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Central Beds CAMHS are excited to be recruiting into a Band 8a Clinical Lead post 0.5 WTE (18.75 hours) in one of ourMental Health Support Teams (MHST).



The MHSTs are part of an exciting trailblazer project funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community in response to the government’s Green Paper for Young People’s Mental Health.Bedfordshire & Luton have been successful in having several MHST sites benefitting from significant investment in this area. The post holder will be part of a comprehensive stepped care approach to mental health supportfor children, young people and their families, and will be part of the broad-basedfirst-stepCommunity Access Services (CAMH CAS), who offer support through schools,GP practices, Early Help Services and other partners, implementing a resilience and community focused approach to supporting families.

You will also provide triage, mental health assessments, effective brief therapeutic support, group work and workshops to prevent moderate to severe mental health problems developing, using the Thrive model. You will be required to be flexible, and be able to travel across Central Bedfordshire. The post is embedded in the community, and you will have an attached base presently in Stratton School in Biggleswade. You will be an integrated part of the CAMH Access Services multi-disciplinary services and the wider CAMH Specialist Service.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

This post will be based in Biggleswade and easily reached by car from London, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire to the South and Northamptonshire to the North.

For further information regarding this post, please contact:

Laura Gill, Clinical Team Lead for Central Bedfordshire CAMHS Community Access Services;laura.gill14@nhs.net; 01582 707635


This advert closes on Sunday 8 Mar 2026

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