Job overview

Southwark CAMHS are seeking to recruit a CAMHS Practitioner with strong clinical skills. This is a fixed-term 0.85 WTE post available for 12 months based within the Southwark CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Service. Within the Neurodevelopmental Service, you will work alongside the Clinical Service Lead as well as other colleagues, to support the team and ensure the delivery of high quality, evidence-based assessment and treatments. You will be responsible for your own clinical caseload and you will be involved in assessments (including diagnostic assessments for ADHD), care planning, and offering interventions for children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders, with support from the multi-disciplinary team.

 We offer ongoing training and development in a range of therapeutic modalities, as well as supervision and leadership skills.

If you fulfil the below criteria:

•    registered with the Health & Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.

OR

•    have an accredited professional training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, or art therapy.

AND 

•    have experience of delivering mental health services to children and young people with neurodevelopmental disability in diverse community settings.

Then we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

Southwark CAMHS – CAMHS Practitioner (Fixed-Term, 0.85 WTE, 12 Months)
Southwark CAMHS is seeking to appoint a CAMHS Practitioner with strong clinical skills to join our Neurodevelopmental Service. This is a fixed-term position (0.85 WTE) for a duration of 12 months.
As part of the Neurodevelopmental Service, you will work collaboratively with the Clinical Service Lead and other team members to support service delivery and ensure high-quality, evidence-based assessments and interventions. You will manage your own clinical caseload and contribute to assessments—including diagnostic assessments for ADHD—care planning, and therapeutic interventions for children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders, supported by a multidisciplinary team.
We offer ongoing training and development opportunities across a range of therapeutic modalities, alongside clinical supervision and leadership development.
We welcome applications from candidates who meet the following criteria:

Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist
OR
Accredited professional training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, or art therapy
AND
Experience delivering mental health services to children and young people with neurodevelopmental disabilities in diverse community settings

If you meet the above criteria, we encourage you to apply.

Working for our organisation

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. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites

NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website