Job summary
- Main area
- Social Work
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-LS-CAMHS-748
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Heart of Hounslow Health Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 Per annum Inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/12/2025 17:00
Employer heading
Clinical CAMHS Social Worker
Band 7
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
Are you a Social Worker with significant experience of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties, and interested in working in CAMHS?
The post holder will work as part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team holding a caseload, providing mental health assessments and a range of evidence-based clinical interventions to children, adolescents and their families. They will offer training and advice to professionals working across multi-agencies. They will provide input to the CAMH Social Work structure and Quality Improvement initiatives in Hounslow CAMHS.
The successful candidate will join our friendly Tier 3 Adolescent Team within Hounslow Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service.
We are looking for enthusiastic, skilled and innovative clinicians with a broad range of specialist and generic experience, who will be able to maintain clinical curiosity and engage in reflective practice as well as be able to be an advocate for children, young people and families' needs.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and skilled clinician to:
• Provide high-quality specialised CAMHS assessment and therapeutic interventions as well as risk management work for children and young people presenting with complex and severe mental health problems.
• Provide an accessible, mental health assessment and intervention for children and young people that is sensitive to their cultural, ethnic, religious, contextual, family and developmental needs.
• Promote mental health, well-being and personal and family growth with an emphasis on working towards client goals, giving the client informed choices, as well as using appropriate, evidence-based available resources and treatment packages.
• Make clear autonomous decisions based on analysis of complex presenting problems & judgments based on available treatment options.
• Offer specialist advice and consultation to other professionals across a range of agencies including: primary care, social care, and education.
• Confidently communicate at a high level both verbally and in writing, with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Provide training, consultation and advice to colleagues in the team and across multi-agencies involved with child and adolescent mental health.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or Diploma in Social Work with additional therapeutic qualifications
- Active Professional registration with Social Work England (SWE)
- Post registration training/ equivalent experience in child and adolescent mental health.
Desirable criteria
- Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) stage 2 qualification
- CYP IAPT Trainings, e.g. CBT, Systemic Family Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy [IPT], Under 5’s, Parent Training
- Other post-graduate qualifications in: CBT, Systemic Foundation Years, EMDR, Mindfulness. Mentalizing Trainings
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable post registration experience in mental health Including extensive experience of assessment and therapeutic direct work with children and adolescents with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties.
- Experience of providing consultation and liaison support to colleagues, referral agencies and services responsible for the care, support and wellbeing of service users and their families/carers
- Demonstrable experience of working in multidisciplinary clinical teams and contributing a professional social work perspective
- Experience in assessing and managing high risk behaviours and in developing and implementing risk management plans
- Experience of management of child protection emergencies Experience of advising multidisciplinary colleagues about child and adult safeguarding
- Experience of working in a number of ways i.e. assertive outreach, clinic based settings, home, school or other appropriate environments
- Experience of using therapeutic skills, such as CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, Family Work, Parenting
Desirable criteria
- Experience of giving presentations to colleagues in relation to Social Work
- Experience of other treatment approaches
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Skills in communicating with children, adolescents and their families or carers
- The ability to present and communicate complex information
- Good organisational and prioritising skills
- Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
- Flexible approach
- A good understanding of, and ability to use, clinical supervision
- A high level of self-awareness and capacity to reflect
- Ability to contain the anxieties of severely unwell young people and their parents.
- Consultation Skills
Desirable criteria
- Skills and sensitivity in working with difficult to engage families
- Ability to deal with challenging behaviour in possibly distressing situations.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Devinie Jayaweera
- Job title
- CAMHS Head of Social Work
- Email address
- [email protected]
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