Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in London seeks an experienced CWP to provide support for families waiting for treatment. The role involves supervision of junior staff, delivering workshops, and managing referrals. Candidates should be creative, flexible, and dedicated to improving mental health outcomes for young people and their families.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in triaging and managing referrals.
• Ability to deliver individual and group interventions.
• Strong communication skills with families and professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide support in managing families waiting for treatment.
• Deliver workshops on mental health awareness.
• Support clinicians in therapy groups.

Skills

Experience as a CWP

Ability to supervise junior staff

Creativity and flexibility

Education

Relevant qualifications in mental health

Job description

Overview

Newham CAMHS is a large and vibrant specialist child and adolescent mental health service with a reputation for innovation and flexibility in meeting the complex mental health support needs of Newham's children, young people and families. It is centrally located on one site in Plaistow, Newham, and provides an extensive and growing range of services including multi-disciplinary specialist teams such as the Emotional & Behavioural Teams, Adolescent Mental Health Team, Paediatric Liaison Team, Neurodevelopmental Team and the Well Being in Newham Schools Team. It meets weekly with community partners and social care as part of the Newham Multi Agency Collective. Practitioners work in Youth Zones and form part of the Vanguard Team - a specialist community psychology led service in Newham, for young people up to 25 years of age impacted by, or at risk of youth violence. There is a broad spectrum of disciplines and a long tradition of effective multidisciplinary and interagency working, outreach and consultation work.

Responsibilities

The CWP role is to provide support in the triage and management of families waiting for treatment with our waiting list team E&B3 and also our Front Door Team with referrals. This will also involve delivery of both individual and group interventions for young people and parents under the supervision of a suitably qualified senior clinician. The applicant will be an experienced CWP who can supervise junior CWP staff and CWP trainees.

Additionally, our CWPs run workshops, raise awareness of mental health and emotional wellbeing to parent/carers, young people and professionals to promote positive mental health. CWPs will support clinicians in the running of other therapy groups. The post holder will be required to be creative, flexible, adaptable, professional and motivated in all aspects of their role, both in clinical delivery and within the development of the service provision. The successful candidate would contribute to the MDT, working within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

Values and Mission

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people\'s lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Key Relationships

• Clinical Team Lead FDT
• Children, young people and their families
• FDT Co-ordinator
• General Manager CAMHS
• CAMHS Senior Management Group
• Multidisciplinary colleagues in CAMHS
• Other professionals working with children and young people in social services, health, education, youth justice system and the voluntary sector

Additional Information

Trust corporate departments including Human Resources, Training and Development.

Please see attached job description for a full breakdown of the role and the essential and desirable criteria.

This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025