South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

CAMHS Practitioner

The closing date is 17 November 2025

Job summary

Southwark CAMHS are seeking to recruit a CAMHS Practitioner with strong clinical skills. This is a fixed-term 0.85 WTE post available for 12 months based within the Southwark CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Service. Within the Neurodevelopmental Service, you will work alongside the Clinical Service Lead as well as other colleagues, to support the team and ensure the delivery of high quality, evidence-based assessment and treatments. You will be responsible for your own clinical caseload and you will be involved in assessments (including diagnostic assessments for ADHD), care planning, and offering interventions for children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders, with support from the multi-disciplinary team.

We offer ongoing training and development in a range of therapeutic modalities, as well as supervision and leadership skills.

If you fulfil the below criteria:

o registered with the Health & Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.

o have an accredited professional training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, or art therapy.

AND

o have experience of delivering mental health services to children and young people with neurodevelopmental disability in diverse community settings.

Then we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

Southwark CAMHS - CAMHS Practitioner (Fixed-Term, 0.85 WTE, 12 Months)Southwark CAMHS is seeking to appoint a CAMHS Practitioner with strong clinical skills to join our Neurodevelopmental Service. This is a fixed-term position (0.85 WTE) for a duration of 12 months.As part of the Neurodevelopmental Service, you will work collaboratively with the Clinical Service Lead and other team members to support service delivery and ensure high-quality, evidence-based assessments and interventions. You will manage your own clinical caseload and contribute to assessments--including diagnostic assessments for ADHD--care planning, and therapeutic interventions for children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders, supported by a multidisciplinary team.We offer ongoing training and development opportunities across a range of therapeutic modalities, alongside clinical supervision and leadership development.We welcome applications from candidates who meet the following criteria:

Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council as a Practitioner PsychologistORAccredited professional training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, or art therapyANDExperience delivering mental health services to children and young people with neurodevelopmental disabilities in diverse community settings

If you meet the above criteria, we encourage you to apply.

About us

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmesCar lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease carsAccommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites

NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website

Date posted

03 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£46,419 to £55,046 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

334-NUR-7546985-SA

Job locations

Sunshine House

4th Floor | Sunshine House | 27 Peckham Road |London |

Peckham

SE5 8UH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached document

For further details, please contact:

NameNathan Appasamy

Job titleClinical Service Lead, Southwark CAMHS NDS

Email addressNathan.appasamy@slam.nhs.uk

Telephone number02032288416

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached document

For further details, please contact:

NameNathan Appasamy

Job titleClinical Service Lead, Southwark CAMHS NDS

Email addressNathan.appasamy@slam.nhs.uk

Telephone number02032288416

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist.
First level nursing qualification/registration RMN orRSCN or HV, or first level qualification in OT, social work, or equivalent with related CAMHS experience.
First level qualification in art, play, drama or music therapy with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescent with mental health problems/needs, developmental/ learning disability problems.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with children and young people with mental health conditions, particularly of those young people with neurodevelopmental needs
Experience of working with, and addressing issues of, diversity.
Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting.
Experience of working with multidisciplinary networks inmanaging complex cases.
Experience of offering consultation to other colleagues and agencies.

Knowledge / Skills

Essential

Specialist knowledge concerning the needs of children with mental health problems and their families, particularly of those young people with neurodevelopmental needs.
Knowledge of key legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues
Awareness of racial and diversity issues through attendance of relevant training.
Skills in providing professional advice to practitioners and local organisations and in clinical and non-clinical report writing for multiagency purposes

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist.
First level nursing qualification/registration RMN orRSCN or HV, or first level qualification in OT, social work, or equivalent with related CAMHS experience.
First level qualification in art, play, drama or music therapy with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescent with mental health problems/needs, developmental/ learning disability problems.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with children and young people with mental health conditions, particularly of those young people with neurodevelopmental needs
Experience of working with, and addressing issues of, diversity.
Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting.
Experience of working with multidisciplinary networks inmanaging complex cases.
Experience of offering consultation to other colleagues and agencies.

Knowledge / Skills

Essential

Specialist knowledge concerning the needs of children with mental health problems and their families, particularly of those young people with neurodevelopmental needs.
Knowledge of key legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues
Awareness of racial and diversity issues through attendance of relevant training.
Skills in providing professional advice to practitioners and local organisations and in clinical and non-clinical report writing for multiagency purposes

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sunshine House

4th Floor | Sunshine House | 27 Peckham Road |London |

Peckham

SE5 8UH

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sunshine House

4th Floor | Sunshine House | 27 Peckham Road |London |

Peckham

SE5 8UH

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)