Job summary
We are looking for a CAMHS Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or BABCP registered Cognitive Behavioural Therapist who is passionate about working with children and young people with complex presentations to work in our warm and friendly Wandsworth Tier 3 CAMHS service, which now resides within the fresh new Trinity (CAMHS outpatients) and Shaftesbury building (CAMHS staff office) at Springfield Hospital.
We value inclusivity in our service and are actively working in partnership with community organisations (e.g., Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network) to reach young people who find 'traditional' routes of mental health services not accessible to them. We recognise the importance of staff development and career progression and there are Trust-wide CPD opportunities available (e.g., EMDR; IPT-A; Trauma informed care).
Wandsworth T3 CAMHS serves a diverse London borough of young people and families, presenting with a variety of complex needs such as low mood, anxiety-based disorders including OCD, trauma, and difficulties with emotional regulation.
Main duties of the job
We encourage applications from newly qualified and recently qualified Clinical Psychologists/Counselling Psychologists/CBT Therapists and also applicants from diverse backgrounds. We will consider applications from CBT Therapists who have recently completed their CBT training and are working towards their one year post-qualification accreditation with the BABCP. Please note that successful CBT Therapists working towards BABCP accreditation will be employed on Band 6 AFC pay scales.
This role is open to qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologists and CBT Therapists with the following:
- Candidates need to be qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologists (or about to qualify) and registered with the HCPC or they need to be BABCP registered CBT Therapists
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team. For CBT Therapists, they need to be able to support and enhance the work of the MDT by providing advice, consultation, training and supervision to other members of the team on CBT as part of the service users' care.
- The ability to efficiently manage a caseload.
- Knowledge and skills in risk management and safeguarding.
- For Clinical / Counselling Psychologists, they need to have ability to deliver a range of evidence-based interventions including CBT. For CBT Therapists, they need to provide a qualified CBT service to service users, providing CBT assessment and therapy.
There will also be opportunity for agile working, including options for regular home working.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical / Counselling Psychologists:
- To provide specialist assessments of young children and their parents/carers referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complexdata.
- To formulate and implement plans for evidence-based interventions.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions employed individually and in synthesis.
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients
- To provide specialist mental health advice guidance and consultation to other professionals
- To contribute to and/or use evidence-based, integrated working tools and processes.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for young children and their parents/carers.
- To monitor progress during the course of interventions
- To provide clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists/Trainee Clinical Psychologists
- To effectively synthesise information within MDT settings to develop the required actions.
CBT Therapists
- To provide a qualified CBT service to service users of the Tier 3 CAMHS Team providing CBT assessment and therapy, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team across the child or young persons care pathway.
- To support and enhance the work of the MDT by providing advice, consultation, training and supervision to other members of the team on CBT as part of the service users care.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the service.
- To take professional responsibility for any attached CBT trainees.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical / Counselling Psychologists:
- To provide specialist assessments of young children and their parents/carers referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complexdata.
- To formulate and implement plans for evidence-based interventions.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions employed individually and in synthesis.
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients
- To provide specialist mental health advice guidance and consultation to other professionals
- To contribute to and/or use evidence-based, integrated working tools and processes.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for young children and their parents/carers.
- To monitor progress during the course of interventions
- To provide clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists/Trainee Clinical Psychologists
- To effectively synthesise information within MDT settings to develop the required actions.
CBT Therapists
- To provide a qualified CBT service to service users of the Tier 3 CAMHS Team providing CBT assessment and therapy, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team across the child or young persons care pathway.
- To support and enhance the work of the MDT by providing advice, consultation, training and supervision to other members of the team on CBT as part of the service users care.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the service.
- To take professional responsibility for any attached CBT trainees.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- oQualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC as an applied psychologist.
- oPost-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS and HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- oQualification in a core graduate or post graduate mental health profession and registered with a professional body (mental health nurse, occupational therapist, clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, social worker, Arts Therapist) or equivalent training and / or experience in a relevant Child and Adolescent mental health setting as agreed by the CAMHS service line Head of Psychology and Psychotherapies AND
- oAccredited practitioner of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy [CBT] registered with the British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP) OR qualified as a CBT therapist (B6) and working towards BABCP accreditation via one year post-qualification training.
- oEvidence of regular post qualification development.
Desirable
- oTraining as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach
- oAdvanced training in Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapy.
Experience
Essential
- oDemonstrable experience of working with children and young people in a variety of community settings
- oExperience of multi-disciplinary team working
- oExperience of inter-agency working
- oExperience of safeguarding and Child Protection
- oExperience of assessment and treatment of young people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity relevant to the clinical setting in which the post sits
- oExperience of working with a wide variety of client groups, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse
Desirable
- oExperience of leading case reviews
- oExperience of working in the NHS
- oExperience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
- oExperience of working in both primary and secondary mental health care, including multi-agency working.
- oExperience of mental health problems and the capacity to use that experience to the benefit of patient care
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- oQualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC as an applied psychologist.
- oPost-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS and HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- oQualification in a core graduate or post graduate mental health profession and registered with a professional body (mental health nurse, occupational therapist, clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, social worker, Arts Therapist) or equivalent training and / or experience in a relevant Child and Adolescent mental health setting as agreed by the CAMHS service line Head of Psychology and Psychotherapies AND
- oAccredited practitioner of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy [CBT] registered with the British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP) OR qualified as a CBT therapist (B6) and working towards BABCP accreditation via one year post-qualification training.
- oEvidence of regular post qualification development.
Desirable
- oTraining as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach
- oAdvanced training in Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapy.
Experience
Essential
- oDemonstrable experience of working with children and young people in a variety of community settings
- oExperience of multi-disciplinary team working
- oExperience of inter-agency working
- oExperience of safeguarding and Child Protection
- oExperience of assessment and treatment of young people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity relevant to the clinical setting in which the post sits
- oExperience of working with a wide variety of client groups, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse
Desirable
- oExperience of leading case reviews
- oExperience of working in the NHS
- oExperience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
- oExperience of working in both primary and secondary mental health care, including multi-agency working.
- oExperience of mental health problems and the capacity to use that experience to the benefit of patient care
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).
