Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-LS-CAMHS-703
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- H&F CAMHs
- Town
- H&F
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 per annum inclusive of 20% HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/08/2025
Employer heading
CAMHS CWP Supervisor/Manager
Band 8a
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Hammersmith and Fulham CAMHS for a skilled and experienced Band 8a Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners Supervisor/Service Development Lead Clinician to
join the Community CAMHS (Tier 2) on a full time permanent contract.
We welcome applicants from a wide variety of professional backgrounds and this role is open to Clinical/Counselling Psychologist / Family Psychotherapists/Nurses/ Psychotherapist / CBT Therapists with BABCP accreditation and with a keen interest of delivering and supervising staff to deliver evidence-based low intensity and guided self-help interventions.
The team is a large and growing multidisciplinary team, offering a range of targeted, early interventions to children and young people age 0-18 who
are experiencing mild-moderate mental health difficulties and developing relationships in community organisations such as youth
groups, faith groups as well as in children’s centres, family hubs and GP settings.
There many opportunities for ongoing staff development and
training.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join an established multi-disciplinary CAMHS which is responsible for providing Tier 2 mental health services within the borough. The post holder will work in Hammersmith and Fulham Community CAMHS with young people aged 0- 18 years. The clinic setting is based in central Hammersmith and there may be some travel to other parts of the borough to attend community settings.
This role will include the co-ordination and appropriate delegation of work and necessary staff support; leading on choosing appropriate cases,providing supervision and opportunities for the team’s Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner’s to develop their skills and competence, as well as supporting the requirements trainee CWP have for their course.
The post holder will support the training the CWPs receive to enable them to deliver, under close supervision, high quality, brief, focused and evidence-based therapeutic interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties (low mood, anxiety and behavioural difficulties). These interventions may be offered either individually or through group work with young people/families.
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 over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
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 and Training
Essential criteria
- Professional knowledge acquired through a degree-level qualification in one of the following: • Nursing (RMN, RGN or RSCN) with additional therapeutic qualifications
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or equivalent if trained overseas, plus registration as a clinical or counselling psychologist with the HCPC
- Systemic Family Psychotherapy
- Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy (eligible for full membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists)
- Social Worker with additional therapeutic qualifications
- CBT therapist accredited with the BABCP, to include training in working with children, adolescents and families
Desirable criteria
- Accredited / Registered with the BABCP as a CBT therapist
- Training in supervision or other training demonstrating management and leadership skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Two years post qualification experience Experience of working with evidence based approaches to low mood, anxiety and behaviour problems.
- An enthusiasm for using Routine Outcome Measures
- An enthusiasm for brief interventions Experience of working with children, young people and parents presenting with a range of mental health difficulties and challenging behaviour
- Formulation and treatment of children and young people with mental health difficulties
- Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working and co-working assessments and treatment
- Experience of supervision of clinical staff
- Experience of working with other agencies outside of the NHS Experience of working with Health Visitors, Family Support Workers and Social Workers.
- Experience of undertaking delegated leadership tasks and managing staff effectively in CAMHS.
- Ability to develop, manage and lead on outcomes data and data reporting for the service.
- Experience of providing a culturally sensitive service.
- Working autonomously with families providing an assessment and treatment service.
- Contributing to multidisciplinary team meetings and co-working assessments and treatment within clinic-based settings.
- Experience in managing child protection concerns.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological interventions.
- Skills in the assessment of mental health factors for young children and their parents
Desirable criteria
- Experience of audit and/or research
- Experience of contributing to implementing new service developments
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological interventions.
- Skills in the assessment of mental health factors for children young people and their parents.
- Ability to work autonomously High level skills in working with professional networks and the ability to advocate for and advance the mental health needs of parents and their children.
- Ability to chair team meetings, undertake delegated management tasks and support the CAMHS Team Manager in general.
- Ability to form excellent working relationships with colleagues and work flexibly with others in multidisciplinary and multi-agency settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
- Ability to manage/supervise clinical staff on band 4/5 & 6
- Knowledge and skills in effective communication, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Effectively manage a reduced clinical caseload, complete outcomes measures routinely, update clinical records in line with team, service and Trust requirements
- Knowledge of the relevant clinical research literature and ability to apply it to field of parent/child mental health for each service area Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health, education and the children Act and Child protection.
- Ability to form good working relationships and work flexibly with others in multidisciplinary and multi-agency settings.
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to form good working relationships and work flexibly with others in multidisciplinary and multi-agency settings.
- Interest and ability to contribute to service development.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations with clients and /or professionals. Confident speaking with a range of audiences in different setting
- Motivated and innovative
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
- Mikael Penttinen
- Job title
- Clinical Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07484 502015
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Human Resources – Trust Headquarters
West London NHS Trust
1 Armstrong Way - Southall
UB2 4SA
- Telephone
- Mob: 07483968676
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