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Job summary

Main area
CAMHS Practitioner
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
22-WHT-4032
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern Health Centre
Town
London
Salary
£47,951 - £56,863 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/07/2026 23:59
Interview date
29/07/2026

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CAMHS Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 6

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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well established and innovative MDT, to provide autism and ADHD assessments for 5-18 yr olds. We are passionate about improving the experience of assessment and diagnosis for neurodivergent CYP and improving outcomes by enabling them to understand their strengths and needs. The post holder deliver cognitive assessments, ADOS’s and Qb tests, and over time lead on some ADHD assessments. They will lead on triaging referrals into the team. They will be supported to take a lead on the innovation, co ordinating and preparing some of the clinics, and join ADHD follow up clinics to support case co ordination, working closely with our doctors.  Support and supervision structures within the team are excellent.  This is a fast-paced and structured role that would suit someone who is passionate about efficient, person-centred, neuroaffirmative assessment. The post will include face to face and home-based remote working. Whilst the majority of the role requires clinic-based working, remote working is encouraged for activities like report writing and a good balance of both styles of working is achieved within our team. We would particularly welcome applicants that reflect the diverse cultural background of the North London population that the team serves. We are proud of our inclusive culture, and open to flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments as required to ensure we have a diverse staff team.

Main duties of the job

· To provide high quality and efficient neurodevelopmental assessments to children and young people aged 5 to 18 years, utilising a range of methods, and to contribute to risk assessments of CYP

·         To provide input to MDT discussions.

·         To lead on triage of referrals 

·       To carry out QI projects as requested,  contribute to service development and support assistant psychologists in the team

·         To screen and prepare cases for some of the clinics eg.the Rapid assessment pathway

· To support mental health assessments as part of a neurodevelopmental assessment.

·         To provide timely and sensitively written reports.

·   To communicate outcomes of assessments to parents, carers, children and young people and professionals. 

  • To develop a specialist role in the assessment and management of children with ADHD and act as a contact point for professionals in the management of young people with ADHD. This may include liaising with other agencies and the voluntary sector, providing consultation, information and support regarding ADHD.
  • To case manage a small number of doctor' cases where multi agency networks are involved and the family would benefit from a named clinician from camhs

·       To complete monitoring of clinical outcomes and own activity data, and keep clinical records and ensure they are updated in a timely manner.

·  Participate in team training and development and attend regular supervision

Working for our organisation

Our mission is to create Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (Islington Community CAMHS and Paediatric Mental Health Team) within Whittington Health Trust that embrace diversity and foster inclusivity at all levels. We strive to empower and support our staff and service users to achieve wellbeing.As a CAMHS within Whittington Health we appreciate the importance of equality, diversity, inclusion and equity to strive towards providing the best quality and compassionate health care for you.Local boroughs are diverse communities. Through an awareness of social and cultural differences we understand that people may have different perspectives on emotional and mental health, and therefore our children, young people and families may have differing experiences and differing needs. We welcome and will seek conversations and feedback from ALL our service users. We want our staff to feel safe, supported and included within Whittington CAMHS, and value the things that make us unique, including all protected characteristics. Therefore, we wish to foster a positive culture which will allow all staff to flourish and ensure that everyone is valued and respected. We are working towards a non-defensive position that recognises the biases held within large organisations. 
This requires commitment, support and action from everyone at all levels of the organisation to change cultures and attitudes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide high quality and efficient neurodevelopmental assessments to children and young people aged 5 to 18 years, utilising standardised assessments

·         To contribute to risk assessments for children and young people.

·         To provide input to multi-disciplinary discussions.

·         To lead on triage of referrals to the NDT

·        To carry out QI projects as requested, and contribute to service development

·         To support assistant psychologists in the team

·         To screen and prepare cases for some of the clinics eg.the Rapid assessment pathway

· To support mental health assessments as part of a neurodevelopmental assessment.

·         To provide timely and sensitively written reports.

·   To communicate outcomes of assessments to parents, carers, children and young people and professionals. 

  • To develop a specialist role in the assessment and management of children with ADHD and act as a contact point for professionals in the management of young people with ADHD. This may include liaising with other agencies and the voluntary sector, providing consultation, information and support regarding ADHD.
  • To case manage a small number of cases attending for medical management where multi agency networks are involved and the family would benefit from a named clinician from camhs

·       To complete monitoring of clinical outcomes and own activity data.

·      To keep clinical records and ensure they are updated in a timely manner.

·         To participate in internal and external training and development and attend regular supervision

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree level education in a relevant subject
Desirable criteria
  • A training relevant to child mental health/neurodevelopmental work eg CWP
  • ADOS training

Education and qualifications

Desirable criteria
  • A training relevant to child mental health/neurodevelopmental work eg CWP

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to demonstrate a sound knowledge and understanding of child & adolescent mental health and developmental conditions
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning assessment, formulation

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience working within a mental health setting and /or a CAMHS setting, and experience of working as a keyworker or similar, and holding a caseload of patients
  • Understand the importance of assessment that explores and considers individual cultural identity and associated support needs.
  • Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, actively engaging in and supporting rotas, peer support, training and skills development
  • Able to build strong partnerships with external agencies and develop effective joint planning and support arrangements

personal qualities

Essential criteria
  • Respectful and inclusive attitude towards young people with ADHD, autism, learning disabilities and overlapping conditions
  • Able to prioritise own workload and good time management skills.
  • Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working

Other

Essential criteria
  • Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change
  • Conducts self in a professional, courteous manner at all times and able to maintain professionalism in an emotionally challenging environment

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerDisability confident committed

Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vicky Matthews
Job title
Joint team lead, NDT
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0203316 1824
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