Highly Specialist CAMHS ADHD Practitioner | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking enthusiastic Highly Specialist CAMHS ADHD Practitioners. This role involves conducting assessments and providing clinical interventions for children with neurodevelopmental conditions. Candidates are expected to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary environment. Applicants should have significant experience in CAMHS and a relevant professional qualification. This position offers opportunities for supervision and professional development.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in CAMHS and working with children with ADHD.
• Ability to offer evidence-based clinical interventions.
• Experience in providing supervision to junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Conduct specialist CAMHS assessments for children and young people with ADHD.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to improve service delivery.
• Provide supervision and management for junior clinical staff.

Skills

Experience with neurodevelopmental conditions

Cultural sensitivity

Collaboration in multidisciplinary teams

Education

Qualification in Psychology, Family Therapy, Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy

Job description

Overview

We are seeking two enthusiastic and creative Highly Specialist CAMHS ADHD Practitioners with considerable Neurodevelopmental CAMHS experience, to come and work in the socially and ethnically diverse borough of Newham. This post is open to applicants from all of the core professions: Psychology, Family Therapy, Psychotherapy, Nursing, Social Work and Occupational Therapy.

About the team and environment

The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and vibrant multidisciplinary child and adolescent mental health team. There is a strong culture of support for staff with a number of reflective group spaces, in addition to supervision, such as the Challenging Race and Inequalities group. New ideas and innovative practice are welcomed and our thriving service user participation group works collaboratively with staff to develop projects. We encourage staff proactively to access learning and teaching opportunities within CAMHS and the wider NHS Trust, as well as on accredited courses.

Role and scope

We are looking for applicants who have experience and appreciation of some of the richness and complexities of working within an inter-cultural community. This post is part of a comprehensive Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, within the East London NHS Foundation Trust. This is a community based post in Newham CAMHS to work with the Neurodevelopmental Team (NDT).

The post holder will be expected to conduct specialist CAMHS assessments for children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions, in particular ADHD, offering evidence based clinical interventions.

Values

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.

Responsibilities and supervision

The post holders would directly contribute to and support a positive working environment with the Multidisciplinary team and expected to offer supervision and management to more junior clinical staff (band 7 and below). This is a community-based post, which also requires a high degree of professional autonomy and self management. The post holder will receive clinical supervision from someone within the same professional discipline.

About Newham CAMHS

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, Looked After Children Team and Social Care/Families First Team. There is a broad spectrum of disciplines (approximately 50 whole time equivalent clinical staff) and a long tradition of effective multidisciplinary and interagency working. The service undertakes considerable outreach and consultation work and training.

This advert closes on Thursday 25 Sep 2025