SET CAMHS Senior Practitioner-Mid Essex | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	26 Chwefror 2026
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£47,810 - £54,710 per annum (pro rata)
Oriau:	Rhan Amser
Dyddiad cau:	28 Mawrth 2026
Lleoliad:	Chelmsford, CM2 0QX
Cwmni:	North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7834989/395-EC014-26

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We welcome applications from mental health nurses, clinical psychologists, socialworkers, psychotherapists, family therapists, and other qualified professional staff for the role of senior practitioner within SET CAMHS Mid-Essex.

Mid-Essex SET CAMHSare looking to recruit 2 full time and 1 part time (3 days a week) qualified professionals from nursing, social work, psychology, family therapy or psychotherapy to join a busy community CAMHS team based in Chelmsford, Essex (covering Maldon/Braintree and Halstead). SET CAMHS works to the iThrive model, with this role sitting within the Getting More Help and System Support sections. We are seeking candidates with experience of
managing risk and managing a caseload of more complex presentations. The successful candidate will also have experience of supervising and supporting colleagues at band 6.
The band 7 role sits within the Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) to take a lead on urgent and high-risk assessments, to support the team in formulating risk plans and to be able to provide a range of NICE recommended and evidence based treatments.
The role will support the senior leadership team in monitoring quality of
interventions and processes through effective supervision.
• To complete assessments of children and young people’s mental health with their families and carers.
• To complete risk and safety plans, care planning including CPA processes post discharge from Inpatient care.
• To provide evidence based treatments individually and/or via groups for a range of presentations to include CBT/DBT, trauma informed practice, EMDR, reflective therapies.
• To provide treatment and interventions for children and young people with additional neurodevelopmental needs and co-morbid mental health issues.
• To provide supervision to band 6 staff

Our Values 2025 - 2030


Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.


Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex


Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification when completing your application



We welcome newly qualified, or applications from about to be qualified, Psychologists as well as those with previous experience who are passionate and motivated to work with young people and families. We pride ourselves on working within a strong and supportive multi-disciplinary team with opportunities for learning, development, and progression.

Professional registrations accepted:

RCN, BABCP, HCPC, Social Work England, UKCP.

Locality Teams in CAMHS
The aim of our new CAMHS is to respond earlier to children and young people’s needs in order to help prevent, reduce or delay the need for more specialist interventions. This transformation of children and young people’s mental health services has a clinical focus, integrated with local authorities to deliver a long term collaborative approach to planning and delivering services.

The service is driven by the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies); evidence based interventions, routine measurement of outcomes, access to high quality training and supervision for professionals and co-production with children and young people

Certificates of Sponsorship


Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.


Use of AI


Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.


This advert closes on Thursday 12 Mar 2026