CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Service lead
The closing date is 09 February 2026
We have an exciting opportunity to job share the Team Leader role at the CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Service (ETS). We welcome applications from experienced Nurses or other allied health professionals.
About the team:
ETS is for young people aged 12-18 who are presenting with a serious mental illness. We offer an alternative pathway for young people who have been admitted for inpatient treatment, as well as offering a supported discharge package for young people leaving hospital.
We aim to reduce A&E presentations and hospital admissions and offer the least restrictive interventions to provide consistent access to rapid, effective interventions, support and recovery - including crisis services. This includes better use of resources and investing to develop more local, community-based services and support. The service has both an outreach, and community day service model.
The post will be based at the Maudsley Hospital in Camberwell and will be moving to the new PEARs Building when it opens at the Maudsley Site.
We are looking to appoint someone who is confident, assertive, resilient, and has a passion for improving the quality of care for young people and their families. We are looking for someone who is able to respond to the team and young people's needs flexibly and who is passionate about learning and staff development and wellbeing.
Main duties of the job
* To take day to day operational management responsibility in the planning, directing and management of the CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Service and the staff and establishment.
* The post holder will ensure that service access and delivery is efficient, effective, evidence based, needs led, as well as service user and carer focused.
* The post holder will provide clear and competent leadership, in partnership with the Service Manager and Deputy team lead to ensure access to timely treatment and intervention by well led and motivated staff that contributes to promoting safety and achievement for all children and young people.
About us
About the location:
Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It\'s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Recognised Professional Qualification in Social Work (DipSW/CQSW), Mental Health Nursing (RMN), Psychology or any allied medical profession. (A)
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* MSc Qualification
* Leadership/Management Course
* Senior Management experience in running large multidisciplinary teams with significant clinical and business delivery targets (A/I)
* Experience of managing budgets and resources effectively. Experience of leading and managing change to deliver organisational goals. (A/I)
* Experience of individual and team Performance Management and Appraisal (A/I)
* Skilled and experienced in managing risk and carrying out risk assessment. (A/I)
* Experience of project management/ audit work
* Expereince of delivering treatment interventions in a mental health setting e.g CBT, DBT
Knoweldge/ Skills
* Ability to monitor and evaluate standards for quality within the service. (A/I)
* Understanding of public sector management and NHS Mental Health services, Social and Primary Care services and relevant legislation and policies including safeguarding. (A/I)
* Leadership skills - such as negotiation, inspiring confidence, communication- especially the ability to lead and manage change through influence without direct management. ( A/I)
* Specialist clinical knowledge relevant to the service, including evidence based practice. (A/I)
* Appreciation of the complexities of the role and how to balance clinical and non-clinical responsibilities.
* Ability to support, manage and advise the team through difficult and challenging situations including the ability to manage conflict effectively.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
£64,156 to £71,148 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
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