SET CAMHS Senior Practitioner

Job summary

Job overview
We welcome applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic mental health nurses, psychologists, social workers,
psychotherapists, family therapists, and other qualified professional staff for the role of senior practitioner within SET CAMHS.
SET CAMHS has an exciting opportunity for a qualified professional to step into an established role within a diverse and experienced team
delivering mental health interventions to children and young people. SET CAMHS works to the Thrive model, with this role sitting within the
Getting Help, Getting More Help and Risk Support sections of the model. We are looking for dynamic individuals who are passionate about
helping young people and their families to join our friendly, supportive and innovative team covering the locality of South Essex.
Working as a Senior CAMHS Practitioner in the SET CAMHS team you would have a high standard of knowledge and experience of working with
young people in CAMHS services who present with a range of mental health difficulties. The successful candidate will work within the Multidisciplinary
Team (MDT) to assess and treat using the most appropriate evidenced based options to meet the needs of young people and
children. The post-holder would work within the supportive and experienced senior leadership team, and support other members of the team both
through MDT discussion, case support and supervision.

Main duties of the jobMain duties of the job
The role of senior practitioner is to support the delivery of a range of individual therapy within the Thrive Model, as indicated by SET CAMHS &
NICE guidance. You would ideally have experience of supervising & managing others, although additional support & training can be given for this
to the right candidate. You would also have a keen interest in developing innovative strategies to support young people & their families.
Children & young people who are referred to SET CAMHS have a range of presentations which would include: low mood, anxiety, obsessional
compulsive disorders, self-harm, suicidal ideation, other trauma related emotional difficulties, & other mental health difficulties. For those with
additional neurodevelopmental needs, interventions for their co-morbid mental health issues are provided through adapted interventions, both
group and individual.
As well as your own case load, the Senior CAMHS Practitioner supports the wider clinical team to deliver therapeutic interventions,
implementation of the Thrive modal through supervision, teaching & mentoring. Knowledge & experience of delivering interventions within child
and adolescent mental health is essential, as is an understanding of the presentations within the context of neurodevelopmental
disorders. Additional therapeutic skills & training such as CBT, Family / Systemic, DBT & other counselling approaches is desirable as is
experience of providing adapted interventions.

About us

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.

We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Details Date posted
08 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

BandBand 7

Salary
49,387 to 56,515 a year

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time

Reference numberGOC-3EL-002236

Job locations

Great Oaks Clinic Basildon Essex SS
14 1EH
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