Multi-Disciplinary Pathway Worker (RMN/OT/SW/CBT Therapist)

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Folkestone is seeking a Multi-Disciplinary Pathway Worker to provide assessments and evidence-based interventions for young people with mental health needs. The ideal candidate will have qualifications in health care, experience with children in a CAMHS setting, and a flexible approach to training. The position offers full-time, part-time, and flexible working opportunities, plus a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum.

Qualifications

• The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist).
• To be trained in CBT.
• To have CAMHS experience.
• Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people.

Responsibilities

• Undertake CAMHS assessments of children and young people up to age 18.
• Offer evidence-based interventions to children and adolescents with complex mental health needs.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with team members and partnership agencies.

Skills

CAMHS experience

Clinical intervention skills

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Graduate qualified health care professional

Training in CBT

Job description

Go back NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Multi-Disciplinary Pathway Worker (RMN/OT/SW/CBT Therapist)

The closing date is 31 December 2025

Band 6 - Multi-disciplinary Pathway Worker (RMN/OT/SW/CBT Therapist)

Come and work for NELFT, an organisation that values the best care by the best people.

Are you enthusiastic, motivated and an experienced CAMHS Practitioner, who has an interest and knowledge of working with Children and Adolescents who present with mental health and significant behavioural difficulties.

If so this is the job for you.

Main duties of the job

As a key part of our Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service, the post holder will undertake CAMHS assessments of children and young people up to age 18 to inform formulation, diagnosis and recommendations for treatment within a spectrum of mental health presentations. You will have a caseload, offering evidence based interventions to children and adolescents with complex mental heath needs and their families .

You will have the ability to deliver a range of evidence based clinical interventions for children and young people and will be supported to train in other treatment modalities . Develop and maintain close working relationships with members of the team and partnership agencies e.g. Social Services, Education and others is essential.

You must demonstrate an interest in multi-agency and multi-disciplinary work and be familiar with evidence-based practice in children’s mental health. There are excellent opportunities for CPD, in service teaching and supervision within the team and the Trust.

You must be able to work independently and have good clinical / therapeutic and case management skills to engage this group of young people.

About us

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are: 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.

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 on 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.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

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.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist)
• To be trained in CBT

Experience

• To be eligible for for registration as a full member of appropriate professional body (e.g NMC, HCPC)
• To have CAMHS experience

Complex interventions

• Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions
• To have a flexible approach to working around the needs of the service

Flexible approach

• To be willing to take on new training opportunities to increase the clinics skills
• To be willing to take on new training opportunities to increase the clinics skills

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.

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working