Job summary
Highly Specialist CAMHS Practitioner open to Clinical or Counselling Psychologists, Family Therapists, Psychotherapists, Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, CBT Therapists, Arts Therapists
Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is a friendly, thriving and innovative service based in Whitechapel, East London. In line with Trust policy, the service has adopted a hybrid clinical working model of direct face-to-face and remote working as appropriate. The service embraces continual improvement and the wellbeing of staff and has a high degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement and working together with partner agencies to provide the highest quality service to the population we serve.
This post is a permanent 0.8 post (4 days), 2 days within our Emotional & Behavioural Team and 2 days within our Triage Team.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be expected to:
* To offer assessment and flexible, evidence-based and outcome focused episodes of care and interventions to children, young people and families within the Emotional & Behavioural 1 pathway presenting with moderate to severe mental health needs.
* Within the Triage team, as a senior clinician, assist the team to support our service users in moving smoothly through the referral, treatment and discharge processes within the Tower Hamlets CAMHS service and to and from other services in their designated Borough.
* To assist in leading and building on service developments such as reducing wait times, triage and signposting and developing the therapeutic offer.
* To provide line management and clinical supervision.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Details
* Date posted: 20 October 2025
* Pay scheme: Agenda for change
* Band: Band 8a
* Salary: £64,156 to £71,148 a year per annum Inc HCAs
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Part-time
* Reference number: 363-SSLB7519638
* Job locations: Tower Hamlets CAMHS, 18 Greatorex Street, London, E1 5NF
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details. For more information and/or an informal discussion, please contact Dr Lisa J Walker, Clinical Team Lead Triage on lisajayne.walker@nhs.net.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification/Training Essential
* Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession including Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist / Family Therapist / Social Worker / Psychotherapist / CBT therapist / Nurse/OT/Arts Therapist
* Registration with relevant professional body (e.g. HCPC, BABCP)
Desirable
* Qualifications/ training in specialist skills, e.g. CBT post graduate diploma
Knowledge/Skills/Experience Essential
* Substantial experience working as a registered practitioner delivering evidence-based interventions with children, young people and families
* Substantial experience working with neuro-divergence
* Substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management
* Experience, skills and flexibility to contribute to and facilitate effective working within a multi-disciplinary team setting
* Experience of providing line management to others
* Experience of providing clinical supervision to others
* Experience of service improvement and/or QI projects
* Experience of working across multiple agencies/services
* Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation, including working with cultural advocates/interpreters
* Experience of screening and managing referrals
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
* Employer name: East London NHS Foundation Trust
* Address: Tower Hamlets CAMHS, 18 Greatorex Street, London, E1 5NF
* Employer's website: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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