Job summary
We are seeking a Clinical Psychologist 0.8WTE for 12 months on a secondment due to maternity leave, to join Kingston CAMHS. We are an established Tier 3/Getting More Help service that supports children, young people, and their families with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. Our MDT service is made up of disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, family therapy and nursing.
The service offers assessments and evidence-based interventions for children and young people, including formulation a range of different therapeutic approaches, as well as recommendations and signposting to our other services provided by partner organisations and services.
We are seeking a Clinical Psychologist who is enthusiastic and passionate about working with a range of clients to work in our friendly service. Our team prioritises staff wellbeing, offering weekly wellbeing slots, monthly reflective practice and away days. We also offer regular CPD and systemic group supervision monthly.
This role would be as a senior psychologist within the team to support with roles including therapy work, assessment and supervision. We would consider applications from people currently working at band 7 or those already at 8a.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties.
The post holder would offer psychological assessment, formulation and therapy to individuals and groups and contribute to teaching, supervision, service development projects, research, and audit.
The post holder will receive clinical and professional supervision from an experienced Clinical Psychologist and will have the opportunity to provide supervision to Band 7 Psychologists, Assistant Psychologist and trainees on placement subject to experience. Kingston CAMHS has recently become a provider collaborative network forming the South London Partnership with the South London & Maudsley EDS. This is an exciting time to be joining our service as we move towards more integrated working across the partnership and developing new initiatives.
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:
Tolworth Hospital, Surbiton
To create the very best environment to care for our patients, this site's layout will be transformed in 2026 to add a number of wards to the existing three. Tolworth has a canteen and is near shops, the A3, Tolworth station, and is a bus ride from Surbiton station, with fast connections to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- 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 from a variety of sources including psychological and where appropriate, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews in line with CYP IAPT methodology
- To formulate and implement plans for evidence-based interventions, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, to improve the parent/child relationship
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions employed individually and in synthesis, maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses, adjusting and refining formulations or understandings, drawing upon different explanatory models and employing methods of intervention that are based upon evidence of efficacy
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and the family
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plan
- To provide specialist mental health advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the care of the young child and their parents/carer
- To contribute to and/or use evidence-based, integrated working tools and processes, to ensure young children and their parents/carers receive holistic and co-ordinated services in response to their mental health needs
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for young children and their parents/carers
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of young children and their parents/carers who are under their care
- To monitor progress during the course of interventions, ensuring that all interventions are fully assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated in conjunction with CYP IAPT minimum dataset standards
- To maintain accurate and accessible health care records according to Trust policy and Information Governance requirements
- To demonstrate high level communication skills, both written and verbal, within all agencies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- 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 from a variety of sources including psychological and where appropriate, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews in line with CYP IAPT methodology
- To formulate and implement plans for evidence-based interventions, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, to improve the parent/child relationship
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions employed individually and in synthesis, maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses, adjusting and refining formulations or understandings, drawing upon different explanatory models and employing methods of intervention that are based upon evidence of efficacy
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and the family
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plan
- To provide specialist mental health advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the care of the young child and their parents/carer
- To contribute to and/or use evidence-based, integrated working tools and processes, to ensure young children and their parents/carers receive holistic and co-ordinated services in response to their mental health needs
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for young children and their parents/carers
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of young children and their parents/carers who are under their care
- To monitor progress during the course of interventions, ensuring that all interventions are fully assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated in conjunction with CYP IAPT minimum dataset standards
- To maintain accurate and accessible health care records according to Trust policy and Information Governance requirements
- To demonstrate high level communication skills, both written and verbal, within all agencies.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working with children and young people in a variety of community settings
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of inter-agency working
- Experience of safeguarding and Child Protection
Desirable
- Experience of leading case reviews
- Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
Training & Qualification
Essential
- Qualified Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC as an applied psychologist
Desirable
- Training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Specialist knowledge of child and family development
- Ability to work with children of all ages
- Knowledge of the use of a variety of evidence-based therapeutic tools
- Ability to demonstrate competence in at least one form of evidence based psychological therapy
Desirable
- In depth knowledge of safeguarding and Child Protection
- Skills in risk assessment and management
- Knowledge of communities of ethnic and racial diversity
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working with children and young people in a variety of community settings
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of inter-agency working
- Experience of safeguarding and Child Protection
Desirable
- Experience of leading case reviews
- Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
Training & Qualification
Essential
- Qualified Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC as an applied psychologist
Desirable
- Training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Specialist knowledge of child and family development
- Ability to work with children of all ages
- Knowledge of the use of a variety of evidence-based therapeutic tools
- Ability to demonstrate competence in at least one form of evidence based psychological therapy
Desirable
- In depth knowledge of safeguarding and Child Protection
- Skills in risk assessment and management
- Knowledge of communities of ethnic and racial diversity
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).
