Highly Specialist CAMHS Practitioner

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Highly Specialist CAMHS clinician to join the EandB Team. The post holder 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. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team. The role includes care-coordination, work with the wider network, being part of the duty system and supervisory responsibilities.Main duties of the job

The EandB teams 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 EandB teams are composed of a mix of disciplines including Clinical Psychology, Systemic Family Therapy, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mental Health Nursing, Creative Therapies and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.Applicants who have experience and appreciation of some of the richness and complexities of working inter-culturally are welcomed. Newham CAMHS is a service committed to working with community partners and addressing inequalities. This post is part of a comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, within the East London NHS Foundation Trust. 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.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.Details

Date posted: 05 September 2025Pay scheme: Agenda for changeBand: Band 8aSalary: £61,631 to £68,623 a year per annum Inc HCAsContract: PermanentWorking pattern: Full-timeReference number: 363-SS7449609Job locations: Newham CAMHS, 411 Barking Road, London, E13 8ALJob 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 and Behavioural Teams, Adolescent Mental Health Team, Paediatric Liaison Team, Neurodevelopmental Team, Children in Care Pathway 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.Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training — Essential

Degree level study or equivalent / Further post degree qualificationCurrent Registration with appropriate professional bodyChild and Adolescent Psychotherapy Honours degree. Postgraduate Diploma / MA in Psychoanalytical Observational Studies or recognised equivalent. Masters in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Child and Adolescent. Registered with the APC. or Clinical or Counselling Psychology Honours degree. Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS. Registered with the HCPC. or Family and Systemic Psychotherapy Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such as Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Nursing or Counselling. Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy or AFT agreed equivalent. or Creative Therapies Masters (or equivalent) in Arts Therapies Registration with the HCPC (or in the case of Dance Movement Psychotherapists registration with ADMPUK) ; Evidence of continuous and relevant professional training and development (CPD) in keeping with qualification period. or Mental Health Nursing Registration Mental Nurse or Children''s Nurse. Relevant post-graduate qualification in Child and adolescent mental health. ENB 998 or equivalentDesirable

Qualifications/ training in specialist skills e.g. systemic therapies, neuropsychology, MBT training, ADOS training, trauma therapiesExperience — Essential

Substantial post qualification experience within the specialty of CAMHS assessed experience of working at an equivalent to Band 7 or 8A level in child and adolescent mental health.Experience of liaison and joint work with other statutory services, including Social Services and Education, and voluntary agencies, including crisis management.Experience of assessing children and adolescents for intervention including risk assessment.Experience of providing evidence based interventions to patients with complex problems.Experience of working in a multi-ethnic community and of working with interpretersExperience of working in inner city communities and awareness of the potential impact of discrimination and disadvantage on mental health. Able to provide a culturally competent service.Experience of working in multi disciplinary or multi agency teamsExperience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients\'' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.Experience of providing clinical supervision.Desirable

Experience of developing and implementing care pathways.Experience of teaching/trainingExperience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings and specialist school provisions.Experience of management responsibilities.Service development experience.Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision.Knowledge and Skills

Communication and Relationship skillsA high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to adolescent clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHSAble to use highly specialist skills of empathy and diplomacy to overcome significant barriers to understanding and acceptance often in a highly emotive and sometimes hostile atmosphere.Able to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.Assessment and formulation skills and able to draw upon a broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations. Able to compare and select from a range of treatment options based on formulations.Ability to practice in an emotionally sensitive way and to deal with hostility and antagonism, to impart difficult news.Skills of negotiation.Skills of assessment and formulation of highly complex clinical and staff situations.Able to initiate, flexibly plan, organise and prioritise a broad range of complex activities or programmes over time.Competency and confidence in the selection and administration of cognitive assessment and neuropsychological test equipment.Competent IT skills (e.g. keyboard skills).Ability to write coherent, clear and relevant reports.Able to record and report on clinical information as required.Competent in use of advanced IT packages in addition to word processing, e.g., SPSSAbility to develop content and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.Research and GuidanceUp to date knowledge of psychological research and national guidance relevant to the client groupKnowledge of legislation and its implications for clinical practice with this client group.Formal training in Clinical supervisionRecord of providing training and supervision to others to widen the availability of CBT.High level of competency in cognitive assessment and psychological therapies.Able to be flexible and adapt approach according to need.Able to accommodate disruption to plans owing to the often crisis nature of the Acute working environment.Abilities to deal with stressful situations arising with staff or clients.Advanced keyboard skills including competency in the use of other IT packages e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SPSSDesirable

Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS or other institutionFormal training in Leadership SkillsMasters or Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis and qualitative research techniques.Other

Commitment to Equal OpportunitiesEnthusiasm for a broad range of psychological phenomena, an interest in models of service delivery, and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services within the context of multi-disciplinary mental health services.Able to manage effectively frequent exposure to highly distressing/highly emotional circumstances and exposure to traumatic circumstances.Ability to endure prolonged periods of concentration for extended client therapy sessions.Able to deal sensitively with stressful situations including staff and organisational problems, child abuse, family breakdown, serious mental ill health, and to cope with verbal abuse, aggression from service users, families etc and to recognise and diffuse potential physical abuse from clients. Able to contain and work with organisational stress and hold the stress of others.Respectful approach to service users, families, carers, colleagues and other professionalsAble to give guidance, to negotiate and handle confrontation effectively and professionally.Able to respond calmly and flexibly to rapidly changing priorities.Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills.Working to Professional GuidelinesAbility to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers, other young people and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.Must be accountable for own professional actions and interpretation of policiesDesirable

Highly Specialised academic interest to stimulate a thoughtful and reflective Psychology Team and to encourage research confidence and awareness within the wider organisation.Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic professional journals and/or booksDisclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.Employer details

Employer name: East London NHS Foundation TrustAddress: Newham CAMHS, 411 Barking Road, London, E13 8ALEmployer''s website: East London NHS Foundation ..... full job details .....