Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (M-F 09:00-17:00hrs)
- Job ref
- 334-NUR-7424666-LF
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mapother House
- Town
- Southwark
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Practitioner - Southwark CAMHS referrals team
NHS AfC: Band 6
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
Do you want to play your part in helping improve the lives of children, young people, and their families? We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and experienced Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) practitioner interested in working with children and adolescents who present with a range of complex mental health difficulties. We have a vacancy for a 0.5 wte equivalent clinician.
The Southwark CAMHS referrals team is a specialist multi-disciplinary mental health team. The role involves processing referrals on behalf of the assessment in treatment teams in the Southwark CAMHS and redirecting those who do not meet the thresholds for specialist CAMHS to appropriate services. The post-holder will undertake initial psychosocial assessments, risk assessments and contingent planning for children and young people referred to the Southwark CAMHS.
Main duties of the job
1- processing new referrals on behalf of the assessment and treatment teams in Southwark CAMHS.
2-Making meaningful clinical contacts with children, young people, and their families. These contacts may include brief initial psychosocial assessments, listing referrals for fuller assessments and treatment, brief psychoeducational sessions, and, in some cases, redirecting the referrals to appropriate services outside of CAMHS.
3- liaising with referrers ( GPs, schools, social workers, A&Es, etc)
4—Working with the referrals team MDT to identify the right care pathways for the children and young people referred.
5- participating in clinical decision meetings, business and other relevant meetings.
6- participating in their own supervision and supervising junior staff.
7- liaising with other agencies as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website. Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
conducting initial psychosocial assessments, risk assessments and agreeing contingent plans with children and young people and their families.
Working in collaboration with own line management supervisor, service user, carers and MDT in assessing needs, planning and implementing care
Taking responsibility for care delivery in a specific area and maintaining a safe therapeutic environment
A good working knowledge of the following: Mental health disorders in children and adolescents
Difficulties common to Looked After Children e.g. attachment difficulties
Key legislation relevant to CAMHS setting: The Children Act 1989, 2004 .All applicants will require a professional training and relevant CAMHS experience in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) , Health Professional's Council (HPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP), The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)ental Health Act 1983, Human Rights Act 1998 and Mental Capacity Act 2005
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level nursing qualification/registration RMN OR or RSCN or HV with related CAMHS OR First level qualification in Occupational therapy, Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Social work, or equivalent with related CAMHS experience. • Qualification as a Systemic Psychotherapist (Family Therapist) with relevant CAMHS experience. • First level qualification in art, play, drama, music therapy or psychotherapy (leading to a registered qualification with one of the above statutory bodies) with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescent with mental health problems/needs.
Desirable criteria
- Post registration clinical professional development. CYP-IAPT post graduate training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Sufficient post-graduation experience in working within a mental health setting.
- Assessed supervised clinical experience working with children and adolescents with mental health problems
- Working in collaboration with supervisor, service user, carers and MDT in assessing needs, planning and implementing care
- Taking responsibility for care delivery in a specific area and maintaining a safe therapeutic environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as a case manager in child and adolescent mental health sector
- Evidence of good practice in child and adolescent mental health assessments, assessments of behaviour and performance, family functioning
- Working with families in a multi-racial urban environment
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to be ‘reflective’ in therapeutic practice and adapt practice from this reflection
- Demonstrate an ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Good written and verbal presentation skills
Desirable criteria
- Skill in using a specific therapy in practice
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- A good working knowledge of Mental health disorders in children and adolescents
- A good working knowldege of key legislation relevant to CAMHS setting
- Assessment of risk and management of risk factors
- The principles underlying confidentiality and information sharing
- The principles of clinical governance and practice
Desirable criteria
- Relevant research and its application to assessment, treatment and case management of CAMH disorders
- Research informed and evidence based methods of assessment, treatment and case management
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
- Tsitsi Murairwa
- Job title
- Clinical Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07753431565
- Additional information
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