• Job Description

  Req#: C9333-25-0890?language=en&page=787&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are looking for a strong leader and clinician to lead our Brent CAMHS team. You will be joining a supportive, innovative and busy service. If you are looking for a new challenge, and are ready to take on this crucial leadership role, please ensure to read all the information available.

  Please note this role is an on-site role.

  The postholder will take day to day operational management responsibility in the planning, directing and performance management of the Brent CAMHS team and work of all local CAMHS contracted services. The post holder will ensure that service access and delivery is efficient, effective, evidence based, needs led and service user and carer focused. They will provide clear leadership, in partnership with the Service Manager in order to ensure access to timely treatment and intervention by well-led and motivated staff that contributes to promoting safety and achievement for all children and young people.

  The post holder is expected to offer a clinical day to undertake clinical assessment and intervention in line with registration, CPD and service needs.

  Main duties of the job

  • To ensure the effective use of human resources ensuring safe levels of staffing which reflect the necessary and appropriate skill mix.
  • To ensure that as a member of CAMHS you are fully aware of current developments, legislation and practice in the care of children and young people with mental health problems
  • Provide assessments of children and young people referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources
  • Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni-and multidisciplinary care
  • The post holder will ensure that his/her own practice and conduct and that of the members of the team adheres to the following CNWL standards
  • To ensure the appropriate and accurate use of the client information data base (System1)
  • The post holder will complete the CNWL mandatory training programme annually within directed timescales.

  • The post holder will work in line with CNWL policy and procedures at all times.

  • To ensure all aspects of daily operational duties are undertaken, including recruitment and selection, performance and capability.
  • Please see full requirements in the attached documents

  About us

  CNWL CAMHS offers community mental health services across five London Boroughs, and one in Milton Keynes. Under the wider CAMHS services we have two in-patient units; Collingham Gardens for under 13-year olds and Lavender Walk, an adolescent unit, in inner London, as well our local MHST's. There is also a specialist CYP Eating Disorders Service that sits within our all age Eating Disorders Service and the ACTS team, is co-located with us at Monks Park.

  You will be expected to support the development of all staff and a commitment to meaningful engagement with children & young people, families and other stakeholders to help continuously improve our services is essential as well as ensuring clinicians are encouraged to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.

  Details

  Date posted

  15 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £61,631 to £68,623 a year Per annum incl. HCAS

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  333-G-CA-1573

  Job locations

  Brent CAMHS, Monks Park Health Centre

  Monks Park

  Wembley, Brent, London

  HA9 6JE

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The post holder will take the lead in and actively encourage and support staff to build strong links with other providers of community resources and utilise all available resources to meet the identified needs of individual patients. They will ensure that commissioning priorities of the NWL-ICB and Brent council are adhered to and take day to day responsibility for the management and smooth running of the referral, assessment and patient allocation processes. The post holder will work with the Service Manager and other local senior clinicians to ensure that team performance targets are consistently met by developing and implementing improvement plans as and when necessary.

  The post holder will provide robust people management, finance management, performance management, and stakeholder management to ensure successful delivery of Service specifications to ensure Children and Young People and their parents or carers receive good quality and safe services.

  See attached candidate pack for full information.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The post holder will take the lead in and actively encourage and support staff to build strong links with other providers of community resources and utilise all available resources to meet the identified needs of individual patients. They will ensure that commissioning priorities of the NWL-ICB and Brent council are adhered to and take day to day responsibility for the management and smooth running of the referral, assessment and patient allocation processes. The post holder will work with the Service Manager and other local senior clinicians to ensure that team performance targets are consistently met by developing and implementing improvement plans as and when necessary.

  The post holder will provide robust people management, finance management, performance management, and stakeholder management to ensure successful delivery of Service specifications to ensure Children and Young People and their parents or carers receive good quality and safe services.

  See attached candidate pack for full information.

  Person Specification

  Education and Qualifications

  Essential

  • Degree Level Training in a relevant clinical discipline
  • Management qualification
  • HCPC or other relevant professional registration
  • Recent safeguarding children training

  Desirable

  • Additional training/qualifications in relevant CAMHS assessment and treatment approaches
  • Training qualification
  • CBT supervisor CYP IAPT trained

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive post qualifying experience of working within a multidisciplinary CAMHS team
  • Experience of operationally managing or coordinating a team of clinicians
  • Experience of managing and supervising others in a clinical and performance management context including appraisal
  • Experience of operationally managing a large multidisciplinary team
  • Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and emergency CAMHS assessment

  Desirable

  • Experience of delivering training to colleagues
  • Fluent in an additional language
  • Experience of developing and delivering mental health awareness and bespoke CAMHS training to non CAMHS professionals

  Skills and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Understands developmental issues for children and able to adapt interventions accordingly
  • Understands the need for and able to competently assess risk
  • Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice
  • Understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices ofCYP IAT
  • Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support
  • Demonstrates strong leadership skill and qualities and ability to support others through periods of change

  Person Specification

  Education and Qualifications

  Essential

  • Degree Level Training in a relevant clinical discipline
  • Management qualification
  • HCPC or other relevant professional registration
  • Recent safeguarding children training

  Desirable

  • Additional training/qualifications in relevant CAMHS assessment and treatment approaches
  • Training qualification
  • CBT supervisor CYP IAPT trained

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive post qualifying experience of working within a multidisciplinary CAMHS team
  • Experience of operationally managing or coordinating a team of clinicians
  • Experience of managing and supervising others in a clinical and performance management context including appraisal
  • Experience of operationally managing a large multidisciplinary team
  • Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and emergency CAMHS assessment

  Desirable

  • Experience of delivering training to colleagues
  • Fluent in an additional language
  • Experience of developing and delivering mental health awareness and bespoke CAMHS training to non CAMHS professionals

  Skills and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Understands developmental issues for children and able to adapt interventions accordingly
  • Understands the need for and able to competently assess risk
  • Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice
  • Understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices ofCYP IAT
  • Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support
  • Demonstrates strong leadership skill and qualities and ability to support others through periods of change

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  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

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  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

  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Brent CAMHS, Monks Park Health Centre

  Monks Park

  Wembley, Brent, London

  HA9 6JE

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Brent CAMHS, Monks Park Health Centre

  Monks Park

  Wembley, Brent, London

  HA9 6JE

  
  

  Employer's website

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

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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