SET CAMHS Senior Practitioner-Mid Essex inChelmsford inChelmsford PUBLISHED 2 DEC 2023

Band 7: £46,148 to £52,809 a year Pro rata, Per annum  PERMANENT 
This post is eligible for the Trust 'Welcome to NELFT' Payment, a lump sum of 10% of agreed basic salary excluding HCAS and is open to all new applicants who are successfully appointed.

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 CAMHSThe aim of our new CAMHS is to respond earlier to children and young peoples needs in order to help prevent, reduce or delay the need for more specialist interventions. This transformation of children and young peoples 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 Peoples 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


This post is eligible for the Trust 'Welcome to NELFT' Payment, a lump sum of 10% of agreed basic salary excluding HCAS and is open to all new applicants who are successfully appointed. Payment of the incentive is 50% of the lump sum at the end of the probationary period (typically six months) and then 50% at the end of year two. This welcome package is applicable to external candidates only.


We welcome applications from mental health nurses, psychologists, social

workers, psychotherapists, family therapists, and other qualified professional staff for the role of senior practitioner within SET CAMHS mid-Essex.


Mid-Essex SET CAMHS
are looking to recruit a qualified professional 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 ofmanaging 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 ofinterventions 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

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 CAMHSThe aim of our new CAMHS is to respond earlier to children and young peoples needs in order to help prevent, reduce or delay the need for more specialist interventions. This transformation of children and young peoples 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 Peoples 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


This post is eligible for the Trust 'Welcome to NELFT' Payment, a lump sum of 10% of agreed basic salary excluding HCAS and is open to all new applicants who are successfully appointed. Payment of the incentive is 50% of the lump sum at the end of the probationary period (typically six months) and then 50% at the end of year two. This welcome package is applicable to external candidates only.


We welcome applications from mental health nurses, psychologists, social

workers, psychotherapists, family therapists, and other qualified professional staff for the role of senior practitioner within SET CAMHS mid-Essex.


Mid-Essex SET CAMHS
are looking to recruit a qualified professional 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 ofmanaging 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 ofinterventions 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



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