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Specialist CAMHS Practitioner/Clinical Psychologist
Band 7
Main area CAMHS Grade Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (September 2025 to September 2026) Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 349-MCH-7193653-RL4
Site The Trafford Town Hall / Sale Waterside Town Manchester Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum (Pro Rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 24/06/2025 23:59
Job overview
Are you a registered Health Care Professional, e.g., Occupational Therapist, Paediatric or Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, or Clinical Psychologist?
Would you like to be part of a forward-thinking, supportive, and developing service? Trafford Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) work with Children, Young People & Families aged up to 18 yrs with a wide range of complex emotional and behavioural difficulties.
We are looking for an experienced mental health practitioner or clinical psychologist who can work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team across both Core CAMHS and CAMHS LAC.
You must have significant experience working with children, young people, and families with complex mental health needs, a working knowledge of CAMHS and/or adult mental health, and an understanding of assessing complex mental health needs and levels of risk.
You will manage your own caseload, providing high-quality care appropriate to the child's or young person's needs, including mental state assessment, risk assessment and management, family & social assessment, consultation, and interventions.
You must be confident and experienced in communication due to the high level of liaison needed with other services. This is a clinical post, and the majority of time will be spent in face-to-face clinical practice.
This vacancy is split between Trafford CAMHS for Children in Care and Trafford Core CAMHS.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work in the Trafford District for the Children in Care and core team service and will see general referrals across the age range, with a broad range of presenting difficulties. The role involves formulation-driven and evidence-based interventions with children, young people, and their families/carers. Responsibilities also include contributing to the Trafford CAMHS duty service, multi-agency liaison, consultation, and training of other professionals.
The post holder will have skills and knowledge to deliver clinical aspects of the role in a multidisciplinary team and will be competent to work as an autonomous practitioner within professional guidelines. The role involves teaching, supervision, and consultation, and promoting partnerships with other professionals and agencies within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health THRIVE Framework.
This is a clinical role, with most of the time dedicated to actual practice.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn, creating an integrated health & social care system for 1 million patients. We bring together services across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, encouraging collaboration and innovation, with a workforce of 30,000. We are a digitally enabled organisation, with systems like Hive, our Electronic Patient Record launched in September 2022.
We are a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, supporting high-quality research. We are also committed to sustainability through our Green Plan.
At MFT, we foster a culture of inclusion, equal opportunities, and support your health and wellbeing, shaping our future together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed responsibilities and skills, refer to the Job Description & Person Specification under ‘Supporting Documents’. Read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ to understand our benefits, organisation, and application requirements.
Diversity Matters
MFT promotes equality, values diversity, and encourages applications from all backgrounds. For support with your application, contact resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We look forward to your application!
Person specification
Registration
* You must be registered with a professional body.
Qualifications
* A recognized qualification in RMN/RSCN/RNMH / Clinical Psychology / social work / occupational therapy.
* Postgraduate training in psychological therapies and interventions.
Experience
* Experience working with Looked After Children and multiagency collaboration.
* Assessment and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range.
* Consulting with healthcare and other professionals.
* Effective work with children and young people with mental health difficulties, managing complex caseloads.
* Risk assessment and safeguarding experience.
* Developing and providing evidence-based assessments, formulations, and care plans.
* Providing interventions for children and young people with mental health issues.
* Community mental health experience in various settings.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) 2020, requiring a Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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