Specialist CAMHS Practitioner

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record of providing good quality evidence based interventions and improving service quality to join our Emotional and Behavioural (E&B) pathway within Luton Specialist CAMHS.

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.

Our clinic is readily accessible from North London (Luton and Dunstable) or Milton Keynes and Northampton (Mid Beds and Bedford). ELFT offers attractive recruitment packages and in Beds and Luton we are committed to offering our staff the opportunity to develop their skills. The Trust supports commuting into Luton and offers generous contributions towards Annual Rail Travel Cards.

For further details, please contact:
Dr Helen Barker, Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Team Lead () or Miguel Massa, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist/Clinical Team Lead (). We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward for this vacancy at any time should we receive an overwhelming number of applications. We therefore encourage applicants to apply early if you wish to be considered for this post.

The clinical work is rewarding and multi-faceted, tapping your skills at multiple levels using strong theory practice links. The Team is part of a comprehensive CAMHS service in Luton, following the I Thrive model, with our first step access services offering Giving Advise and Getting Help services to schools, GP practices and Early Help services, and Getting More Help and Risk Management Services to those who require medium to long-term support from our multi-disciplinary teams.

E&B offers interventions within Getting More Help and Risk Support quadrants of the Thrive Model. This includes short to medium-term, and longer-term therapeutic work with children, young people and their parents. The interventions will range from individual and group therapeutic intervention, work with parents and families, consultations to professional network, training and other interventions within the CAMHS wider system.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are:
We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Our clinic is readily accessible from North London (Luton and Dunstable) or Milton Keynes and Northampton (Mid Beds and Bedford). ELFT offers attractive recruitment packages and in Beds and Luton we are committed to offering our staff the opportunity to develop their skills. The Trust supports commuting into Luton and offers generous contributions towards Annual Rail Travel Cards.

Date posted: 19 February 2026

Pay scheme:
Agenda for change

Band:
Band 7

Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Part-time

Reference number: 363-SSLB
7526800-A

Job locations:
Charter House, Alma Street, Luton, LU1 2PJ

For further details, please contact:
Dr Helen Barker, Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Team Lead () or Miguel Massa, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist/Clinical Team Lead ().

• Experience of working in community setting with children, adolescents and families and working with a multi-agency network.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting.
• Experience of working in a culturally diverse area.
• Experience of self-harm assessment and intervention with both individuals and their families. Experience of risk assessment and risk management.

• Experience of working with vulnerable young people who present with high risk behaviours, and their families.
• Experience of delivering CBT informed interventions for mental health difficulties.

• Recognised child and adolescent mental health professional qualification/registration (e.g. Doctorate in…