SET CAMHS Senior Practitioner

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Basildon; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust in Basildon is recruiting for a CAMHS Senior Practitioner on a full-time permanent basis. The post offers a salary of £49,387 to £56,515 per year and a High Cost Area Supplement.

You will work within a multidisciplinary CAMHS team and contribute to child and adolescent mental health services, with opportunities for learning, development and progression; induction and integration are emphasised.

Responsibilities

• We pride ourselves on working within a strong and supportive multi-disciplinary team with opportunities for learning, development, and progression.

Job description

SET CAMHS Senior Practitioner

CAPTION:

• Company: NHS Jobs
• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
• Hours: Full-time
• Location: Basildon, SS14 1EH
• Job type: Permanent
• Posting date: 8 Oct 2026
• Closing date: 21 Oct 2026

Summary

Working for your organisation 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 Goodmayes, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £1,303 and a maximum payment of £2,198 per annum, pro rata for part time).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We pride ourselves on working within a strong and supportive multi-disciplinary team with opportunities for learning, development, and progression.

Locality Teams in CAMHS

The aim of CAMHS is to respond earlier to children and young people's needs in order to help prevent, reduce or delay the need for more specialist interventions. This transformation of children and young people's mental health services has a clinical focus, integrated with local authorities to deliver a long term collaborative approach to planning and delivering services. The service is driven by the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies); evidence based interventions, routine measurement of outcomes, access to high quality training and supervision for professionals and co-production with children and young people. Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application. We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.

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.

Use of AI

Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.

Working for your organisation 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 Goodmayes, Essex.