Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate family therapy training to MSc level or equivalent.
• UKCP registration as a family therapist

Desirable

• Post-qualification training in addition to some CAMHS-related specialized work
• Recent Safeguarding Children training
• CYP IAPT training
• Qualification in a core mental health or social welfare profession (e.g., social work, mental health nursing, psychology, occupational therapy) and significant post-qualification experience

Experience

Essential

• Newly qualified, significant post-qualifying experience of working within a multidisciplinary team, and preferably a CAMHS team
• Experience of working with complex cases
• Experience of delivering systemic training to non-CAMHS professionals
• Able to deliver parent training and groups
• Experience in developing and delivering clinical training to colleagues

Desirable

• Fluent in an additional language
• Experience in supervising as a Family Therapist

Core Competencies

Essential

• Mental Health Assessment: Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and emergency CAMHS assessment
• Mental Health Assessment: Understands developmental issues for children and can adapt interventions accordingly
• Assessment of risk/safeguarding: Understands the need for and can competently assess risk
• Assessment of risk/safeguarding: Understands individual and service safeguarding responsibilities, policy, and procedure
• Engagement: Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice
• Engagement: Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication
• Engagement: Able to foster strong therapeutic alliances
• Engagement: Understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices of CYP IAT
• Engagement: Understanding of and commitment to service user involvement, patient-led care, and choice
• Family and parenting: work Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support
• Cultural: competence Understands the importance of assessment that explores and considers individual cultural identity and associated support needs.
• Consultation and Liaison: Experience of providing consultation and liaison support to colleagues, referral agencies, and services responsible for the care, support, and well-being of service users and their families/carers
• Psychoeducation: Able to promote self-management and recovery by working with service users and their families to understand their condition and identify and reinforce strengths, resources, and coping skills
• Interdisciplinary work: Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, actively engaging in and supporting duty and emergency rota’s, peer support, training, and skills development
• Transition: Able to confidently and safely plan for and manage change and transition
• Professional Development: Actively uses supervision and opportunities for development of skills

Experience

Essential

• Family and parenting work: Understands the need for and has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support

Mental Health Assessment

Essential

• Mental Health emergency CAMHS assessment.

Specialist Competencies

Desirable

• Experience of running parenting groups (Triple P, Mellow, Webster-Stratton, etc) and other types of group work group such as multi-family groups

Administration and Record Keeping

Essential

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel): Able to use Word and Excel to write reports, analyse, and present basic data
• Clinical Recording Systems Competent in the use of clinical recording systems such as SYSTMONE. Understands the process for keeping safe, secure, and relevant clinical records
• Email and Communication: Able to use email to support effective communication in line with CNWL policy. Able to use Microsoft PowerPoint and other communication methods to support the delivery of high-quality, engaging training and presentations

Desirable

• European Computer
• Use of SYSTMONE
• Use of COMMIT and other related CYP IAPT recording

Attitude, Aptitude, and Personal Characteristics

Essential

• Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills
• Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times
• Enthusiastic, flexible, and confident approach to working
• Able to prioritise own workload
• Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change
• Honesty, enthusiasm, and a sense of loyalty
• Conducts self in a professional, courteous manner at all times and able to maintain professionalism in an often emotionally challenging environment

Other

Essential

• Understands and able to implement and promote the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job
• Understands and can apply confidentiality and information sharing policy and procedure

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).

Closing Date: 01 June 2026