CAMHS PractitionerNHS

Job summary

We are advertising two full time posts. One is permanent and one is covering a secondment for 12 months, so is fixed-term. Both posts include half a day a week in the Youth Zones and are suited to newly qualified clinical or counselling psychologists and those with some post qualification experience to provide a specialist service within CAMHS to young people and their families within the Emotional and Behavioural (E&B) Team.The post holders will be expected to conduct specialist CAMHS assessment and offer treatment (both individual and group) for young people aged 6-18 presenting with a range of mental health difficulties. Any Under fives experience is welcomed as we also have a brief intervention pathway for this age group within the E&B Team, but this is not an essential requirement for this post.

The postholders' caseloads will include young people in the E&B team and on our green waiting list and include work in the Youth Zones.

The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team. The role includes work with the wider network, being part of the duty system and supervisory responsibilities.

Main duties of the job

The E&B team works with young people across the age range with a wide range of presentations from moderate to severe mental illness, including those who have experienced trauma and abuse and those presenting with suicidality and self-harm. The E&B teams are composed of a mix of disciplines including Clinical Psychology, Family and Systemic Therapy, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Mental Health Nursing, Art Therapy, Drama Therapy and Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. There is a broad range of therapy groups offered and the post holder would be supported and encouraged to develop skills in group work, alongside individual casework.

Youth Zones work includes consultation to youth workers, working collaboratively with young people attending the service, and taking a community psychology and co-production approach.

This post is part of a comprehensive Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, within the East London NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust is committed to tackling racism in all its forms and Newham CAMHS is a service committed to working with community partners and addressing inequalities.

The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and supportive multidisciplinary team. There is a strong commitment to clinical supervision and professional development within CAMHS and the wider NHS Foundation Trust including many learning and teaching opportunities.

Job description

Newham CAMHS is a large and vibrant specialist child and adolescent mental health service with a reputation for innovation and flexibility in meeting the complex mental health support needs of Newham's children, young people and families. It is centrally located on one site in Plaistow, Newham, and provides an extensive and growing range of services including multi-disciplinary specialist teams such as the Emotional & Behavioural Teams, Adolescent Mental Health Team, Paediatric Liaison Team, Neurodevelopmental Team and the Well Being in Newham Schools Team. It meets weekly with community partners and social care as part of the Newham Multi Agency Collective. Practitioners work in Youth Zones and form part of the Vanguard Team - a specialist community psychology led service in Newham, for young people up to 25 years of age impacted by, or at risk of youth violence. There is a broad spectrum of disciplines and a long tradition of effective multidisciplinary and interagency working, outreach and consultation work.

Please contact Simon Gosling ([email protected]) or on 0208 430 9000 if you would like further information

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.