CAMHS Practitioner- Youth Justice Service Liaison


Company:	CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc HCAS Pro Rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Kensington and Chelsea, W8 5LP
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	23 Oct 2026
Closing date:	22 Nov 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.

KC CAMHS have an exiting opportunity to work within CAMHS services to support CYP involved in the Youth Offending system accessing CAMHS services.

We are recruiting a dedicated CAMHS Practitioner with experience in working with young people involved in the youth offending system to support and improve mental health outcomes for young people and their families within KC CAMHS Youth Justice Service (YJS). The postholder will ensure that this cohort is well co-ordinated, taking on case management and co-working with the YJS service, as well as providing direct intervention for the young people. In addition, the postholders’ might collaborate with wider CAMHS initiatives and complete clinical work within the CAMHS service.

We are looking for the right candidate who can work within the youth offending context whilst also maintaining the CAMHS perspective and play a key link role between these two services. If you think you have the skills to take up this role we want to hear from you. You would join an established and supportive team and a service which places training and development high on the agenda.

The postholder will be expected to work either from KC CAMHS or the Youth Justice Service at least 80% of their time. They will be supported by supervisors in both services.

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The post holder will be jointly responsible for maintaining a collaborative and productive relationship with YJS colleagues within the local authority, managing expectations of service delivery and co-hold risks to the young people known to the service.

We are looking for a highly motivated professional with previous experience of working with young people. You will take a lead role in working with local agencies, the private sector and the voluntary sector. We would welcome applications from candidates with lived experience of the justice system.

KC CAMHS team is staffed by a large multi-disciplinary team of clinicians. We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children in the area using the whole range of therapeutic interventions, including behavioural, systemic, psycho-dynamic, group and multi-family work as well as neuro-developmental approaches.

If you want to join this supportive and innovative team and are looking for a challenging career development then we look forward to hearing from you.

The purpose of the role is to provide a CAMHS service to the Youth Justice Service as required by Crime and Disorder act 1998, to ensure children and young people in contact with youth justice service are provided with mental health services.

The YJS worker will compliment an existing coordinated approach by developing and supporting systems to ensure that when a young person enters the youth justice system, the JYS has within it the skill and capacity to ensure that their mental health needs are taken into consideration and addressed effectively. The post holder will ensure that a young person in contact with the youth justice system will have the same access to a comprehensive health service (both mental and physical health) as any other young person within the general population.

The post holder will provide assessment, early intervention and referral to a range of primary and secondary health care services and target service users with a view to developing robust assessment and health planning systems with a view to establishing a whole systems approach to healthcare and treatment for this often difficult to reach client group.

This advert closes on Monday 9 Nov 2026

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