CAMHS Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Intervention Lead

Job Summary

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part time, 30 hours a week.

Join Our Team as the CAMHS DBT Intervention Lead - Make a Lasting Impact on Young Lives

Are you a passionate and experienced registered professional trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)? Do you thrive in dynamic environments and want to be at the forefront of service innovation within CAMHS? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We're looking for a skilled and motivated clinician to lead our well-established Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) DBT pathway in Gloucestershire. This is a unique opportunity to shape and grow a specialist service that is already making a real difference in the lives of young people and their families.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a forward-thinking, supportive, and values-driven CAMHS team
• Work in a service that prioritises psychological therapies and is committed to innovation and quality care
• Collaborate with other pathway leads to ensure a cohesive, joined-up approach across CAMHS
• Play a key role in shaping the future of DBT delivery for children, young people, and their families across Gloucestershire
  
  

This role sits within our core CAMHS team, offering high-quality mental health services to under-18s. We believe in nurturing talent, encouraging professional growth, and giving our staff the autonomy and support to thrive.

Main duties of the job

Registered Healthcare Professional With Appropriate Qualifications.

Trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and experience working within a CAMHS DBT program, as outlined in the person specification.

Ability to manage a caseload of DBT clients, with flexibility to support non-DBT cases as needed.

Willingness to work regularly outside standard hours to facilitate multi-family skills groups.

Strong knowledge and experience delivering CAMHS DBT programs and interventions.

Skilled in conducting specialist assessments and formulations, addressing the full spectrum of children and young people's needs with clarity around potential differential diagnoses.

Capacity to clearly articulate a child's needs within the multi-disciplinary team and wider professional network, offering consultation when appropriate.

Excellent communication, negotiation, and training skills.

Understanding of the roles of various professional agencies in supporting the emotional, behavioural, and relational needs of children, with the ability to facilitate appropriate step-down care.

Proven experience in leading a CAMHS DBT program, including managing parent and young person skills groups.

Extensive background working within Core CAMHS, providing assessment and intervention for young people with high-level needs within the CPA framework.

Experience providing clinical supervision to colleagues

About Us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual Staff Surveys, Regular Pulse Surveys And Other Engagement Opportunities Provide Our People With Lots Of Opportunity To Tell Us About Their Experiences Of Working With Us. In The Latest Staff Survey, 61% Of Colleagues Gave Us Their Views. It Was Great To Hear That:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
  
  

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

09 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year Per Annum Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-25-844

Job locations

Acorn house

Horton Road

Gloucester Road

GL1 3PX

Job Description

Job responsibilities

About The Role

As our DBT Intervention Lead, you will coordinate and drive all aspects of the DBT programme, including:

• Overseeing a full DBT pathway (individual therapy, multi-family skills groups, and weekly consult meetings)
• Leading on staff recruitment, training, and supervision for pathway
• Facilitating weekly consult meeting and ensuring high-quality, consistent delivery of the DBT programme
• Monitoring outcomes and effectiveness using ROMS
• Developing and enhancing the pathway in line with current best practice
  
  

Youll play a pivotal role in the ongoing evolution of the service, especially as weve recently transitioned to a multi family skills group within a rolling programme increasing accessibility while staying true to the core principles of DBT.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

About The Role

As our DBT Intervention Lead, you will coordinate and drive all aspects of the DBT programme, including:

• Overseeing a full DBT pathway (individual therapy, multi-family skills groups, and weekly consult meetings)
• Leading on staff recruitment, training, and supervision for pathway
• Facilitating weekly consult meeting and ensuring high-quality, consistent delivery of the DBT programme
• Monitoring outcomes and effectiveness using ROMS
• Developing and enhancing the pathway in line with current best practice
  
  

Youll play a pivotal role in the ongoing evolution of the service, especially as weve recently transitioned to a multi family skills group within a rolling programme increasing accessibility while staying true to the core principles of DBT.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Completion of DBT Intensive Training & commitment to achieve DBT accreditation Additional Professional Qualification in Clinical Psychology, Child and Adolescent
• Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a relevant CYPS/CAMHS setting
• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
  
  

Desirable

• Relevant child focused therapeutic training
• Formal Teaching and Assessing Certificate / Qualification
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Experience of leading a DBT CAMHS programme including family and YP group programme and 1:1 work
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Experience of leading a DBT CAMHS programme including family and YP group programme and 1:1 work
  
  

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Acorn house

Horton Road

Gloucester Road

GL1 3PX

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Acorn house

Horton Road

Gloucester Road

GL1 3PX

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)