NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
CAMHS Practitioner
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Job Opportunity in the Family First Service in South End
This is a joint funded position between SET CAMHS and South End Social care.
The Families First Partnership (FFP) is a national programme transforming how children, young people and families are supported.
Through Families First, We Aim To
- Improve outcomes for children and families through earlier, more effective support
- Strengthen collaboration between agencies so families experience co-ordinated help
- Reduce pressure on crisis services by preventing problems from escalating
- Empower families to take an active role in shaping plans and decisions
- Use partnership resources more effectively across the system
The post holder will work with the Family First Manager and SET CAMHS Manager to help support the delivery of psychological support. They will be responsible for assessment, treatment, and delivery of service outcomes. The post holder would require a Professional registration (HCPC/NCM, UKCP/BABCP/AFT/SWE) and/or accreditation.
This post would suit clinicians with experience working with young people who present with mental health disorders, adapting support for young people with neurodevelopment issues, and working with the wider systems including education, social care, Acute Hospital, Psychiatric Hospitals, and family/carers.
Key Responsibilities And Clinical Skills Required
- Promoting the mental and emotional health of children, young people, and families in the community through clinical interventions in the locality team.
- To prevent more serious mental health problems in children and young people by early identification of the development of mental health problems in children and young people.
- Providing a direct service to children and young people and their families, in an accessible and less stigmatizing environment, based on the best available research evidence, within clinical governance.
- Working alongside other colleagues in SET CAMHS in order to provide an in-depth comprehensive assessment of the child’s, young person’s, and family’s functioning where there is a constellation of high dysfunction and severe and highly complex mental health problems in the family. To formulate their strengths and difficulties and to determine the most appropriate treatment plan.
- To provide NICE concordant therapeutic interventions (including parent/child work, group work, parent support input, psycho-education, and brief individual work with children and young people) to children and young people with complex mental health difficulties including neurodevelopmental disorders such as autistic spectrum disorders, learning difficulties, ADHD; emotional difficulties, including depression and anxiety states; attachment disorders; conduct disorders, eating disorders; post-traumatic stress disorder; psychosomatic disorders; enuresis/encopresis, aggression, borderline states, self-harming, substance misuse, and other behavior potentially dangerous to the child/young person or others.
- Experience of complex risk formulation and collaborative safety planning.
- Experience of partnership working across systems around a child or young person and their family where there are safeguarding and mental health concerns.
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Starting with NELFT
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training, and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Details JD
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on the vacancy.
Working for Us
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognized in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.
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Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients, and carers, we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They Are
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organization, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience, and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.
Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills, and experience.
We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.
Application Process
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.
Name: Emma Inmonger
Job title: SET CAMHS Head of Service
Contact Number: 07974245370
Email: emma.inmonger@nhs.net
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