Community Nurse (Mental Health/Learning Disability) - WF CAMHS

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas. The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.

Are you a passionate Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse eager to make a difference in the lives of children and young people? Waltham Forest CAMHS invites you to join our motivated team supporting Children, Young People (CYP), and their families.

Role Overview: Work across our Behaviour and Emotional Difficulties pathways, providing tailored interventions to CYP with mental health challenges, learning disabilities (LD), and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). You’ll help manage challenging behaviours, enhance positive behaviours, and support emotional resilience.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Environment: Contribute to a new and evolving pathway, influencing service development.
• Professional Growth: Access training, supervision, and opportunities to expand your community mental health expertise.
• Creative Engagement: Engage with CYP through innovative methods, especially younger children.

Who Should Apply? We seek nurses passionate about working with children and young people, with experience in mental health and learning disabilities. This role offers a rewarding and impactful career path.

Main duties of the job: The post holder will be expected to complete detailed mental health assessments for young people, including the identification and management of risk to themselves, others or from others. They will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will bring a nursing view to the team and when representing the service in meetings with other agencies. The post holder will be expected to maintain a caseload of young people, working in an evidenced-based and time-limited way, including use of outcome monitoring to measure progress and client satisfaction. Interventions may involve working individually with young people and their carers, but also with families and groups. Sessions will take place at the team base and at other locations in the community, so willingness to work in an agile way within the borough is essential.

Person specification:

• Qualification: RMN/LD Post Registration Qualification to Degree level or equivalent.
• Experience: Relevant experience of working therapeutically with children/young people and their families. Experience of assessing and managing risk factors. Experience of holding clinical responsibility for managing a caseload.
• Skills/Experience: Mentorship Qualification (or relevant experience of working with student nurses and willingness to attend training).

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.