Job overview

The Mood and Anxiety Pathway Lead will be a post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. arts psychotherapist, psychologist, family therapist, child, and adolescent psychotherapist) or graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist) or will have substantial Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) clinical, management and leadership experience. Where appropriate they will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC).

You will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

You will be operating at Band 7 in a clinical or clinical leadership role must be able to demonstrate adherence and competence to evidence-based clinical models, hold an autonomous caseload, clinically supervise and register with/meet the requirements of any applicable accrediting body.

You  must demonstrate significant experience and will be from a range of backgrounds with specific, specialist knowledge in relation to aspects of social care, education, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or educational healthcare plans as well as Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

Main duties of the job

• Provide operational and clinical leadership to the Mood and Anxiety pathway and all CYPMHS clinicians working in the care pathway. They will be responsible for assessment, treatment, and systematic outcome measurement in the care pathway.
• Ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible, and evidence-based service is available to all service users who need it and who use the care pathway.
• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with wider mental health and wellbeing services and ensure adherence to evidence-based treatments by all clinical staff within the care pathway.
• Manage any waiting lists for the Mood and Anxiety Pathway.
• You will be directly involved in delivering a range of therapeutic interventions, which may include parent work, group work, school observations of children, short term CYPMHS input and specialist psychological treatments.
• You will be an effective care pathway leader working on their own initiative. They will spend 80% of their time working clinically, allowing 20% for care pathway leadership.

Working for our organisation

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). 

Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD. 

Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve. 

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident. 

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together.