Description
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a dedicated CAMHS Practitioner with experience in working with young people involved in the youth offending system to support and improve mental health outcomes for young people and their families within KC CAMHS Youth Justice Service (YJS). The postholder will ensure that this cohort is well co-ordinated, taking on case management and co-working with the YJS service, as well as providing direct intervention for the young people.
The post holder will be jointly responsible for maintaining a collaborative and productive relationship with YJS colleagues within the local authority, managing expectations of service delivery and co-hold risks to the young people known to the service.
The post holder will provide assessment, early intervention and referral to a range of primary and secondary health care services and target service users with a view to developing robust assessment and health planning systems with a view to establishing a whole systems approach to healthcare and treatment for this often difficult to reach client group.
Responsibilities:
- Provide a CAMHS service to the Youth Justice Service as required by Crime and Disorder act 1998
- Ensure children and young people in contact with youth justice service are provided with mental health services
- Develop and support systems to ensure that when a young person enters the youth justice system, the JYS has within it the skill and capacity to ensure that their mental health needs are taken into consideration and addressed effectively
- Provide assessment, early intervention and referral to a range of primary and secondary health care services
- Target service users with a view to developing robust assessment and health planning systems
Person Specification:
- Professional Health or Social Care qualification at postgraduate level
- Hold current registration with a regulated professional body/organisation eg HCP, NMC
- Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a relevant CYPS/CAMHS setting
- Clinical supervisor qualification
- Level of expected specialist clinical skills, competency and knowledge base will be directly related to post qualification clinical experience
- Demonstrate extensive, post qualification experience of providing highly specialist and profession based as well as evidence-based interventions within a clinical/therapeutic setting
- Demonstrate extensive experience and clinical expertise in delivering the above related to working with children and young people with needs and in relation to placements
Benefits:
- Competitive salary: £58,133 to £65,261 per annum
- Agenda for Change pay scheme
- Band 7 position
Job Details:
- Part-time position
- Permanent contract
- Closing date: 09 November 2026