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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p></p><p><em>Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit Health and Care Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK</em></p> <p><strong>Clinical Psychologist, Eating Disorder Service</strong></p> <p>EDYs provide support and treatment for children and young people in Liverpool and Sefton with an eating disorder and/or ARFID, as well as their parents/carers and professionals involved in their care. This is a multidisciplinary team including Consultant Psychiatrist and Consultant Paediatricians, Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy, CBT and SFP trained staff, Nursing, Support Worker, Assistant Practitioner and Assistant Psychology.</p> <p>The successful applicant will provide a substantial contribution to the clinical work of the team and will hold full case management responsibility for their workload. Regular clinical supervision will be provided.</p> <p>The main base for this post will be at Alder Hey, but appointments across Liverpool and Sefton will be required.</p> <p>Experience working with children and young people with an eating disorder and/or ARFID will be beneficial. In addition to undertaking assessments and providing intervention and support to children, young people and their families, the post holder will also undertake physical monitoring under the guidance of our Consultant Paediatricians.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p></p><p>To provide highly specialised assessment and therapeutic interventions and to offer advice and consultation to other professionals across a range of agencies including: primary care, social care, and education.</p>
<p>The post holder will have clinical responsibility for complex therapeutic and risk management work with children and young people who have been assessed to require specialist support for eating disorders</p>
<p>The services comprise several multi-disciplinary teams including staff from varied backgrounds, including psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing and psychotherapy. In addition, our team members are trained in a wealth of different therapeutic interventions and approaches, making the teams truly multi-disciplinary.</p>
<p>The post holder will provide both clinical and line manager supervision to junior members of the team as well as a leadership role within the service.</p>
<p>The post holders must be able to demonstrate a positive attitude which encompasses our Trust Values of excellence, innovation, openness, respect and together.</p>
<p>If you are enthusiastic and confident with a friendly and outgoing manner, and a focus on providing the best possible service to patients we would like to hear from you.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p></p><p>Alder Hey has already earned our place as one of the world's leading children's hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work. We treat 250,000 young patients a year and have a broad range of hospital and community services, serving the local population of children, as well as being a tertiary referral centre for children from across Merseyside, Cheshire and parts of Lancashire, Shropshire and North Wales.</p>
<p>We would welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds as our ambition is that our workforce is fully reflective of the communities that we serve. Alder Hey is signed up to the disability confident scheme.</p>
      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>29 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £55,690 to £62,682 a year
      
        Per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>411-COM-25-7632875</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust</p>
      <p>Eaton Road</p>
      <p>Liverpool</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>L12 2AP</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p></p><p>To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, please take a look at the job description and person specification attachments. - The post holders must be able to demonstrate a positive attitude which encompasses our Trust Values of excellence, innovation, openness, respect and together.- If you are enthusiastic and confident with a friendly and outgoing manner, and a focus on providing the best possible service to patients we would like to hear from you.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p></p><p>To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, please take a look at the job description and person specification attachments. - The post holders must be able to demonstrate a positive attitude which encompasses our Trust Values of excellence, innovation, openness, respect and together.- If you are enthusiastic and confident with a friendly and outgoing manner, and a focus on providing the best possible service to patients we would like to hear from you.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications, Experience and Training
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Registered with the HPCP</li>
        
        <li>Intermediate or diploma level in a recognised therapeutic modality.</li>
        
        <li>Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of substantial post qualification competence, incorporating significant experience working within CAMHS at a senior level</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of providing consultation/teaching/ training</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with children and young people, families and carers</li>
        
        <li>Experience of clinical supervision</li>
        
        <li>Experience of leading on developing, delivering and evaluating evidence based clinical care packages.</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of continuing professional development</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Relevant post graduate qualification in Mental Health related field</li>
          
          <li>Experience of providing services across traditional services.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of managing and/or leading on service developments.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of managing staff.</li>
          
          <li>Effectively managing policy implementation and demonstrable service development work</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Knowledge and Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Assertively engage young people, families and carers.</li>
        
        <li>To demonstrate a non- discriminatory attitude regarding race, gender and disability issues.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrate commitment to user participation</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrate a positive attitude.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates skills to contribute to modernisation across a range of diverse services</li>
        
        <li>Excellent oral and written communication skills</li>
        
        <li>Ability to motivate and enthuse colleagues</li>
        
        <li>Excellent organisational skills with the ability to respond effectively to multiple priorities</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Personal Attributes
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Demonstrates the ability to make sound judgments and generate new ideas in complex situations.</li>
        
        <li>Able to work autonomously</li>
        
        <li>Committed to continuing professional development</li>
        
        <li>Accountable for own professional actions</li>
        
        <li>Works within professional ethics and Trust policies</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications, Experience and Training
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Registered with the HPCP</li>
          
          <li>Intermediate or diploma level in a recognised therapeutic modality.</li>
          
          <li>Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of substantial post qualification competence, incorporating significant experience working within CAMHS at a senior level</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of providing consultation/teaching/ training</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with children and young people, families and carers</li>
          
          <li>Experience of clinical supervision</li>
          
          <li>Experience of leading on developing, delivering and evaluating evidence based clinical care packages.</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of continuing professional development</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Relevant post graduate qualification in Mental Health related field</li>
            
            <li>Experience of providing services across traditional services.</li>
            
            <li>Experience of managing and/or leading on service developments.</li>
            
            <li>Experience of managing staff.</li>
            
            <li>Effectively managing policy implementation and demonstrable service development work</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Knowledge and Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Assertively engage young people, families and carers.</li>
          
          <li>To demonstrate a non- discriminatory attitude regarding race, gender and disability issues.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrate commitment to user participation</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrate a positive attitude.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates skills to contribute to modernisation across a range of diverse services</li>
          
          <li>Excellent oral and written communication skills</li>
          
          <li>Ability to motivate and enthuse colleagues</li>
          
          <li>Excellent organisational skills with the ability to respond effectively to multiple priorities</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Personal Attributes
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Demonstrates the ability to make sound judgments and generate new ideas in complex situations.</li>
          
          <li>Able to work autonomously</li>
          
          <li>Committed to continuing professional development</li>
          
          <li>Accountable for own professional actions</li>
          
          <li>Works within professional ethics and Trust policies</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust</p>
      <p>Eaton Road</p>
      <p>Liverpool</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>L12 2AP</p>
    
  

  
    <br>
    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://alderhey.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://alderhey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust</p>
          <p>Eaton Road</p>
          <p>Liverpool</p>
          <p></p>
          <p>L12 2AP</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://alderhey.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://alderhey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p></p><p>You would be joining a comprehensive and dynamic CAMH service, delivering a substantial, stepped model of care following the needs-led i-Thrive framework. This is a post within an established Mental Health Support Team in Luton. Your role will help to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system changes, with the aim of the whole school and whole community approaches supporting young people's mental health. In addition to providing comprehensive consultation, assessment, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties in schools, the post-holder will also clinically supervise colleagues. There may be a possibility of supervisor training at Reading University, which we would strongly encourage the post-holder to take up.</p> <p>We offer an exciting and a dynamic environment, where your ideas and career development will be valued. You will be supported directly by a senior colleague, and we will develop the service together. You will be supported by regular, separate clinical and management supervision sessions, access to a variety of CPD sessions, and an annual performance appraisal. You will also participate in weekly clinical discussions with the team. East London NHS Trust prioritizes staff wellbeing, and there are a range of staff wellbeing initiatives to support this.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p></p><p>We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional 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, Art 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 or Luton.</p> <p>There is a national focus on increasing the reach of Mental Health Support Teams, with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. The recently published NHS 10 Year Plan has an ambition to increase MHSTs' coverage to all schools by 2030. There is a specific focus on developing more access to help and aiding and improving the general culture of emotional support within all primary and secondary schools, including special educational provisions and PRUs. Working alongside community partners, the Mental Health Support Team will be fully integrated with community CAMHS and educational settings.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p></p><p>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.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>23 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        per annum Inc HCAs
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Secondment</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>363-SSLB7556117</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Charter House</p>
      <p>Alma Street</p>
      <p>Luton</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>LU1 2PJ</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p></p> <p>For further information regarding this post, please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this advert.</p> <p><strong>For further details / informal visits contact:</strong></p> <p><strong>Brendi Waks, Operational Lead, </strong><strong><a href="mailto:brendi.waks1@nhs.net" target="_blank">brendi.waks1@nhs.net</a></strong></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p></p> <p>For further information regarding this post, please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this advert.</p> <p><strong>For further details / informal visits contact:</strong></p> <p><strong>Brendi Waks, Operational Lead, </strong><strong><a href="mailto:brendi.waks1@nhs.net" target="_blank">brendi.waks1@nhs.net</a></strong></p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>A qualification of Mental Health Nurse, Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Art Psychotherapist, Social Worker, Child Psychotherapist, Occupational Therapist, CBT Therapist &amp; Registration, Counsellor</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/practices relating to Mental Health and Services and understands the Child Protection Policy</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification</li>
          
          <li>Specific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. CBT, DBT, IPT</li>
          
          <li>IAPT supervisors' course</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Previous experience of working in CAMHS</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS</li>
        
        <li>Experience of care planning</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge and experience of working within a CBT framework to support trainee practitioners</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Delivery of parenting programmes - Webster-Stratton, Triple P, NVR, etc. Previous experience working with schools in a mental health capacity</li>
          
          <li>Supervision of clinicians delivering parenting and manualised CBT interventions</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in a culturally diverse, inner-city area</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS</li>
        
        <li>Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities</li>
        
        <li>Able to manage own time and caseload</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of ability to lead, support and influence others</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>A qualification of Mental Health Nurse, Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Art Psychotherapist, Social Worker, Child Psychotherapist, Occupational Therapist, CBT Therapist &amp; Registration, Counsellor</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/practices relating to Mental Health and Services and understands the Child Protection Policy</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification</li>
            
            <li>Specific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. CBT, DBT, IPT</li>
            
            <li>IAPT supervisors' course</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Previous experience of working in CAMHS</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS</li>
          
          <li>Experience of care planning</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge and experience of working within a CBT framework to support trainee practitioners</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Delivery of parenting programmes - Webster-Stratton, Triple P, NVR, etc. Previous experience working with schools in a mental health capacity</li>
            
            <li>Supervision of clinicians delivering parenting and manualised CBT interventions</li>
            
            <li>Experience of working in a culturally diverse, inner-city area</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS</li>
          
          <li>Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities</li>
          
          <li>Able to manage own time and caseload</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of ability to lead, support and influence others</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Charter House</p>
      <p>Alma Street</p>
      <p>Luton</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>LU1 2PJ</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.elft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Charter House</p>
          <p>Alma Street</p>
          <p>Luton</p>
          <p></p>
          <p>LU1 2PJ</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.elft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Senior CAMHS Practitioner

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p></p><p>You would be joining a comprehensive and dynamic CAMH service, delivering a substantial stepped model of care following the needs-led i-Thrive framework. There are a number of posts across the whole of Central Bedfordshire. Your role will help to develop and deliver a wide range of interventions, projects and system changes with the aim of the whole community approaches to supporting young people's mental health. These are newly funded roles that are community based, whose aim is to offer an Early Intervention service for Young People whose complexities cannot be served by our 5 Mental health in Support Teams but do not reach the threshold for core CAMHS. You will be providing comprehensive consultations, assessments, risk management and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties. The post-holder will also clinically supervise colleagues. There may be an option of supervisor training at Reading University which we would strongly encourage post holders to take up.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p></p><p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p></p><p>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.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>16 Rhagfyr 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>363-SSLB7645767</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>CB CAMHS</p>
      <p>67 High Street North</p>
      <p>Dunstable</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>LU6 1JF</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p></p><p>For further information regarding this post, please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this advert.</p> <p><strong>For further details / informal visits contact:</strong> <strong>Chloe Wright, Operational Lead, <a href="mailto:chloe.wright43@nhs.net" target="_blank">chloe.wright43@nhs.net</a> 01525 638614</strong></p>  <p></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p></p><p>For further information regarding this post, please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this advert.</p> <p><strong>For further details / informal visits contact:</strong> <strong>Chloe Wright, Operational Lead, <a href="mailto:chloe.wright43@nhs.net" target="_blank">chloe.wright43@nhs.net</a> 01525 638614</strong></p>  <p></p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>A qualification of Mental Health Nurse, Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Art Psychotherapist, Social Work, Child Psychotherapist, Occupational Therapist, CBT Therapist &amp; Registration, Councillor</li>
        
        <li>at least two year's post qualification experience.</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/practices relating to Mental Health and Services and understands the Child Protection Policy.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification.</li>
          
          <li>Specific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. CBT, DBT, IPT</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Previous experience of working in CAMHS</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS</li>
        
        <li>Experience of care planning</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary way</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Delivery of parenting programmes - Webster-Stratton, Triple P, NVR etc.</li>
          
          <li>Previous experience working in a community role in mental health capacity.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with a culturally diverse population</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS</li>
        
        <li>Specialist clinical skills within in specific therapeutic modalities</li>
        
        <li>Able to manage own time and caseload</li>
        
        <li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>A qualification of Mental Health Nurse, Systemic Family Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Art Psychotherapist, Social Work, Child Psychotherapist, Occupational Therapist, CBT Therapist &amp; Registration, Councillor</li>
          
          <li>at least two year's post qualification experience.</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/practices relating to Mental Health and Services and understands the Child Protection Policy.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification.</li>
            
            <li>Specific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. CBT, DBT, IPT</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Previous experience of working in CAMHS</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS</li>
          
          <li>Experience of care planning</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary way</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Delivery of parenting programmes - Webster-Stratton, Triple P, NVR etc.</li>
            
            <li>Previous experience working in a community role in mental health capacity.</li>
            
            <li>Experience of working with a culturally diverse population</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Evidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS</li>
          
          <li>Specialist clinical skills within in specific therapeutic modalities</li>
          
          <li>Able to manage own time and caseload</li>
          
          <li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>CB CAMHS</p>
      <p>67 High Street North</p>
      <p>Dunstable</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>LU6 1JF</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.elft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>CB CAMHS</p>
          <p>67 High Street North</p>
          <p>Dunstable</p>
          <p></p>
          <p>LU6 1JF</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.elft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Senior CAMHS Practitioner - CAS

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p></p><p>1 X Fixed Term Contract @ 30 hours per week</p> <p>1 x Permanent @ 30 hours per week</p> <p>This role is based at Highpoint House, Shooters Hill, within Greenwich CAMHS, part of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder is accountable to the Greenwich CAMHS Operational Manager.</p> <p><strong>Purpose of the Role</strong></p> <p>The CAMHS Specialist supports the implementation of service and trust initiatives, monitors and evaluates care quality, and manages a caseload of children and young people with complex mental health needs. The role requires independent working, leadership in clinical practice, andactive participation in a multidisciplinary team.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p></p><ul>
<li>Deliver evidence-based interventions and use CYP IAPT principles.</li>
<li>Undertake CAMHS initial assessment and develop appropriate care plans for CYP</li>
<li>Manage and coordinate care for a defined caseload</li>
<li>Develop, deliver, and evaluate individualised therapeutic intervention appropriate to core training skills</li>
<li>Provide specialist mental health advice, consultation, and signposting.</li>
<li>Train and mentor students, junior staff, and community professionals.</li>
<li>Assess and manage risk, including safeguarding responsibilities.</li>
<li>Communicate effectively with clients, families, colleagues, and external agencies.</li>
<li>Maintain high standards of documentation and adhere to legal, ethical, and professional guidelines.</li>
<li>Participate in service development, policy implementation, and professional forums.</li>
<li>Demonstrate commitment to equality, diversity, and the rights of clients and carers.</li>
</ul>
<p>Additional Information</p>
<ul>
<li>The role does not require on-call or unsocial hours.</li>
<li>Emphasis is placed on Oxleas' values: kindness, fairness, listening, and caring.</li>
<li>Ongoing professional development and supervision are expected.</li>
</ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p></p><p>Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.</p> <p>We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.</p> <p>Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:</p> <ul>  <li>We're Kind</li>  <li>We're </li>  <li>We Listen</li>  <li>We Care</li> </ul>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>12 Rhagfyr 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £44,485 to £52,521 a year
      
        pro rata pa inc
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>24 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>277-7562696-CYP-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Highpoint House</p>
      <p>Shooters Hill</p>
      <p>Greenwich</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>SE18 3RZ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p></p><ul>  <li> <p>To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence based interventions and routine outcome measures.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide specialist mental health advice, consultation and signposted using an outcome based triage model, to the multi-agency network.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To carry out effective bio psychosocial assessments of individuals in crisis referred to the team from community mental health teams, GPs and other sources.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To gate keep all referrals to inpatient services to test their suitability for home treatment as an alternative to admission.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To carry out effective risk assessment and management, seeking advice from multidisciplinary colleagues and other teams where needed.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide a range of agreed brief crisis clinical interventions to service users and their relatives in any setting, aimed at increasing the individuals psychological stability.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To develop effective crisis plans with individuals which will improve their future resilience.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide phone advice to people in crisis.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To assess the welfare of people discharged from inpatient wards in a timely manner.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To carry out assessments of mental capacity as required to do so.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To liaise collaboratively with hospital and community based mental health services, both within Oxleas and elsewhere, also with emergency services and non-statutory bodies.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To maintain comprehensive and timely clinical records in accordance with Trust standards.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To work extended hours within a two shift system over seven days per week.</p> </li> </ul>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p></p><ul>  <li> <p>To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence based interventions and routine outcome measures.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide specialist mental health advice, consultation and signposted using an outcome based triage model, to the multi-agency network.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To carry out effective bio psychosocial assessments of individuals in crisis referred to the team from community mental health teams, GPs and other sources.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To gate keep all referrals to inpatient services to test their suitability for home treatment as an alternative to admission.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To carry out effective risk assessment and management, seeking advice from multidisciplinary colleagues and other teams where needed.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide a range of agreed brief crisis clinical interventions to service users and their relatives in any setting, aimed at increasing the individuals psychological stability.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To develop effective crisis plans with individuals which will improve their future resilience.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide phone advice to people in crisis.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To assess the welfare of people discharged from inpatient wards in a timely manner.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To carry out assessments of mental capacity as required to do so.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To liaise collaboratively with hospital and community based mental health services, both within Oxleas and elsewhere, also with emergency services and non-statutory bodies.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To maintain comprehensive and timely clinical records in accordance with Trust standards.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To work extended hours within a two shift system over seven days per week.</p> </li> </ul>
    
  


      
  
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          Education/Qualification
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>RN Mental Health/LD / Social  Work qualification/ Art therapist/ Occupational therapy</li>
        
        <li>Registration body</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>At least 2 years post registration experience  in a setting where mental health is the  primary focus some of which should have  been in a CAMHS setting.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Working with children</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Ability to assess, plan, implement and  evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of  clients.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to maintain and manage own workload and work autonomously within the specialist area</li>
        
        <li>Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child &amp; adolescent mental health.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Ability to analyse and manage risks</li>
          
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            Education/Qualification
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>RN Mental Health/LD / Social  Work qualification/ Art therapist/ Occupational therapy</li>
          
          <li>Registration body</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>At least 2 years post registration experience  in a setting where mental health is the  primary focus some of which should have  been in a CAMHS setting.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Working with children</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to assess, plan, implement and  evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of  clients.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to maintain and manage own workload and work autonomously within the specialist area</li>
          
          <li>Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child &amp; adolescent mental health.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Ability to analyse and manage risks</li>
            
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Highpoint House</p>
      <p>Shooters Hill</p>
      <p>Greenwich</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>SE18 3RZ</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="http://oxleas.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Highpoint House</p>
          <p>Shooters Hill</p>
          <p>Greenwich</p>
          <p></p>
          <p>SE18 3RZ</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="http://oxleas.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

CAMHS Practitioner

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p></p><p>Sefton Enhanced Support Team is looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our service.</p> <p>The Enhanced Support Team works with children and young people with complex needs who present with high risk, high harm behaviours and high vulnerability. They are likely to have difficulties in multiple domains which are persistent, severe and are framed by family and social contexts (family disruption, loss, ACEs). This may include for example, children and young people who are involved in youth justice services, not in education employment or training, who engage in substance misuse, have multiple adverse childhood experiences, who are neurodiverse or have speech language and communication difficulties etc. These children and young people are likely to have been referred to multiple services, but there are significant barriers to engagement</p> <p>Sefton Enhanced Support Team has links into Community CAMHS however is integrated with Children's Services including Social Care and Youth Justice.</p> <p>The successful applicant will provide a substantial contribution to the clinical work of the team and will hold case management responsibility for their workload. Provision of supervision to lower banded team members, students and other internal professionals as required is expected.</p> <p>We are particularly seeking candidates who have experience of working within complex systems, providing case consultation and working with families indirectly via wider professional involvement.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p></p><p><em>Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit Health and Care Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK</em></p> <p>The post holder will undertake appropriate mental health assessment of children and young people referred to CAMHS, and provide a range of appropriate, evidence based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need.</p> <p>The post holder will provide support, advice and consultation to families, carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person.</p> <p>Undertake with supervision/consultation, case management of cases of some severity, risk and complexity, co-ordinating multi-disciplinary inputs and working in partnership with other agencies where appropriate</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p></p><p>Sefton Enhanced Support Team is part of the North-Mersey Vanguard, funded via NHS England Health and Justice to implement Framework for Integrated Care (Community) which was developed in response to the commitment set out in the NHS Long Term Plan to further invest in services for children and young people with complex needs.</p> <p>Alder Hey has already earned our place as one of the world's leading children's hospitals, thanks to innovation and pioneering medical work. We treat 250,000 young patients a year and have a broad range of hospital and community services, serving the local population of children, as well as being a tertiary referral centre for children from across Merseyside, Cheshire and parts of Lancashire, Shropshire and North Wales.</p> <p>We would welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds as our ambition is that our workforce is fully reflective of the communities that we serve. Alder Hey is signed up to the disability confident scheme.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>23 Rhagfyr 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £38,682 to £46,580 a year
      
        Pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Part-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>411-COM-25-7698993</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Sefton CAMHS</p>
      <p>Burlington House</p>
      <p>Crosby Road North, Waterloo</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>L22 0PJ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p></p><p><strong>Please refer to the job description and person specification for further information about this role</strong></p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p></p><p><strong>Please refer to the job description and person specification for further information about this role</strong></p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Education and Training
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Either: Qualified in core profession with associated professional registration oHCPC registered Drama Therapist oHCPC registered Art Therapist oHCPC registered Music Therapist oHCPC registered Occupational Therapist oHCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist oSWE registered Social Worker oNMC registered Nurse oUKCP registered Family and Systemic Psychotherapist (MSc level) oACP registered Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist (MSc level or above) oMBACP registered Counsellor  Or Recognised degree level broad based health &amp; social care qualification which will require      completion of The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Knowledge Skills and Attributes Framework And Training in child &amp; family mental health related field</li>
        
        <li>Two years' experience of post graduate work in  core profession / following qualification</li>
        
        <li>Two years' experience working collaboratively in  a multi-disciplinary setting</li>
        
        <li>Experienced in and able to demonstrate  proficiency in case management responsibility</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working in child and adolescent  mental health services.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience of
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Able to demonstrate application of therapeutic  and analytical skills</li>
        
        <li>Able to demonstrate ability to be self-reflective  in relation to practice</li>
        
        <li>Able to provide, (with appropriate supervision),  assessment of emergency/ self-harming  behaviour</li>
        
        <li>Must demonstrate a working knowledge of  health, education, social services and the  voluntary sector.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Knowledge of
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Knowledge of relevant, current legislation</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of safety factors in management of  self-harming behaviours and child protection  issues</li>
        
        <li>An understanding of principles underlying  psychodynamic, systemic, cognitive and  behavioural therapies</li>
        
        <li>Working knowledge of child development</li>
        
        <li>Awareness of recent government initiatives</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Knowledge of audit and evaluation methodology</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Organisational skills to manage and prioritise  workload balance appropriately</li>
        
        <li>Able to demonstrate a commitment to the  overall vision and the development of the  professional group of mental health practitioners</li>
        
        <li>Must demonstrate utilisation of professional  development planning in own career  progression</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Personal attributes
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Must demonstrate utilisation of professional  development planning in own career  progression</li>
        
        <li>Must show enthusiasm and appreciation for  multi -disciplinary and multi -agency working.</li>
        
        <li>Must demonstrate a high level of  communication skills commensurate with the  nature of clinical and professional contacts  required of the post.</li>
        
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        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Education and Training
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Either: Qualified in core profession with associated professional registration oHCPC registered Drama Therapist oHCPC registered Art Therapist oHCPC registered Music Therapist oHCPC registered Occupational Therapist oHCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist oSWE registered Social Worker oNMC registered Nurse oUKCP registered Family and Systemic Psychotherapist (MSc level) oACP registered Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist (MSc level or above) oMBACP registered Counsellor  Or Recognised degree level broad based health &amp; social care qualification which will require      completion of The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Knowledge Skills and Attributes Framework And Training in child &amp; family mental health related field</li>
          
          <li>Two years' experience of post graduate work in  core profession / following qualification</li>
          
          <li>Two years' experience working collaboratively in  a multi-disciplinary setting</li>
          
          <li>Experienced in and able to demonstrate  proficiency in case management responsibility</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of working in child and adolescent  mental health services.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience of
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Able to demonstrate application of therapeutic  and analytical skills</li>
          
          <li>Able to demonstrate ability to be self-reflective  in relation to practice</li>
          
          <li>Able to provide, (with appropriate supervision),  assessment of emergency/ self-harming  behaviour</li>
          
          <li>Must demonstrate a working knowledge of  health, education, social services and the  voluntary sector.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge of
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Knowledge of relevant, current legislation</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of safety factors in management of  self-harming behaviours and child protection  issues</li>
          
          <li>An understanding of principles underlying  psychodynamic, systemic, cognitive and  behavioural therapies</li>
          
          <li>Working knowledge of child development</li>
          
          <li>Awareness of recent government initiatives</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Knowledge of audit and evaluation methodology</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Organisational skills to manage and prioritise  workload balance appropriately</li>
          
          <li>Able to demonstrate a commitment to the  overall vision and the development of the  professional group of mental health practitioners</li>
          
          <li>Must demonstrate utilisation of professional  development planning in own career  progression</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_5">
          
            Personal attributes
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Must demonstrate utilisation of professional  development planning in own career  progression</li>
          
          <li>Must show enthusiasm and appreciation for  multi -disciplinary and multi -agency working.</li>
          
          <li>Must demonstrate a high level of  communication skills commensurate with the  nature of clinical and professional contacts  required of the post.</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Sefton CAMHS</p>
      <p>Burlington House</p>
      <p>Crosby Road North, Waterloo</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>L22 0PJ</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://alderhey.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://alderhey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Sefton CAMHS</p>
          <p>Burlington House</p>
          <p>Crosby Road North, Waterloo</p>
          <p></p>
          <p>L22 0PJ</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://alderhey.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://alderhey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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