Complex Pathway Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This Band 7 role is for an experienced mental health practitioner to join the Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) team as a Complex Pathway Lead. The role combines 80% direct clinical practice with 20% pathway leadership. Responsibilities include guiding clinicians, overseeing assessment and treatment models, and managing waiting lists for the Mood and Anxiety Pathway. The successful candidate will ensure timely, high-quality, and evidence-based care for children, young people, and their families through collaboration with various services.
Essential criteria
- Successful completion of a graduate or post graduate training (e.g. nursing, psychology, social work, occupational therapy) ) or equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience.
- Active registration with your relevant regulatory body (e.g., HCPC, NMC)
- Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems.
- Significant experience and specialist knowledge of social care, education, SEN/D or educational healthcare plans as well as CAMHS.
- Experience of using observation, including within school or community settings, to contribute to assessment and formulation.
- Knowledge and skills
- Ability to communicate complex, technical and clinically sensitive information verbally and in writing to children, young people, families, carers and professional colleagues.
- Ability to work autonomously while involving colleagues and managers appropriately.
- Knowledge of research methodology, outcome measurement, audit and service evaluation, with the ability to critically interpret findings.
- Training, qualifications and registration
- Successful completion of a graduate or post graduate training (e.g. nursing, psychology, social work, occupational therapy) ) or equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience.
- Active registration with your relevant regulatory body (e.g., HCPC, NMC)
- Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems.
- Significant experience and specialist knowledge of social care, education, SEN/D or educational healthcare plans as well as CAMHS.
- Experience of using observation, including within school or community settings, to contribute to assessment and formulation.
- Knowledge and skills
- Ability to communicate complex, technical and clinically sensitive information verbally and in writing to children, young people, families, carers and professional colleagues.
- Ability to work autonomously while involving colleagues and managers appropriately.
- Knowledge of research methodology, outcome measurement, audit and service evaluation, with the ability to critically interpret findings.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Are you an experienced mental health practitioner looking to combine direct therapeutic care with meaningful service leadership? We are seeking a compassionate, clear-sighted Complex Pathway Lead to join our Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) team.
In this dual-focused Band 7 role, you will balance direct clinical practice (80%) with pathway leadership (20%). You will guide clinicians within the Complex pathway, oversee assessment and treatment models, and manage waiting lists for the Mood and Anxiety Pathway. Working closely with education, social care, and wider wellbeing services, you will ensure children, young people, and their families receive timely, high-quality, and evidence-based care.
If you are passionate about transforming outcomes for children and young people while advancing your leadership career, we would love to receive your application!
Main duties of the job
- Direct Clinical Care (80%): Hold an autonomous caseload and deliver targeted therapeutic interventions, including specialist psychological treatments, group work, short-term CYPMHS input, parent work, and school observations.
- Pathway & Operational Leadership (20%): Provide clinical and operational guidance to CYPMHS clinicians in the Complex pathway, upholding high standards of evidence-based practice across the team.
- **Assessment & Outcom
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