Overview
New investment afforded by the national Family Hub/Start for Life programme allows us to build on the good practice we have developed through Lambeth Early Action Partnership (LEAP) and to offer this exciting opportunity.
Want to play your part in helping improve the lives of babies and young children? This role will enable you to gain experience of working in a CAMHS service to support parents or carers to strengthen their relationship with their baby before birth and up to the age of 5. You will be well supported in the PAIRS team as the staff are warm, supportive, highly skilled and committed. Innovation and creativity are strongly encouraged, and you will be joining a multidisciplinary team who are committed and passionate about the work they do and developing the service they deliver.
You must be able to work independently and have good clinical / therapeutic and case management skills. Lambeth is an inner city, ethnically diverse community so a good understanding of diversity issues is essential.
Responsibilities
* Complete assessments and treatment in accordance with the clinical and evidence-based models that are delivered within the service.
* Provide specialist parent & child and group interventions to children and families with mild, moderate, to complex presentations.
* Keep up to date clinical records.
* Have specific responsibilities for operational procedures (e.g. referral response and processing).
* Work in partnership with Social Services, Parental mental Health/Perinatal, Adult Mental Health, Children’s Centres, Child Health and key partners to support integrated practice and service delivery.
* Clinically and/or professionally supervise, advise or manage junior members and trainees of the team.
* May be required to contribute to audit or progress reports on specific aspects of the service developments.
* Contribute within the Start for Life Program towards the development of Lambeth CAMHS Under 5’s community service.
* Carry out mental health and risk assessments, group work with parents/carers/young children and supervision.
Qualifications
* Professional training and relevant CAMHS experience in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC), Health & Care Professional's Council (HPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) or The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
* Clinically confident in carrying out mental health and risk assessments, group work with parents/carers/young children, and supervision.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Good understanding of diversity issues.
* Ability to work independently.
* Good clinical, therapeutic, and case management skills.
Working Hours and Flexible Working
The Trust is proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday from 9a.m. to 5p.m. with occasional slightly earlier starts or later finishes in line with service needs – which will allow a good work‑life balance.
About Lambeth CAMHS
Lambeth CAMHS employs staff from a variety of disciplines, including creative arts, child psychology, psychiatry, nursing, psychotherapy & family therapy. The service is organised into three sections and delivered from a number of community & hospital sites across the borough. Teams include a generic multidisciplinary Tier 3 services for children and adolescents, as well as a number of specialist teams & services including Youth Offending Team, Children Looked After, Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS) and the Neurodevelopmental Team.
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Mar 2026.
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