CAMHS Senior Community Support Worker | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

The CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Service (ETS) team is an innovative and friendly team that is passionate about improving care for the young people that we work with.

The aim of the service is to improve the quality of care for young people by providing a care pathway back to outpatient services for young people who have been admitted as inpatients or to provide an intensive treatment package as an alternative admission for cases where treatment in Tier 3 CAMHS is not viable. We offer both day care and outreach models of intervention.

We aim to reduce A&E presentations and hospital admissions and offer the least restrictive interventions to provide consistent access to rapid, effective interventions, support and recovery – including crisis services. This includes better use of resources and investing to develop more local, community-based services and support.

Be part of a pioneering team which is vital to our plans to transform CAMHS Tier 4 services across South London. The service will work in collaboration with the South London Partnership (SLP) Crisis Service and will link with the three mental health trusts in the South London Mental Health and Community Partnership. South London Partnership’s CAMHS New Models of Care Programme aims to transform services through partnership-working; delivering best practice consistently to support young people and their families.

We are looking for a Band 4 community CAMHS Support Worker. This varied role offers excellent opportunities to gain experience and skills in a variety of different settings.

We are looking to appoint someone who is confident, responsive and has a passion for young-person and family-centred improvements; you will be enthusiastic and resilient and be able to respond to young people’s needs flexibly. The successful candidate will pride themselves on being skilled at engaging with young people and families, work well within a team and be passionate about providing a high-quality service to young people. We are looking for a candidate who is inspired by the idea of making a difference.

Duties include but are not limited to:
• The Post holder will facilitate individual therapeutic care plans/ therapeutic interventions that have been planned with or by qualified members of the team in conjunction with their care coordinator.
• The Senior CAMHS support worker will work with young people in the community and also in the ETS day service.
• Please see job description/ person specification for further information.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave.We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.

Work life balance.We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.

Career development.There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.

Car lease.Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.

Accommodation.Our staff benefit fromkeyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.

NHS discounts.With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.
• Other benefits include:
• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants

Care Certificate

English and Mathematics basic qualifications (eg GCSE at grade C or above) or equivalent

At least one year as a Healthcare Support Worker, or equivalent level of experience.

Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times.

Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, without close supervision, and acting on own initiative, within protocols, policies and care plans.

Communications skills – receiving and conveying information accurately with staff and with service users and able to keep accurate records

Resilient: able to respond appropriately to potential difficult interpersonal situations or demands of the role including distress and agitation

This advert closes on Thursday 4 Sep 2025