CAMHS Eating Disorder Practitioner
Closing date: 15 June 2026
Our Children and Young People’s CAMHS Eating Disorder Service is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated Mental Health Practitioner to work with children and young people with eating disorders and their families. We are a specialist multi‑disciplinary eating disorders service that provides evidence‑based treatment approaches in clinics across the Trust. We are a compassionate, supportive team committed to empowering young people and their families so they can remain well in the community.
The CAMHS Eating Disorders Service is well established and works alongside CPFT Community CAMHS teams, local day programme, and local acute paediatric services. We seek a skilled CAMHS Practitioner with a strong interest in working with young people with eating disorders and a commitment to delivering specialist assessments and manualised interventions such as family therapy and CBT‑E.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will receive training in family therapy for eating disorders and ongoing professional development within a well‑established multi‑disciplinary service. We offer individual supervision, training, appraisal and close multi‑disciplinary collaboration.
This is a permanent, full‑time role; part‑time hours may be considered. Applicants must be able to travel to sites across the county and drive independently.
We welcome applicants from all communities, recognising the need for a workforce that reflects the population we serve.
Job responsibilities
* Provide comprehensive mental health assessments to clients and families and deliver evidence‑based therapeutic interventions.
* Utilise specialist knowledge to make decisions about children or young people’s mental health needs.
* Plan and deliver evidence‑based therapeutic programmes, family‑based interventions, multi‑family groups and parenting support programmes as the service develops.
* Work with young people up to 18 years, ensuring continuity of services between local CAMHS and adult mental health provision.
* Provide timely assessment and intervention in partnership with other local child services.
* Support early intervention and prevention for young people with significant mental health difficulties and emerging eating disorders.
* Reduce mental and physical health risks to young people through an evidence‑based clinical approach and help them enhance their mental health.
* Provide consultation, liaison, training and support to other Children and Young People professionals.
* Participate in routine outcome monitoring to inform service design across the pathway and wider CAMHS.
* Educate and involve children, young people and their families in care plans and enable service users to contribute to assessment and service development.
Travel independently around the county with a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
* Recorded/registered qualification at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or a psychological therapy.
* Training in an evidence‑based therapeutic intervention recommended by NICE Guidelines relevant to CAMHS and eating disorder clients, e.g. Systemic Therapy or CBT.
Experience
* Post‑qualification experience in assessment and treatment with child and adolescent families.
* Experience of multidisciplinary and multi‑agency working.
* Experience working with families.
* Experience of assessing young people with eating disorders within a community setting.
* Experience of group work.
* Experience of teaching groups of professionals.
Skills & Abilities
* Commitment to high‑quality care and service provision.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Ability to work independently as a practitioner in assessments.
* Capability to assess and treat children and young people and families with mental health and psychological difficulties.
* Knowledge and understanding of Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
* Sound knowledge of the Trust’s and local safeguarding policy and procedures.
Other
* Ability to travel independently around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area, meeting required timescales; a full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applicants from all communities. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including people with long‑term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
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