Adolescent Mental Health Practitioner - Early Intervention Psychosis
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working with young people experiencing first-episode psychosis and those at risk, strengthening collaboration between CAMHS, STEP, and other services. The post holder will lead on developing and delivering the early intervention for psychosis pathway within CAMHS, ensuring seamless transitions to adult services. It requires managing complex and high-risk presentations, prioritising effectively, and responding to urgent situations with resilience. The role demands compassionate communication with young people and families experiencing distress.
Essential criteria
- All applicants will require a professional training and relevant CAMHS experience in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: NMC, Social Work England or HCPC
- Evidence of post-graduate qualification or continuing professional development as required by relevant Professional body e.g. Masters level -HCPC/UKCP, RCN, BABCP
- 2 years minimum CAMHs or EIS experience
Desirable criteria
- Familiarity with therapeutic approaches commonly used in CAMHS & EIS eg CBTp, Family Intervention
- Additional training on working with adolescents
- Training in Clinical supervision/mentorship
- Experience of working with children and adolescents with severe mental health disorders (including psychosis)
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service users and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity evident in populations with psychosis in community settings
- Experience of conducting high quality risk assessments and implementing risk management plans, often in crisis interventions
- Experience of supervision, training and leadership roles
- Experience of working with adolescents and with young adults.
- Experience of applying Cognitive Behaviour Therapy approaches to psychosis
- Specialist experience of working in an Early Intervention for Psychosis Team.
- A high level of knowledge and expertise about CAMHS and Early Intervention for Psychosis services and related legislation/policy
- Evidence of using NICE guidelines to inform practice and understanding transition models and processes.
- Knowledge of social care legislation including the Children's Act and the Care Act
- Evidence of using child protection or adult safeguarding in practice effectively
- Experience administering a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate outcomes and progress.
- Experience of carrying out relapse prevention work with individuals experiencing psychosis.
- Excellent diagnostic assessment, risk assessment and care planning skills
- Ability to work in partnership with service users and carers in the planning and delivery of care
- Ability to maintain effective professional relationships with all team members, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour
- Ability to work with learning disability and neurodivergent clients
- Ability to work with dual diagnosis clients
- All applicants will require a professional training and relevant CAMHS experience in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: NMC, Social Work England or HCPC
- Evidence of post-graduate qualification or continuing professional development as required by relevant Professional body e.g. Masters level -HCPC/UKCP, RCN, BABCP
- 2 years minimum CAMHs or EIS experience
- Familiarity with therapeutic approaches commonly used in CAMHS & EIS eg CBTp, Family Intervention
- Additional training on working with adolescents
- Training in Clinical supervision/mentorship
- Experience of working with children and adolescents with severe mental health disorders (including psychosis)
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service users and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity evident in populations with psychosis in community settings
- Experience of conducting high quality risk assessments and implementing risk management plans, often in crisis interventions
- Experience of supervision, training and leadership roles
- Experience of working with adolescents and with young adults.
- Experience of applying Cognitive Behaviour Therapy approaches to psychosis
- Specialist experience of working in an Early Intervention for Psychosis Team.
- A high level of knowledge and expertise about CAMHS and Early Intervention for Psychosis services and related legislation/policy
- Evidence of using NICE guidelines to inform practice and understanding transition models and processes.
- Knowledge of social care legislation including the Children's Act and the Care Act
- Evidence of using child protection or adult safeguarding in practice effectively
- Experience administering a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate outcomes and progress.
- Experience of carrying out relapse pr
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 9d
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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Adolescent Mental Health Practitioner - Early Intervention Psychosis
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work across Southwark CAMHS and the Southwark Team for Early Psychosis (STEP) to support young people experiencing first-episode psychosis and those at risk of developing psychosis. The post holder will play a central role in strengthening collaboration between CAMHS, STEP, adult mental health services, and a range of statutory and voluntary sector partners to ensure young people receive coordinated, high-quality care. A key focus of the role is to lead on the development and delivery of the early intervention for psychosis pathway within CAMHS, while also supporting seamless transitions into adult services where appropriate. This is a demanding but rewarding role, requiring the ability to manage complex and high-risk presentations, prioritise effectively, and respond to urgent situations with flexibility and resilience. The post holder will regularly work with young people and families experiencing high levels of distress, and will need to communicate difficult or sensitive information in a compassionate and professional manner.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have a highly specialist role in the assessment and provision of a range of appropriate ca
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