Are you a passionate Social Worker with strong experience supporting children and young people with mental health needs? This is an exciting opportunity to bring your expertise to Hounslow CAMHS as a Band 7 Clinical CAMH Social Worker within our dynamic Children and Families Team.
An exciting opportunity has become available for a skilled and experienced Band 7 Social Worker to work in the Hounslow Child and Family Team based at Heart of Hounslow Centre for Health, Hounslow, TW3 3EL .
In CAMHS, Social Workers play a vital role in shaping meaningful, person‑centred support for children, adolescents, and families. You will bring a social perspective that helps bridge the gaps between mental health, physical health, social care, and community resources- ensuring that every young person receives compassionate, accessible, and holistic care.
You will join a collaborative multi‑disciplinary team where your skills, insight, and professional voice are truly valued. This role offers the chance to make a significant difference through direct clinical work, providing assessments and interventions, while also contributing to a culture of shared learning by offering supervision, consultation, and training to colleagues and partners across agencies. You will be encouraged to join our monthly CAMH Social Work Forum and Reflective Practice Groups.
If you are motivated, reflective, and eager to influence positive change for children and families, we would love to welcome you to our team.
- Work as an autonomous clinician creatively engaging with a culturally diverse population of young people with complex mental health difficulties, carrying out comprehensive assessments (including risk and risk management plans), and offering therapeutic intervention packages using a variety of treatment models.
- Contribute to the multi-disciplinary assessment clinic, support team formulation and recommendations for interventions.
- Make clear autonomous decisions based on analysis of complex presenting problems & judgments based on available treatment options.
- Provide training, consultation and advice to colleagues in the team and across multi-agencies involved with child and adolescent mental health.
- Provide clinical, professional and management supervision as appropriate for CAMH Social Workers & CAMHS Practitioners in Hounslow CAMHS.
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team’s operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
- To be involved, as appropriate, in the recruitment, shortlisting and interviewing of CAMH Clinical Social Workers.
- To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD and development programmes, in consultation with the post holder’s professional and service manager.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
