The closing date is 05 May 2026
The Rotherham CAMHS Service have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 CAMHS CBT therapist to join our Getting Help Pathway Team. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team completing assessments and providing evidence-based interventions, advice and support to professionals, parents and young people.
The role holder will work clinically, offering Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy within specialist CAMHS teams for children and young people (C&YP) and their families. The role holder will also provide clinical leadership and supervision to mental health roles across CAMHS, working in a collaborative and multi‑agency way.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Band 7 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist to join our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). This is an excellent opportunity to work as an autonomous clinician within a supportive multidisciplinary team, delivering high‑quality, evidence‑based psychological care to children, young people and their families.
You will provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations, case management and CBT interventions for children and young people with a range of complex emotional and psychological needs. Using recognised CBT frameworks, you will develop and deliver personalised treatment plans, adapting interventions in line with clinical presentation and risk.
You will work closely with internal and external partners, adhering to local and multi‑agency policies and procedures, and contributing to service transformation projects. The role requires confidence in evaluating clinical outcomes and using feedback from young people, carers and staff to inform ongoing development.
You will promote a positive, reflective culture of risk management and change, working collaboratively with senior clinical and medical colleagues.
If you are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people, we would welcome your application.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Accredited with BABCP or willingness to work towards accreditation (development post)
* Core profession or significant equivalent experience
* Teaching and assessing in clinical practice of equivalent
* A qualification or have undertaken a programme of formal training in Clinical Supervision (e.g. completion of a specialist Clinical Supervision Module)
* Additional training in CBPT associated psychotherapies, e.g. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy, Behavioural Activation, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy
* Eligible for accreditation as a Clinical Supervisor in CBT with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
Experience
* Evidence of post‑registration experience delivering CBT interventions in line with NICE guidelines in a mental health setting
* Experience of working with Children & Young people and families
* Experience of assessment, formulation and delivery of a wide range of therapeutic CBT interventions for moderate to complex mental health presentations
* Ability to assess, contain and manage complex cases in the setting of a multi‑disciplinary team
* Experience of supporting and educating professional staff and partners in care
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Experience of and application of audit and evaluation
* Experience of making effective use of regular clinical supervision in CBT from accredited CBT Psychotherapists
* Ability to work autonomously and manage a caseload
* Experience of multi‑disciplinary team working
* Experience of working within a CAMHS service
* Experience of working with minority groups
* Experience of providing clinical supervision to accredited CB psychotherapists and other mental health professionals as required, e.g. psychiatrists, psychologists, CPNs
* Regularly provide and evaluate teaching and training packages
* Previous experience of managing cases of deliberate self‑harm
* Recognised teaching qualification
* Experience of participation in service development
Knowledge
* Ability to make autonomous clinical judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparisons of a range of clinical options
* Delivery of consultation and advice on matters related to CBT to members of the multi‑disciplinary team, universal services professionals, and other agencies responsible for Children & Young People’s care
* Up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, guidelines, and clinical issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health
* Utilise theory, evidence‑based literature and research to support evidence‑based practice in individual work and work with other teams
* Maintain clinical supervision and a balance of Continuing Professional Development to at least fulfil the BABCP requirements for continued accreditation
* Developed professional links with other CB Therapists around the country
Skills
* Establish and maintain effective professional relationships and communications with managers, mental health professionals and other agencies
* Ability to develop and maintain effective therapeutic alliances with patients, who may be challenging, highly emotive and distressed
* Deliver formal psychological treatment and/or management of patients with highly complex mental health problems, employing methods based on evidence across a wide range of care settings
* Communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS
* Maintain up to date clinical records, including electronic data entry, text processing, report compiling
* Advanced information technology and keyboard skills
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.
Full‑time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
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