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From the employer's careers site First seen 7 Nov 2026

CAMHS Senior Community Support Worker

Description

The CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Service (ETS) team is an innovative and friendly team that is passionate about improving care for young people. We are looking for a Band 4 community CAMHS Support Worker. This varied role offers excellent opportunities to gain experience and skills in a variety of different settings.

The 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.

The successful candidate will facilitate individual therapeutic care plans/therapeutic interventions that have been planned with or by qualified members of the team in conjunction with their care coordinator. The Senior CAMHS support worker will work with young people in the community and also in the ETS day service.

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, including generous pay, pensions and leave, work life balance, career development, car lease, accommodation, NHS discounts, counselling services, wellbeing events, long service awards, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, childcare vouchers, and staff restaurants.

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Skills

Required

  • Care Certificate
  • NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care
  • Experience of working as a Healthcare assistant in a mental health setting
  • Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems
  • Good written and verbal communication Skills

Nice to have

  • Evidence of further relevant study
  • Experience of co-facilitating groups
  • Experience of working with children or young people and their parent's carers
  • Training in other specific interventions e.g CBT, DBT etc

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9334-26-1061

Apply on South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust