Job Description

Community Mental Health Services in North London Foundation Trust are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation. Primary Care Core teams are being expanded to incorporate specialist services and provide comprehensive local, holistic, patient-centred care. The Camden CDAT Pathway Lead will be a social worker, nurse or OT with leadership experience. They will have a lead role in the provision of the multi-disciplinary specialist service for treatment-resistant depression and anxiety disorders. They will be responsible for the implementation and ongoing management of the CDAT pathway in the Camden Core teams. This is an opportunity to be part of a service that is dedicated to building positive futures for the staff team as well as the client group.
Main duties of the job
The CDAT pathway lead will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the team and ongoing evaluation of the service. They will be adaptable; working with the wider Core team, other Trust services and partner agencies in a solution-focussed and collaborative environment. The pathway lead will oversee the provision of biopsychosocial care to a range of service users. They will provide supervision and line management to a small team of Keyworkers (nurses, social workers and OTs). They will co-ordinate MDT meetings and work with the CDAT Psychology and Medical leads in order to deliver a holistic patient-centred service.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy: * We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Details
Date posted
24 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
56,276 to 63,176 a year Per annum including HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
455-NLFT-0284
Job locations
Lowther Rd Integrated Mental Health Hub
1 Lowther Rd
London
N7 8US
Job description
Job responsibilities

• To provide pathway leadership, ensuring that there is effective coordination between staff and disciplines working within the pathway.
• To ensure that service users experience timely high-quality holistic wrap around support appropriate to their needs within the pathway.
• To ensure that the pathway is well connected to partners and services within the community and this fully integrated within the pathway offer.
• To ensure that the pathway works with the single point of access and other interfaces to ensure that transition in and out of the pathway is supportive and focuses on holistic needs.
• To ensure that service provided within the pathway is recorded using agreed tools.
• To ensure that there are effective mechanisms in place to ensure that agreed data is captured to measure both the quality and effective delivery of the service.
• To oversee governance and quality processes within the pathway.To provide supervision to pathway staff as agreed with the Service Manager.
• To ensure effective internal and external communication processes are in place within the pathway.
• To ensure that the pathway integrates effectively with the team and there is pathway representation in relevant team and division meetings and processes

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities

• To provide pathway leadership, ensuring that there is effective coordination between staff and disciplines working within the pathway.
• To ensure that service users experience timely high-quality holistic wrap around support appropriate to their needs within the pathway.
• To ensure that the pathway is well connected to partners and services within the community and this fully integrated within the pathway offer.
• To ensure that the pathway works with the single point of access and other interfaces to ensure that transition in and out of the pathway is supportive and focuses on holistic needs.
• To ensure that service provided within the pathway is recorded using agreed tools.
• To ensure that there are effective mechanisms in place to ensure that agreed data is captured to measure both the quality and effective delivery of the service.
• To oversee governance and quality processes within the pathway.To provide supervision to pathway staff as agreed with the Service Manager.
• To ensure effective internal and external communication processes are in place within the pathway.
• To ensure that the pathway integrates effectively with the team and there is pathway representation in relevant team and division meetings and processes

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Diploma or degree leading to professional Registered qualification in Mental Health
• Current registration with relevant professional body
• Evidence of recent and or ongoing post registration academic study relevant to practice
• Mentorship or recognised teaching and assessing certificate or willingness to undertake

Desirable

• Masters Degree in related field
• CBT qualification or other relevant qualification i.e. solution focused therapy, cognitive stimulation therapy, Mentalisation Based Therapy etc
• Non Medical Prescribing Qualification or AMHP Qualification

Skills/Abilities
Essential

• Ability to communicate both in verbal and written form at a high level in a range of complex areas
• Demonstrate well developed leadership skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve team members
• Demonstrate well developed leadership skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve team members
• Experience of managing complaints and contributing to incident investigations
• Experience of successful implementation of business and service plans
• Evidence of effective workforce development and of using systems to ensure effective staff management (supervision, appraisal and ongoing performance management)
• Able to demonstrate the implementation, integration and delivery of NICE and or NTA guidelines in a service area
• Undertake audits and support research
• Previous supervision experience
• Competent using computers and keyboards for entering personally generated data, generating and responding to emails, conducting web searches, storing data and retrieving data, producing reports etc

Desirable

• Demonstrable ability to analyse data, identify trends and solve problems in the collection of required performance data

Experience/Knowledge
Essential

• Management experience in mental health or substance misuse service delivery
• To demonstrate an extensive and sound knowledge base in the provision of community mental health services and preferred treatment methods relating to personality disorder.
• Demonstrate a clear professional understanding and practical experience of the Mental Health Act and its application / use in practice or legislation relevant to substance misuse services
• Demonstrable understanding and experience of utilising a variety of assessment tools as well as service specialist tools currently used in practice in relation to assessing / planning care needs and determining risk
• Experience of monitoring integrated governance and performance management processes
• Sound practical experience of patient / service user care and engagement within the wider context of the organisation
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of their own role and that of others within the multi-professional team

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Committed to reflection and learning
• Ability to identify own training and educational needs
• Able to work under pressure and prioritise
• Can demonstrate clinical curiosity

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Diploma or degree leading to professional Registered qualification in Mental Health
• Current registration with relevant professional body
• Evidence of recent and or ongoing post registration academic study relevant to practice
• Mentorship or recognised teaching and assessing certificate or willingness to undertake

Desirable

• Masters Degree in related field
• CBT qualification or other relevant qualification i.e. solution focused therapy, cognitive stimulation therapy, Mentalisation Based Therapy etc
• Non Medical Prescribing Qualification or AMHP Qualification

Skills/Abilities
Essential

• Ability to communicate both in verbal and written form at a high level in a range of complex areas
• Demonstrate well developed leadership skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve team members
• Demonstrate well developed leadership skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve team members
• Experience of managing complaints and contributing to incident investigations
• Experience of successful implementation of business and service plans
• Evidence of effective workforce development and of using systems to ensure effective staff management (supervision, appraisal and ongoing performance management)
• Able to demonstrate the implementation, integration and delivery of NICE and or NTA guidelines in a service area
• Undertake audits and support research
• Previous supervision experience
• Competent using computers and keyboards for entering personally generated data, generating and responding to emails, conducting web searches, storing data and retrieving data, producing reports etc

Desirable

• Demonstrable ability to analyse data, identify trends and solve problems in the collection of required performance data

Experience/Knowledge
Essential

• Management experience in mental health or substance misuse service delivery
• To demonstrate an extensive and sound knowledge base in the provision of community mental health services and preferred treatment methods relating to personality disorder.
• Demonstrate a clear professional understanding and practical experience of the Mental Health Act and its application / use in practice or legislation relevant to substance misuse services
• Demonstrable understanding and experience of utilising a variety of assessment tools as well as service specialist tools currently used in practice in relation to assessing / planning care needs and determining risk
• Experience of monitoring integrated governance and performance management processes
• Sound practical experience of patient / service user care and engagement within the wider context of the organisation
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of their own role and that of others within the multi-professional team

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Committed to reflection and learning
• Ability to identify own training and educational needs
• Able to work under pressure and prioritise
• Can demonstrate clinical curiosity