Named Professional for Camhs

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job overview


We are delighted to be creating a Named Professional for Safeguarding Children for our London Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

The post holder will have responsibility to ensure high quality safeguarding children practice is delivered across our London CAMHS services'.

This is an exciting new role working alongside CAMHS and our other Named Professionals who deliver our Safeguarding Children agenda across the Trust.

We currently deliver CAMHS services across Hillingdon, Harrow, Brent, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster. These areas include a range of settings that include core CAMHS, inpatient units, eating disorders and urgent care services.


We are seeking an experienced and motivated safeguarding child practitioner who can provide expert safeguarding children advice and support to our CAMHS services.

This is a full time role which will require a dynamic and responsive practitioner.

You will require a high level of safeguarding children and mental health experience to meet the requirements of this role.

Cost allowances (HCAS) will be at the inner London rate.

Whilst the role is based at our Westminster CAMHS you will be expected to travel across all our London CAMHS services that we provide.

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Job Summary

You will be responsible for providing expert safeguarding children leadership to our London CAMHS services.

You will need to be able to provide professional advice, safeguarding children supervision, education and training to all staff within our CAMHS services.

You will be required to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals and agencies to support the safeguarding children agenda.

You will also be required to support other Trust services for advice and training when required.


If you are someone with a passion for ensuring the safeguarding needs of all children and young people in mental health services, this could be the job for you.

You will be well supported within the CAMHS service as well as benefitting from other Named Professionals within the Trust.


CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 7,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond.

We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation.

We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.

We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare.

We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.


As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Main duties

  • To provide operational leadership, advanced knowledge and skills, expert advice and support on safeguarding issues to managers, team leaders, practitioners across London CAMHS and other staff across multi agency partners.
  • To provide clinical leadership, expert advice and support on health issues for vulnerable children to CNWL staff to develop safeguarding plans.
  • Provide a visible presence within inpatient and community settings, ensuring all staff are adhering to, and incorporating safeguarding policies and procedures within clinical settings.
  • Ensure appropriate use of escalation so that staff are clear on what action is needed to prevent drift or delay in delivering positive outcomes for children.
  • To lead in implementing Government and local guidance to improve the safety, health and wellbeing of vulnerable children.
  • To work in partnership with Designated Nurses and CAMHS staff to ensure there is a consistent and coordinated approach to practice involving the support of vulnerable children and their families.
  • To work in partnership with the Named Professionals to enable staff to deliver services to vulnerable children in a coordinated and collaborative manner translating procedures and guidelines into practice.
  • To provide support to staff as necessary by ensuring Safeguarding Children supervision is implemented and monitored.
  • To contribute to the work as part of the CNWL Safeguardin

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