Job summary
- Main area
- CBT Practitioner
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Full Time
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full Time Permanent)
- Job ref
- 363-SS7377268
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Newham CAMHS
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £35,763 - £43,466 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CBT Practitioner in Schools
NHS AfC: Band 5
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving 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.
Job overview
Newham CAMHS are excited to be recruiting to a full time post as a Children & Young People’s CBT Practitioner within the Wellbeing in Newham Schools Team. (Mental Health Support Team - MHST).
The post-holder will work within Newham CAMHS WINS providing assessments and interventions in and around local schools. The successful candidate will need to be a registered EMHP.
We are looking for confident CAMHS professionals who are keen to provide CBT evidence based interventions to children and young people within schools. You will have a demonstrable track record of providing collaborative and supportive interventions with children, young people, families, and parents/carers. The community served is multi-ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of this multicultural context.
We offer an exciting and dynamic environment where your ideas and career development will be valued. You will be supported directly by senior colleagues as we develop the service together.
Main duties of the job
1. Delivery of CBT based interventions for low mood and anxiety in educational settings across the borough, as per the MHST model and supporting development of the service.
2. As the post holder will be working within the community, they will establish and maintain positive relationships with professionals, agencies, charities and teams who also provide services to children and/or young people in the community.
3. Actioning the 3 core functions of an MHST: to deliver evidence-based interventions for mild-to-moderate mental health issues, support the senior mental health lead in each school or college to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach and, give timely advise to school and college staff and liaise with external specialist services to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description to review the main elements of the role including; Clinical Care, Administration, Performance and Quality plus training and supervision.
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- a registerable professional qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. EMHP, CWP, CBT Therapy) from a UK university or overseas professional qualification of an equivalent standard
Desirable criteria
- • A minimum of a second-class Bachelor’s degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject e.g. psychology
- • Evidence of continuous and relevant professional training and development (CPD), as appropriate with qualification period
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in working with children and young people with mild to moderate emotional and behavioural needs.
- Experience of working with a wide range of social, emotional, behavioural and mental health needs.
- Experience of working with families, school and other partner organisation to support young people who may be displaying behaviours that challenge.
- Experience of delivering evidence based Parent groups and psychoeducation groups.
- Experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Experience, skills and flexibility to contribute to and facilitate effective working within a multi-disciplinary team setting
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS, education or community organisation with a focus on social emotional and mental health needs
- Experience of working with children, young people and families in emotional crisis.
- Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary context
- Work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters and awareness of the impact of race and ethnicity on a CYP experience.
- Experience of working in a specialist or alternative school or education setting
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of early intervention skills and knowledge in children, young people and family mental health
- • Ability to deliver evidence based intervention for CYP, parents/carers
- • Experience of delivering group interventions and psychoeducation in person and virtually.
- • Able to manage own time and Caseload
- • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- • Basic computer skills: Keyboard skills, Outlook, word, excel, powerpoint, MSTeams and patient records
- • Good interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work with others.
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to formulate, care plan and summarise presenting problem, intervention and progress, both within the team and to parents / carers / other professionals in writing and verbally
- • Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
- • Ability to recognise own limits and seek support re supervision as appropriate.
- • The ability to empathise in a complex sensitive or emotional environment.
- • Sensitivity to deal with distress, and aggression.
- • An interest in developing some area of expertise • Presentation/teaching skills • Able to work with younger children as well as pupils year 5 and older
- • Experience of therapy modalities suited to children, young people and their families • A broad appreciation of the contribution of other therapeutic disciplines to a multi-agency service
- • Experience, skills and ability to liaise effectively with other agencies and professionals
- • Knowledge of the impact of Covid-19 in relation to isolation, loss of structure, routine and bereavement. • Knowledge of current development in children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing. • Competence in whole school approaches
Other
Essential criteria
- • Commitment to equal opportunities • Self-motivated, assertive and flexible. • Able to practice autonomously
- • Freedom to act: Physical effort: Confined sitting position (therapy); travelling within community.
- • Mental effort: writing reports; planning teaching; concentrating for therapy sessions /clinical supervision; managing pupil distress. Balancing the demands of being a clinician in a school environment.
- • Emotional effort: Dealing with families in breakdown; experiencing trauma and abuse; occasional patient complaints; conveying of unwelcome news
- • Working flexibly: This post will function across different education settings, CAMHS clinic and work from home and deliver virtually
Desirable criteria
- • Ability and willingness to work outside office hours when required by the role to suit pupils
- • Working conditions: Occasional verbal and physical abuse; unpredictable clinical scenarios e.g. distressed young people and their families; travel in community all weathers; based on different sites on different days.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Young
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Whole School Approaches
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02084309000
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