate and NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care, with experience in mental health settings. A full-time, permanent contract is on offer with NHS benefits.

Formación

• Care Certificate and NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification are required.
• Experience as healthcare assistant in a mental health setting is desirable.
• Empathy for individuals with mental health problems and ability to cope with challenging behaviour.
• Ability to provide quality care within protocols, policies and care plans.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Facilitate individual therapeutic care plans and interventions with team guidance.
• Work with young people in the community and in the ETS day service.
• Cooperate with care coordinators and other professionals to support service users.

Conocimientos

Empathy for mental health

Communication skills

Knowledge of mental health disorders

CBT/DBT training

Educación

Care Certificate

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Evidence of further relevant study

Descripción del empleo

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

CAMHS Senior Community Support Worker

The closing date is 17 November 2026

The CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Service (ETS) team is an innovative and friendly team that is passionate about improving care for the young people that we work with. We are looking for a Band 4 community CAMHS Support Worker. This varied role offers excellent opportunities to gain experience and skills in a variety of different settings.

About the team:

ETS is for young people aged 12-18 who are presenting with a serious mental illness. We offer an alternative pathway for young people who have been admitted for inpatient treatment, as well as offering a supported discharge package for young people leaving hospital.

We aim to reduce A&E presentations and hospital admissions and offer the least restrictive interventions to provide consistent access to rapid, effective interventions, support and recovery - including crisis services. This includes better use of resources and investing to develop more local, community-based services and support. The service has both an outreach, and community day service model.

Please note we do not offer sponsorship for these roles and if you were unsuccessful for this role previously, please do not apply again.

Vacancy may close early once capacity has been met

Main duties of the job

We are looking to appoint someone who is confident, responsive and has a passion for young-person and family-centred improvements; you will be enthusiastic and resilient and be able to respond to young people's needs flexibly. The successful candidate will pride themselves on being skilled at engaging with young people and families, work well within a team and be passionate about providing a high-quality service to young people. We are looking for a candidate who is inspired by the idea of making a difference.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• The Post holder will facilitate individual therapeutic care plans/ therapeutic interventions that have been planned with or by qualified members of the team in conjunction with their care coordinator.
• The Senior CAMHS support worker will work with young people in the community and also in the ETS day service.
• Please see job description/ person specification for further information.

About us

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave. We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.

Work life balance. We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.

Career development. There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.

Car lease. Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.

Accommodation. Our staff benefit fromkeyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.

NHS discounts. With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Staff restaurants

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Care Certificate

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or other equivalent qualification.

Experience of working as a Healthcare assistant in a mental health setting.

Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times.

Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service users needs, without close supervision, and acting on own initiative, within protocols, policies and care plans.

Communications skills receiving and conveying information accurately with staff and with service users and able to keep accurate records.

Resilient: able to respond appropriately to potential difficult interpersonal situations or demands of the role including distress and agitation.

Please note we do not offer sponsorship for these roles.

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

• Care Certificate
• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social care of other equivalent Qualification
• Evidence of further relevant study.

Experience

• Experience of working as healthcare assistant in a mental health setting
• Experience of working with people with mental health problems
• experience of working with professionals from other agencies and services
• Experience of co-facilitating groups
• Experience of working with children or young people and their parent's carers

Knowledge/ Skills

• Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times.
• Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs without close supervision and acting on own initiative, within protocols, policies and care plans
• Good written and verbal communication Skills
• Knowledge of different mental health disorders, signs, symptoms, risk factors and presentations.
• Training in other specific interventions e.g CBT, DBT etc

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.

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

PEARS Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People

£34,186 to £37,389 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAs

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-NUR-8272652-SG-A

Job locations

PEARS Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People