Transition Pathway Lead

Job Summary

Transition Pathway Lead, Band 7, Secondment: 12 months (fixed term available)

• Employment:
  Full time
• Job share available

Job
-KM430-25

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site:
Kent and Medway adolescent hospital, Town:
Staplehurst

£47,810 – £54,710 per annum (pro rata)

Closing date: 07/01/2026 23:59

We are seeking an experienced individual to support the next stages in the development of the newly established CAMHS transitions service. This role will be a pilot, running for 12 months initially, with potential for becoming permanent. The role supports young people from CAMHS inpatient settings through recovery, employing a holistic, social prescribing model to enhance community, education, employment, and wellbeing.

• Promote and facilitate the participation of service users and carers in their own care and in the planning and development of services.
• Take clinical lead and full line management responsibility for the transition service, ensuring high-quality, young‑person focused care.
• Lead and manage referrals into the Transition Service.
• Work across inpatient and community settings, coordinating daily communications with community CAMHS, Children’s Services, education providers, third‑party services, and adult services.

• Core professional registration in a relevant health profession.
• Post‑graduate development and training in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CYPMHS).
• Experience working with CYPMHS and therapeutic work with complex cases.
• Knowledge of NICE guidelines and therapeutic interventions.
• Evidence of group work experience or ability to run groups.

• Long‑standing and award‑winning equality and diversity approach with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities, long‑term or chronic conditions, and LGBT staff.
• Commitment to work‑life balance via flexible working opportunities and support for working parents and carers; recognised as a Top 10 Family Friendly Employer.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to an employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.

Equal opportunities employer. We are a Disability Confident employer and encourage applications from all who meet the professional criteria, regardless of protected characteristics.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible.