Job summary
- Main area
- Mutli-Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Based between CAMHS and adult EIS
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Client facing)
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-7464846
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 78 Lewisham Park
- Town
- Lewisham
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Early Intervention in Psychosis Practitioner (CAMHS)
NHS AfC: Band 7
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit an experienced practitioner to join the Adolescent Treatment Team (ATT), a well-established arm of Lewisham CAMHS that offer stabilisation, formulation, and treatment of young people with mental health problems that are severe, complex, and/or associated with high levels of risk. The role provides the early intervention in service for young people with psychosis and bipolar disorder in the borough. We are a multi-disciplinary, dynamic, resourceful, caring and supportive team with a small, protected caseload of young people with the highest level of need, including severe depression and anxiety disorders, complex trauma, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and emotional instability. Many have previously had or are at risk of a psychiatric admission, and we work closely with inpatient services to enable continuity of care and successful step-down to the community post-discharge.The role involves working closely with the adult EIS services and facilitating transitions.
ATT use teamwork to offer the most effective service provision in a supportive and respectful environment whilst still being a fun base.
Main duties of the job
· Provide specialist care coordination service for young people with severe mental health problems, including assessment, formulation, treatment, consultation, planning, and monitoring of outcomes
· To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist for young people with severe mental health problems.
· To undertake service evaluation, audit, and research.
· To provide support to the MDT as a senior clinician and some other senior management duties, as appropriate.
· To work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
Working for our organisation
SLAM is the largest mental health trust in the UK and offers a wide range of National Specialists and local provisions in South London. Working for Lewisham CAMHS gives access to many of the dynamic and innovative opportunities linked to the Trust.
Lewisham is an inner-city borough in South London serving a population of almost 300,000 people, 23 % falling in the 0-19 age group. Lewisham is highly diverse and proudly represents many different cultures, needs and backgrounds.
Lewisham CAMHS has several teams providing services to specific need; the ATT team has been established over 20 years serving the most complex and high-risk children in Lewisham. There is close liaison with other CAMHS teams and the wider specialist services. Working within ATT can be challenging and demanding but there are resources in place such as supervision, case discussion, the MDT, joint work, training, clear referral criteria, systems management and workable caseloads to support functioning. There is a strong team identity and ethos, we strive to do our best for our young people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will lead the Early Intervention Service in Psychosis for young people presenting with mental health problems that are severe, complex, and associated with high levels of risk. This will include high-quality assessment, formulation, and evidence-based therapy to young people and families. The role will also include consultation to support the team and the wider Lewisham CAMHS service in the identification and treatment of psychosis.
The candidate will also hold a small number of care coordination cases to support with stabilisation, risk management, and multi-agency care planning. The job involves contributing to the effective working of the team supporting team members in managing risk. There will be opportunity to supervise lower banded staff and students. The post-holder will be part of the leadership in the team that oversees clinical activities and processes, working together to drive service improvement and create a psychological safe environment in which team members can flourish. Engagement in research will be actively encouraged, and the candidate would be supported to undertake training and professional development in line with their appraisal.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level professional qualification (Nursing, social work, psychology etc). (A)
- Applicants will require professional registration with a statutory body. (A)
Desirable criteria
- Training in clinical supervision. (A/I)
- CAARMS practitioner/ supervisor training. (A/I)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience and ability to function as a specialist practitioner with children and young people, including those with complex mental health problems such as psychosis. (A/I)
- Experience of good practice in young people’s mental health assessments. (A/I)
- Evidence of providing interventions in group, individual and family work, multidisciplinary work. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of experience of clinical governance and audit and the process of clinical supervision. (A/I)
- Experience of working with families in a multi-cultural urban environment (A/I)
- Experience of working with young people with intellectual disability or neurodevelopmental disorders. (A/I)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of mental health disorders in children, adolescents and young adults. (A/I)
- Knowledge of clinical assessment, formulation and risk assessment in complex presentations. (A/I)
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, policy and guidance in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and CAMHS practice. (A/I)
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in clinical judgement/competency in risk assessment. (A/I)
- Skills in engaging therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions. (A/I)
- Good written and verbal presentation skills and the ability to work under pressure. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues including those with sensory, and emotional difficulties and cultural differences. (A/I)
- Skills in teaching, training and supervising others. (A/I)
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
- Michelle Whiteside
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07956656933
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