Advanced CAMHS Practitioner | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 21 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £53,751 - £60,651 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 20 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Croydon, CR0 1QG |
| Cwmni: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7604459/334-NUR-7604459-FR |
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Croydon CAMHS is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for an Advanced CAMHS practitioner who would like to further develop their skills in Community CAMHS referral management, care contact, triage and risk management with children & young people with a range of emotional well-being and/or mental health (including neuropsychiatric) difficulties.
The post is in the Croydon Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Single Point of Contact (EWMH SPOC) Team.
This post would be suitable as a secondment opportunity.
The successful candidate will have a first level nursing qualification / registration RMN, RSCN or HV or first level qualification in OT, clinical or counselling psychology, systemic psychotherapy, social work, or equivalent in art, play, drama or music therapy. All applications will require professional registration
with a statutory body: the Nursing Midwifery Council, General Social Care Council, UK Council for Psychotherapy or Health & Care Professional's Council.
Duties will include processing of referrals, care contacts and triage assessments as well as risk management planning for children and young people with emotional wellbeing and / or mental health needs, making appropriate referral recommendations as well as the provision of advice, education and support to service users and their carers or family members.
Knowledge of and skills in working with young people with acute mental health needs and/or a range of complex neuropsychiatric disorders is essential for this post.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
The post holder will join the Croydon’s Emotional Well-being & Mental Health Single Point of Contact (EWMH SPOC), team of multi-disciplinary professionals, who provide referral screening, initial care contact and triage for children and/or young people with emotional well-being and/or mental health (including neuropsychiatric) difficulties, under supervision of the team leader and relevant clinical supervisor.
· To contribute to enabling other staff, EWMH partner agencies, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
· To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.
· To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
· To work as an autonomous professional within registry body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Feb 2026