Job summary
We are recruiting a part-time (22.5 hours per week) fixed term contract Band 7 CAMHS Clinician to join the Adolescent Mental Health Team (AMHT) within ELFT South Bedfordshire CAMHS, based in Luton. This is a community-focused role providing a highly specialist mental health service to children, young people, and their families presenting with complex mental health needs.

As part of the ELFT AMHT, the post holder will deliver comprehensive specialist assessments and formulation-driven treatment packages, offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care for adolescents presenting with a range of complex and high-risk mental health difficulties. You will work collaboratively within a well-established, supportive, and dynamic multidisciplinary team (MDT) to ensure that young people receive the highest standard of care.

We are ideally looking for a Social Worker or Registered Mental Health Nurse who also has a background in therapeutic practice, such as Psychotherapy, Art Therapy, or Family/Systemic Therapy. The successful candidate will be able to provide specialist therapeutic interventions within an adolescent CAMHS setting, tailoring evidence-based approaches to meet the needs of young people with complex mental health difficulties and supporting their families.

Main duties of the job
Working as a care coordinator within ELFT AMHT, you will hold a defined caseload and provide both direct clinical work and care coordination, ensuring safe and effective care planning, risk management, and multi-agency liaison. The post offers opportunities to contribute to service development, engage in reflective practice, and deliver specialist therapeutic interventions aligned with ELFT's commitment to high-quality, person-centred, and recovery-focused care.

The AMHT is a well-functioning multi-disciplinary team within South Bedfordshire CAMHS. The team includes Psychiatrists, Mental Health Nurses, a Systemic Family Therapist, a Clinical Psychologist, an Occupational Therapist, and a Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist. The team model includes both joint and individual work with young people and their families. We offer a range of interventions, including:

• Therapeutic care coordination
• Systemic family therapy
• Individual therapy (CBT, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, narrative therapy)
• Psychiatric assessment and management

About us
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.

Job responsibilities
For further information please see attached job description and person specification or contact Lee Gillard
Lee.gillard1@nhs.net
01525 638614

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Qualification in Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Nursing, Counselling Psychology, Social Work, or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• Experience working with children, adolescents, and families
• Experience in a CAMHS setting
• Experience using specialist clinical skills for therapeutic interventions
• Experience with psychosis, high-risk, and complex cases

Desirable

• Experience in MDT and joint working
• Experience providing care coordination within CPA
• Experience working with diverse populations

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of psychosis and other mental health difficulties
• Understanding of adolescent development
• Highly developed interpersonal and therapeutic skills
• Ability to adapt communication for adolescents with communication difficulties

Desirable

• Knowledge of working with neurodevelopmental disorders
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, NICE guidelines, and mental health frameworks

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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