CAMHS Senior Practitioner for KIT in London inLondon PUBLISHED WED 16 APR 2025 Jump to job information section

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the horizon team, Lewisham CAMHS we are looking for a clinical lead for Keeping in Touch (KIT) programme

The KIT programme provides an opportunity to engage with young people and families at an earlier stage in their journey with CAMHS. KIT will offer a range of interventions, information and support for those waiting for assessment and treatment. Through KIT we aim to clarify what Lewisham CAMHS offer and what they should be expecting of us and by starting a dialogue with young people, families and professionals, we hope to improve their experience and journey whilst in touch with Lewisham CAMHS.

We are seeking a CAMHS Senior Practitioner, to support this programme and provide the necessary clinical leadership to respond to the needs of young people, families and professionals.

Responsibilities

This role will report to the Clinical Service Lead for Horizon and the Senior Leadership team and will be responsible to:

• Implement the scopes, objectives and timelines of the programme, involving all relevant stakeholders
• Provide clinical leadership and ensure that the approach of interventions and support is evidence based, relevant to this programme and contributes to developing good practice.
• Liaise with wider CAMHS directorate and external partners to ensure that the programme learns from other initiatives and to share learnings to senior managers.
• Supervise a small team of clinicians and admin support
• Measure programme’s performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques including measuring the impact of KIT on the experience and well-being of young people, families and professionals.
• Provide a review and evaluation report at 6 months of programme with recommendations for sustainability
• Report and escalate to Service manager and Lead Clinician any risks identified that may impact the delivery of the programme.
• Provide culturally appropriate interventions and support to young people and families and be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent service.
  
  

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has the largest child and adolescent mental health service in the country and are national leaders. It is made up of five clinical units: National & Specialist, Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth and Croydon.

Lewisham has a very high level of social need and mental illness in adults. Children aged 0-19 years number 64,000. Nearly 8% live in single parent households and up to 30% of households are without a wage earner. Children from black and ethnic minority groups represent 37% of 0-14 year olds. The number of looked after children is approximately 480. 20% of children are currently experiencing 3 or more psychosocial difficulties, and 46% of children live in families with three or more risk factors.

Lewisham CAMHS provides a multidisciplinary diagnostic, assessment, treatment, advisory and consultative service for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural disorders at high risk or those with more severe and persistent problems suggestive of psychiatric disorder. The service has five Specialist Multidisciplinary Teams: Horizon (Generic), Neuro Developmental Team (for neurodevelopmental problems including ASD), Symbol (for Looked After and Adopted CYP); LYPS (severe and enduring mental health problems), ARTs (for young offenders), Paediatric Liaison Service (for children with psychological problems associated with chronic health conditions) and CWP(mild to moderate depression, anxiety or behavioural problems.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Victoria Neville Job title: Principal Psychologist Email address: