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Job summary

Main area
CAMHS Clinical Lead
Grade
Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-PP171-25-A
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
SET-CAHMS West Hub Aylmer House
Town
Harlow
Salary
£64,455 - £74,896 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/02/2026 08:00

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

CAMHS Clinical Lead - Psychologist/Family Therapist/Psychotherapist

Band 8b

Job overview

We are thrilled to announce the recruitment of  Clinical Leads for our SET CAMHS Locality Teams across West Essex. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and passionate psychological professional/Systemic Family Therapist to make a significant impact in the lives of young people and their families.

As a Clinical Lead, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality care within our locality teams. You will be responsible for developing and overseeing a needs-led, evidence-based clinical model. At SET CAMHS, we adopt the iTHRIVE framework, which guides care provision across our teams and services. In this role, you will oversee the quality of clinical care within your hub while maintaining direct involvement in delivering exceptional interventions to young people and their families.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Lead, you will:

  • Lead and drive clinical improvements within the service, ensuring the delivery of the highest standards of care.
  • Collaborate with operational managers and partner agencies to provide integrated care.
  • Support and develop the workforce through supervision, consultation, and training.
  • Contribute your expertise within multidisciplinary team (MDT) and leadership meetings.
  • Hold a small caseload of young people with more complex needs.

Skills and Experience Required

  • Extensive knowledge and experience in delivering evidence-based psychological therapies within CAMHS, such as CBT, Family Therapy, DBT, and other psychotherapeutic approaches.
  • A solid understanding of trauma-informed care and attachment-related presentations.
  • A commitment to workforce development and clinical excellence.

What We Offer
The successful candidates will join a supportive Directorate of Psychological Professions, offering a wide range of opportunities for leadership and career development. You will also receive regular clinical supervision from the Clinical and Strategic Lead to support your ongoing professional growth.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of CAMHS services in our region while working with a dedicated and talented team.

Working for our organisation

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 in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.  The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

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COVID-19 Vaccination

We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster.  We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.  Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

SET CAMHS has adopted the iTHRIVE Framework, which provides a set of principles for improving mental health and wellbeing support for children, young people and families, with SET CAMHS working in partnership with HCRG Care Group to deliver service to children and young people. The THRIVE Framework is needs-led which means that mental health needs are defined by the children, young people and their families, alongside professionals, through shared decision making. i-THRIVE | Implementing the THRIVE Framework (implementingthrive.org)

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification when completing your application

Person specification

qualification

Essential criteria
  • Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist)
Desirable criteria
  • To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, ACP, AFT)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with co-morbid difficulties and special needs. (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma).
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of using observation (eg. In school contexts) to contribute to assessments of children.

Experience ad skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience with supervision, training and developing others
Desirable criteria
  • Experience with quality and service Improvement

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

If you require any additional support during the application process please contact [email protected]. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment journey.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jubeida Adams
Job title
SET-CAMHS Head of Service
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07967799994
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