Senior CAMHS Practitioner East London NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for a creative, forward thinking and motivated Senior CAMHS Practitioner to join our friendly and professional multi-disciplinary Community Access Service (CAS). The service is part of the exciting development of the CAMHS stepped model of care across Central Bedfordshire where the CAS team provide early intervention and community support for Young People with mild to moderate mental health concerns who would not meet the criteria of a clinic based CAMHS.The post holder will work with our community partners and be fully integrated in educational settings, GP practices and our Family partners in Central Bedfordshire Social Services. We also enjoy working with our excellent service user participation team and are committed to involving service users in all service development.

The wider CAS team comprises of 5 MHST (Mental Health Support Teams) but the post holder will havea specific and comprehensive focus of improving collaboration between the CBC Family Partners and CAMHS. Working alongside community partners the post holder will be working towards reducing the number of Young people at risk of developing severe emotional and behavioural difficulties.

We are looking for confident CAMHS professionals with a demonstrable track record, within CAMHS, of providing good quality evidence-based interventions and improving service quality. You will be a Mental Health Nurse, Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Psychologist, Arts Psychotherapist, Social Worker, Child Psychotherapist, CBT Therapist, Counsellor or Occupational Therapist with the requisite professional registration. We welcome applicants who have experience of working or living in Central Bedfordshire.

There is a national focus on increasing the reach of Early Intervention for Children and Young People with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. In line with the recently published NHS 10 Year Plan we have an ambition to increase more access to early Intervention to all Young people in Central Bedfordshire and improve the general culture of emotional support to all Young people and their families. Working alongside community partners and our Mental Health Support Teams your team will be fully integrated with community CAMHS and educational settings.

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.

For further information regarding this post, please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this advert.

For further details / informal visits contact:Laura Gill - CTL

This advert closes on Sunday 23 Aug 2026