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Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
24 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Ability to travel
- Skills
High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management
- Skills
Skills in the assessment of mental health for children young people and their parents
- Skills
Competent IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Office and clinical record-keeping systems.
- Skills
Ability to manage own clinical case load
- Skills
Ability to form excellent working relationships with colleagues and work flexibly with others in multidisciplinary and multi-agency settings.
- Knowledge
Knowledge and understanding of child and adolescent mental health difficulties, their assessment, and current evidence based intervention strategies.
- Knowledge
Skills for assessing and communicating complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments
- Knowledge
A comprehensive understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges they face
- Experience
A clear track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery
- Experience
Experience of working with evidence based approaches to low mood, anxiety and behavior problems.
- Experience
Formulation and treatment of children and young people with mental health difficulties.
- Experience
Some experience of providing supervision
- Experience
Experience of working with and within schools (primary and secondary).
- Qualifications
Appropriate qualification as either a Clinical/Counselling/Educational Psychologist (Doctoral level training and relevant UK Professional Registration (HCPC/BPS).
- Qualifications
Or as a Systemic Family Psychotherapist (MA/MSc qualification with full registration as a Systemic Psychotherapist with UKCP)
- Qualifications
Or Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with relevant UK Professional registration (e.g. BABCP)
- Qualifications
Or Appropriate qualification to be an existing CAMHS clinician at band 7 for example, clinical nurse specialist or mental health social worker. This must equate to a Master’s degree in the relevant clinical area.
- Qualifications
Plus accreditation as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with the BABCP.
- Personal Attributes
Evidence of personal resilience and aptitude for dealing with potentially distressing and highly emotional clinical work.
- Personal Attributes
A high degree of self-awareness and the ability to reflect on issues related to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Personal Attributes
Proactive, positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Personal Attributes
Ability to work effectively within a team
- Personal Attributes
Ability to remain calm whilst under pressure
Desirable
13 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Personal duty of care in relation to equipment or resources
- Knowledge
Willingness to contribute to strategic and business planning
- Experience
Some experience of undertaking delegated leadership tasks Some experience of clinical management of staff
- Experience
Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement
- Experience
Some experience of working at all levels of the system with internal and external stakeholders
- Qualifications
Post-graduate qualification in a relevant field of mental health or social welfare and demonstrate significant practice.
- Qualifications
CYP IAPT Trainings, e.g. CBT, Systemic Family Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy [IPT], Under 5’s, Parent Training.
- Qualifications
Other post-graduate qualifications in: CBT, Systemic Foundation and Diploma, Mindfulness.
- Qualifications
Additional training and qualification in providing supervision
- Qualifications
Additional Training in Group intervention such as Incredible Years, Solihull Approach, etc.
- Personal Attributes
Evidence of an organised approach to dealing with a high volume workflow
- Personal Attributes
Committed to personal development.
- Personal Attributes
Flexible approach to working hours to meet Services needs
Job overview
The successful post holder will be joining Camden’s Mental Health Support Team (MHST). Camden was a national trailblazer site for the mental health support team (MHST) in school initiative. We are a well-established multi-disciplinary team that provides high quality support to children, young people, and families, presenting with mild to moderate concerns. Support to schools includes advice and sign posting, consultation, delivering brief evidence-based interventions through universal (e.g. whole school approach), targeted (e.g. class or small group intervention) and individual one to one therapeutic support.
Main duties of the job
The role of Specialist Clinician and Supervisor includes consultation, assessment, therapy/intervention, supervision as well as service development, evaluation and training. This will be a community-based post, with most of the work taking place in school settings or other community settings. The post holder must be able to work collaboratively with other members of the team, staff from other teams as well as with our allied partners across education, health, social care and the charity sector.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
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.
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This advert is for Mental Health Support Team (MHST) Specialist Clinician and Supervisor with North London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 per annum, inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Oct 2026.
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