Specialist CAMHS Practitioner

Job overview

We are seeking to recruit two Specialist CAMHS Practitioners,  one of the posts will be designated for a candidate from a nursing background.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Tower Hamlets are seeking clinicians to work in our socially and culturally diverse borough.  We want the very best services for our children and young people. That’s why we are looking for someone like you

Tower Hamlets CAMHS is a busy, innovative and vibrant service with good relationship with our partner agencies in Social Care, Education and 3rd sector.

Our main clinic is in Whitechapel, with a second clinic in Limehouse, both of which have excellent transport links.

Main duties of the job

These posts are based in our multidisciplinary Emotional and Behavioural Team 2. We aim to deliver timely and comprehensive assessment and treatment service, offering goal-based episodes of care to children and young people and families. Alongside individual case work there are a range of groups such as DBT, NVR parenting and Behaviour Management for parents of children with Neurodevelopmental Difficulties. There are opportunities to have consultations from colleagues to support casework (such as Trauma, Psychotherapy consultations). We also have well established People Participation groups for parents and young people. The service embraces continual improvement and the staff and management team have a high degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement.

Clinicians work in a hybrid model of direct face to face and remote working as appropriate.  We are looking for: good communicators with energy, motivation and enthusiasm; the ability to work with individuals and families with complex difficulties and to work effectively with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency contexts; flexibility of approach; commitment to evidence-based practice; and the pursuit of the highest possible quality of service. We welcome applicant interested in full or part time hours.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

For more information and/or an informal discussion, please contact: June Errington, Clinical Team Lead for EB2 ([email protected])