Job summary
Are you interested in working with Children in Care in a CAMHS setting? By joining us as a Children in Care Therapist you will be providing direct evidenced based therapeutic interventions and support to children and adolescents resident in Children's Homes and assess and treat generic referrals within Specialist CAMHS.

In this role you will provide research based, expert clinical consultancy and support, and where agreed supervision and training to foster carers, staff and managers caring for children and adolescents presenting with complex presentations and resident within Local Authority Children's Homes across Hampshire and support to other Specialist CAMHS staff working with children and young people.

You will be a resource to be consulted by CAMHS and Local authority staff and managers regarding care experience children and young people.

This is a part time position, working 22.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• To provide expert clinical consultancy, support, and where agreed supervision and training to staff and managers caring for children and adolescents with complex needs and expressed behaviours in local authority residential homes across Hampshire.
• To provide expert clinical consultancy, support, and where agreed, supervision and training to staff and managers caring for children and adolescents from across the county who are seen to be at risk to themselves and / or others. This includes carrying out standardised clinical assessments specifically designed for use with children and adolescents in secure accommodation settings.
• To provide assessments, consultation and direct therapeutic support for care experienced children and adolescents.
• To be a resource for consultation by senior managers concerning the setting up of support for local authority residential care managers and staff.
• To contribute to joint agency planning and support of the Children in Care Specialist Mental Health Service.
• To provide or be a resource Specialist CAMHS colleagues, contribute to the assessment of young children presenting with complex histories and symptomology by carrying out specialised psychological assessment of patterns of attachment and evidence of complex trauma.
• To provide specialised therapeutic support to children and families at the specific request of clinical colleagues and Specialist CAMHS managers.

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details
Date posted: 24 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 348-CFS-12261
Job locations: CAMHS Basingstoke, Bramblys Drive, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 8UN, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• A relevant Specialist CAMHS core Professional Qualification e.g. Child Psychotherapy, Arts & creative therapies, Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy, Nursing or Social Work.
• MSc/MA or equivalent post-graduate qualification in relevant profession/psychological therapies / psychology.

Experience
Essential

• Post registration clinical experience (with experience at Senior Level).
• Proven experience of providing multi-agency consultancy in a specialised field.
• Proven experience of direct clinical work with a complex client (child / young person and family) group.
• Clinical supervisory experience.
• Appraiser experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Employer details
Employer name: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: CAMHS Basingstoke, Bramblys Drive, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 8UN, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Hiring Manager
Tom Killnegray
tom.killengray@nhs.net

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.