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, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
We are seeking a full-time Band 8a Senior Colleague to join our busy and dynamic CAMHS Team In Redbridge. We have a growing and supportive team, and we are looking for a CAMHS Lead- who is passionate about young people’s mental health and wellbeing to join us in the delivery of high quality and effective CAMHS interventions.
This role requires a post-graduate qualification who is registered with the appropriate professional and regulatory bodies (NMC, HCPC, GSW, AFT and UKCP) and has at least two years’ experience in leading complex camhs services (or similar child and adolescent mental health) setting.
The service operates a 9am-5pm Monday -Friday service from the main site in Chadwell Health which is a short walk away from the new TFL Elizabeth Line. We provide access, assessment, treatment following recommended guidance to a growing population of 0–18-year-olds. We work as a fully integrated MDT working alongside and in collaboration with primary care, universal, targeted and specialised MH services, as well as our educational providers and local authority colleagues.
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:
1. We are kind.
2. We are respectful.
3. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Main duties of the job
This post involves assessing and treating children and young people who present with moderate to severe mental health difficulties in a community CAMHS setting. The successful candidate will work across the Emotional, Neurodevelopmental, Complex and Conduct pathways, leading and supervising their team and other multi-disciplinary team (MDT) members in the management of these cases.
The post holder will coordinate and lead on the clinical pathways, as well as working with MDT and multi-agency colleagues to support their clinical practice.
The post holder will receive regular clinical supervision and will be expected to attend and participate in MDT team meetings as well as network meetings of cases on their caseload. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social care professionals and partnership agencies as we promote a trauma informed model of practice within the service. CPD opportunities will be available.
The post holder will be part of the CAMHS leadership team, working with other senior clinicians in the team to develop the service and meet the changing needs of a diverse population.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place 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).
High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735) pro rata for part time staff.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
. Working with the MDT to provide assessments and interventions for children, young people
and their families.
2. Develop high quality specialist assessment and interventions with the MDT based on
specific pathway.
3. Provide professional, generic, and specific advice, training, consultation, and supervision
to colleagues, as appropriate.
4. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day-today allocation of work. This will be in conjunction of the treatment pathway intervention.
5. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere
to them.
6. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for
audit purposes.
7. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting,
assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
4. post-graduate qualified cor registered Nurse/Social Worker/Occupational Therapist who is registered
5. Consolidated experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range ✓ State measurement Application Form Interview Assessment of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings.
Desirable criteria
6. Knowledge of UK legislation in relation to the health and welfare services to children and adolescents and mental health.
7. Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups ✓ State measurement Application Form Interview Assessment ( personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities, children with complex
Skills
Essential criteria
8. Skills in the use of complex methods of assessment, intervention and management
9. Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing appropriate to a variety of audiences.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
10. Knowledge of UK legislation in relation to the health and welfare services to children and adolescents and mental health
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
11. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
12. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
13. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
14. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.