CAMHS Social Worker; N&S AAFS & SLP FCAMHS

CAMHS Social Worker (N&S AAFS & SLP FCAMHS)

The closing date is 08 March 2026
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We are delighted to be seeking a full-time Band 7 CAMHS Social Worker to join our team on a permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a responsive, specialist service for young people and families. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to consolidate skills in consultation, complex assessment, and risk management within a skilled and supportive clinical team.

The post holder will provide a specialist social work service to the Adolescent At-risk & Forensic Service, National and Specialist CAMHS and South London FCAMHS. Main duties include:

• To take a lead in delivering and coordinating a social work service to young people and their families/ carers in the AAFS and FCAMHS teams.
• To join colleagues in the delivery of multiagency consultations for young people who present a high risk of harm to others/to self/from otherso.
• To ensure that young people are safeguarded from harm, to improve outcomes in young people’s and family/carers lives and act as a guide and an advocate for young people and their families/carers.
• To be an active and vital member of the multi-disciplinary team using knowledge and skills to support and advise colleagues in relation to safeguarding and social care.
• To work closely and effectively with a variety of other professional disciplines and external statutory and independent agencies to meet the complex needs of children and young people, their families and carers within the community setting.

Flexible working:
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 09:00 to 17:00, giving you the very best of good work life balance.

(This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)

About our locations:
Maudsley Hospital (headquarters) This full‑time post is currently based at the Michael Rutter Centre, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AZ
but travel to other locations may be required. Please note the planned move to the Pears Maudsley Children and Young People (PMCYP) at the same site in May 2026)

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone
2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin Park and the vibrant high‑street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range of restaurants.

The post holder will provide a specialist social work service to the Adolescent At-risk & Forensic Service, National and Specialist CAMHS and SLP FCAMHS. We are a friendly and supportive team committed to professional and personal development. We are committed to addressing inequality in access, experience and outcomes for children and staff from diverse backgrounds and take an anti‑racist approach. We are a team of clinical psychologists, forensic psychologists, clinical psychology trainees, MSc placement students, and assistant psychologists.

We are actively involved in research and have close links with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, Doctoral Training Programme in Clinical Psychology. We recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and the positive impact this has on our staff and our service users. We welcome and actively encourage applications from those with lived experiences of mental health and care services and from black and minoritised groups.

• To hold a recognised social work qualification and be registered with Social work England (A)
• To have at least 2 years post qualifying experience of utilising a range of social work skills in a statutory children and families social work setting and in identifying and managing risk (A)

• Experience of working with children and adolescents with complex emotional or mental health difficulties (A/I)
• Experience of formal child…