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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role includes Clinical, administrative, performance and quality alongside supervision and training.
A full list of essential and desirable qualities can be found on the last two pages of the job description attached to this advert.
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This advert is for CBT Practitioner in schools with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £36,943 - £44,900 per annum Inc HCA. The contract type is Permanent: Full Time. The application deadline is 21 Jun 2026.
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