Complex Pathway Lead

Job summary

Are you an experienced mental health practitioner looking to combine direct therapeutic care with meaningful service leadership? We are seeking a compassionate, clear-sighted Complex Pathway Lead to join our Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) team.

In this dual-focused Band 7 role, you will balance direct clinical practice (80%) with pathway leadership (20%). You will guide clinicians within the Complex pathway, oversee assessment and treatment models, and manage waiting lists for the Mood and Anxiety Pathway.

Working closely with education, social care, and wider wellbeing services, you will ensure children, young people, and their families receive timely, high-quality, and evidence-based care.

If you are passionate about transforming outcomes for children and young people while advancing your leadership career, we would love to receive your application!

Main duties of the job Direct Clinical Care (80%): Hold an autonomous caseload and deliver targeted therapeutic interventions, including specialist psychological treatments, group work, short-term CYPMHS input, parent work, and school observations.

Pathway & Operational Leadership (20%): Provide clinical and operational guidance to CYPMHS clinicians in the Complex pathway, upholding high standards of evidence-based practice across the team.

Assessment & Outcome Measurement: Oversee comprehensive clinical assessments, care planning, and systematic outcome tracking to ensure interventions remain effective and child-centered.

Access & Waiting List Management: Actively manage waiting lists for the Mood and Anxiety Pathway to ensure timely, accessible, and seamless service delivery.

Clinical Supervision: Provide expert supervision, mentoring, and support to clinical colleagues to foster professional growth.

Multi-Agency Collaboration: Build strong relationships with wider mental health networks, social care, SEND frameworks, and educational partners to deliver holistic support

About us

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs.

We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD. Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone.

Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident. Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.

Job description

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responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role. We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA.

We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

Person Specification

Training, qualifications and registration Essential Successful completion of a graduate or post graduate training (e.g. nursing, psychology, social work, occupational therapy) ) or equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience.

Active registration with your relevant regulatory body (e.g., HCPC, NMC) Experience Essential Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems.

Significant experience and specialist knowledge of social care, education, SEN/D or educational healthcare plans as well as CAMHS. Experience of using observation, including within school or community settings, to contribute to assessment and formulation.

Knowledge and skills Essential Ability to communicate complex, technical and clinically sensitive information verbally and in writing to children, young people, families, carers and professional colleagues. Ability to work autonomously while involving colleagues and managers appropriately.

Knowledge of research methodology, outcome measurement, audit and service evaluation, with the ability to critically interpret findings.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.