Job summary
This post is for a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to join the First Step / First Step Plus Team.
First Step is an innovative and highly specialist psychological health screening and assessment servicefor Haringey's children and young people in care. The team is multidisciplinary with social work, clinical psychology, child psychiatry, systemic,and child psychotherapy representation. We are based at Bounds Green Health Centre in Haringey.
The service provides comprehensivepsychological health assessments to all children new into care in Haringey, as well as providing briefer assessments of children currently in care. It also works as FirstStep Plus, an expanding part of our service, with a small number of young people who have experienced multiple placement moves and instability in care and are unable to access a CAMHS. We offer consultation and network support to professionals with regards to children in care. We provide a time limited package of support for a small number of cases when the Courts have directed rehabilitation back home to birth families.
Assessments /interventions are undertaken in conjunction with other key professionals, including social workers, carers, LAC health colleagues and education staff.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of evidenced based care to a group of service users, conscious of their changing healthcare needs and varying levels of complexity, working collaboratively, with other clinicians and stakeholders. You will be required to work within a multi-disciplinary team delivering a range of outcome focused, evidence based, and complex interventions and responsible for the formulation and delivery of specialised programmes of care.
About us
The Community & Integrated Service
Our community and Integrated service line is home to all our services that work in the community or are integrated into community teams such as with the local authority or primary care. The service line is home to our core Community Camden CAMHS as well as adult primary care service in Hackney. The service line is fully multidisciplinary with teams that are staffed with Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work, Psychotherapy, Nursing and Family Therapy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description document for the full list of duties and responsibilities for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description document for the full list of duties and responsibilities for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level as a minimum plus developed specialist and practical knowledge equating to postgraduate degree/ masters/doctorate level
- Registration with HCPC or relevant body as a Clinical Psychologist, Educational Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of clinical experience of working with looked after children, young people, and their networks. A clear track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery.
- A comprehensive understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges they face
- Experience of working at all levels of the system with internal and external stakeholders
- Expertise of managing and treating the client group Some experience of clinical supervision
Desirable
- Some experience of clinical management of staff
- Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement
Skills
Essential
- High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management
- Personal duty of care in relation to equipment or resources
- Basic keyboard skills for updating client records
- Ability to manage own clinical case load
Knowledge
Essential
- Willingness to contribute to strategic and business planning
- Skills for assessing and communicating complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments
Personal Attributes (Demonstrable)
Essential
- Demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues
- Proactive, positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Ability to work effectively within a team
- Ability to remain calm whilst under pressure
- Flexible approach to working hours to meet Services needs
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel
- Keyboard / IMT skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level as a minimum plus developed specialist and practical knowledge equating to postgraduate degree/ masters/doctorate level
- Registration with HCPC or relevant body as a Clinical Psychologist, Educational Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of clinical experience of working with looked after children, young people, and their networks. A clear track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery.
- A comprehensive understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges they face
- Experience of working at all levels of the system with internal and external stakeholders
- Expertise of managing and treating the client group Some experience of clinical supervision
Desirable
- Some experience of clinical management of staff
- Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement
Skills
Essential
- High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management
- Personal duty of care in relation to equipment or resources
- Basic keyboard skills for updating client records
- Ability to manage own clinical case load
Knowledge
Essential
- Willingness to contribute to strategic and business planning
- Skills for assessing and communicating complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments
Personal Attributes (Demonstrable)
Essential
- Demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues
- Proactive, positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Ability to work effectively within a team
- Ability to remain calm whilst under pressure
- Flexible approach to working hours to meet Services needs
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel
- Keyboard / IMT skills
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.
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.
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).
