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CAMHS Highly Specialist Practitioner (N&S ITP)Join to apply for theCAMHS Highly Specialist Practitioner (N&S ITP)role atSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust CAMHS Highly Specialist Practitioner (N&S ITP)1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for theCAMHS Highly Specialist Practitioner (N&S ITP)role atSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. We are inviting applications from enthusiastic Clinical/Counselling Psychologists / Family Therapists / Psychotherapists / Clinical Nurse Specialists for a full-time Band 8a post with our ITP Team. Are you someone who enjoys working with young people, is a team player, can bring experience of working with young people & families or eating disorders, and is willing to be flexible according to client need? Do you love to learn and want to make a real contribution to developing excellent standards of care? If so, we are keen to meet you! We are a friendly, welcoming, fast developing, innovative, national and specialist ITP day programme team working with young people (11 - 18 years) and their families. We offer an inclusive and supportive team environment and are keen to support your professional development and wellbeing. The Intensive Treatment Programme (ITP) of the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) is an intensive day programme for young people with restrictive eating disorders who have not been able to make progress in outpatient treatment and who may be at risk of being admitted for inpatient treatment. ITP offers a therapeutic group programme, with groups taking principles from CBT for Eating Disorders, Compassion Focussed Therapy, Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Remediation Therapy, and Art Therapy, as well as CBT for comorbid difficulties (anxiety, low mood, perfectionism etc). To deliver specialist applied psychotherapeutic service in the MCCAED Intensive Treatment Programme (ITP day hospital). Working collaboratively to assess the needs of the service users, planning, implementing and evaluating the care given in ITP. To provide clinical work as required by the service. This will involve facilitation of therapeutic groups, and individual and family therapy sessions. To work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager as needed. To offer clinical supervision to more junior members of the MDT (band 4-7), including assistant psychologists, trainee clinical psychologists, clinical psychologists, and clinical nurse specialists. To provide daily therapeutic meal support to young people. This involves staff eating snacks and lunch alongside young people. Meals within the programme are timed, with the expectation that staff are able to eat what is required within the time frame (10 minutes for snacks, 15 minutes for lunch, 20 minutes for dinner). For lunches, a vegetarian and meat option are available daily, however where possible staff should be able to eat what the young people eat. Due to the nature of the service, the role will be primarily face-to-face, with the occasional option to work from home during half terms.We are inviting applications from enthusiastic Clinical/Counselling Psychologists / Family Therapists / Psychotherapists / Clinical Nurse Specialists for a full-time Band 8a post with our ITP Team. Are you someone who enjoys working with young people, is a team player, can bring experience of working with young people & families or eating disorders, and is willing to be flexible according to client need? Do you love to learn and want to make a real contribution to developing excellent standards of care? If so, we are keen to meet you! We are a friendly, welcoming, fast developing, innovative, national and specialist ITP day programme team working with young people (11 - 18 years) and their families. We offer an inclusive and supportive team environment and are keen to support your professional development and wellbeing. The Intensive Treatment Programme (ITP) of the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) is an intensive day programme for young people with restrictive eating disorders who have not been able to make progress in outpatient treatment and who may be at risk of being admitted for inpatient treatment. ITP offers a therapeutic group programme, with groups taking principles from CBT for Eating Disorders, Compassion Focussed Therapy, Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Remediation Therapy, and Art Therapy, as well as CBT for comorbid difficulties (anxiety, low mood, perfectionism etc). To deliver specialist applied psychotherapeutic service in the MCCAED Intensive Treatment Programme (ITP day hospital). Working collaboratively to assess the needs of the service users, planning, implementing and evaluating the care given in ITP. To provide clinical work as required by the service. This will involve facilitation of therapeutic groups, and individual and family therapy sessions. To work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager as needed. To offer clinical supervision to more junior members of the MDT (band 4-7), including assistant psychologists, trainee clinical psychologists, clinical psychologists, and clinical nurse specialists. To provide daily therapeutic meal support to young people. This involves staff eating snacks and lunch alongside young people. Meals within the programme are timed, with the expectation that staff are able to eat what is required within the time frame (10 minutes for snacks, 15 minutes for lunch, 20 minutes for dinner). For lunches, a vegetarian and meat option are available daily, however where possible staff should be able to eat what the young people eat. Due to the nature of the service, the role will be primarily face-to-face, with the occasional option to work from home during half terms.About our location:The Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders is based at the Michael Rutter Centre for Children and Young People, Maudsley Hospital, which is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). Our Trust headquarters is also located at Denmark Hill. (Due to move to the Pears Maudsley Children and Young People (PMCYP) at the Maudsley Hospital in late 2025/early 2026)Flexible WorkingAs one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 8am to 6pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance. 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