Job summary
Due to service expansion the National and Specialist (N&S) CAMHS Autism and Intellectual Disabilities Intensive Intervention Team (AID-IIT) are seeking a Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist. The AID-IIT are an innovative multi-disciplinary team covering the whole of London. We offer specialist multi-disciplinary outpatient support to young people with a diagnosis of Autism or ID who are at high risk of inpatient admission or already admitted to a CAMHS inpatient unit. AID-IIT co-work with inpatient and local CAMHS teams across London to improve care and support for young people with a diagnosis of Autism or ID and high-risk presentations. Staff working in AID-IIT benefit from excellent team support and development opportunities. We have close links with the rest of the Service for Complex Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (SCAAND) and with other N&S CAMHS teams. The team are at the forefront of the development of support, practice and interventions for young people with a diagnosis of Autism or ID. Clinical work in AID-IIT is diverse - including working into both inpatient and outpatient/community settings, offering consultation and training, contributing to complex multi-disciplinary assessments, offering interventions for children, young people, parents and carers, and contributing to research and publication. AID-IIT staff have access to a range of CPD and training opportunities both within and outside of SLAM NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work as a Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in AID-IIT to provide specialist psychology input into MDT assessments, psychological interventions to young people and parents/carers and consultation, training and support to multi-agency local networks including staff from local and inpatient CAMHS settings, and supervision, line management and support to other junior staff within AID-IIT. The role includes work across a range of settings - offering outreach work in community settings, inreach work in inpatient settings, working from home, and working from our clinic base, depending on the needs of the young person, family and network. The role will also involve contributing to service developments within AID-IIT and across wider SCAAND.
About us
About our locations:The Michael Rutter Centre is located on the Maudsley hospital sit and is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). (Due to move to the Pears Maudsley Children and Young People (PMCYP) at the Maudsley Hospital in late 2025/early 2026)
Flexible working:As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9am to 5pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance. This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will work within the AID-IIT to provide highly specialist psychology assessments, interventions and support within the multi-disciplinary team including:
Offering assessment (including where needed cognitive/psychometric assessment) and intervention to young people with highly complex presentations, their families/carers and wider networks. To provide clinical supervision, consultation and training. To contribute to care planning of young people by attending CETRs, CPAs and other professional/network meetings. To use routine outcome measures and to contribute to service evaluation, audit and research. To oversee good clinical governance. To contribute to the leadership of the team including service development/planning, and the supervision and recruitment of more junior staff within AID-IIT. To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor. To work flexibly as needed across settings offering outreach work when needed for example seeing young people in inpatient settings, family homes, community settings across London as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will work within the AID-IIT to provide highly specialist psychology assessments, interventions and support within the multi-disciplinary team including:
Offering assessment (including where needed cognitive/psychometric assessment) and intervention to young people with highly complex presentations, their families/carers and wider networks. To provide clinical supervision, consultation and training. To contribute to care planning of young people by attending CETRs, CPAs and other professional/network meetings. To use routine outcome measures and to contribute to service evaluation, audit and research. To oversee good clinical governance. To contribute to the leadership of the team including service development/planning, and the supervision and recruitment of more junior staff within AID-IIT. To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor. To work flexibly as needed across settings offering outreach work when needed for example seeing young people in inpatient settings, family homes, community settings across London as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent; Counselling psychologist
- Completed training course in clinical supervision. (A/I)
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC. (A/I)
Desirable
- To have completed training in autism specific assessments (e.g. ADOS-2, ADI-R. (A/I)
- Management qualification, management training course completion or line management experience (A/I)
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in child and adolescent neurodevelopmental CAMHS. (A/I)
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in children and adolescence with neurodevelopmental conditions or intellectual disabilities (A/I)
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training. (A/I)
Understanding and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions including intellectual disability and co-morbid mental health disorders. (A/I)
- Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics with children and young people and knowledge of how this applies to young people with autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions including intellectual disability (A/I)
Skills
Essential
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources. (A/I)
- To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials. (A/I)
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups (A/I
Desirable
- Experience in providing consultation to other professionals regarding children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions. (A/I)
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I)
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate. (A/I)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent; Counselling psychologist
- Completed training course in clinical supervision. (A/I)
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC. (A/I)
Desirable
- To have completed training in autism specific assessments (e.g. ADOS-2, ADI-R. (A/I)
- Management qualification, management training course completion or line management experience (A/I)
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in child and adolescent neurodevelopmental CAMHS. (A/I)
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in children and adolescence with neurodevelopmental conditions or intellectual disabilities (A/I)
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training. (A/I)
Understanding and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions including intellectual disability and co-morbid mental health disorders. (A/I)
- Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics with children and young people and knowledge of how this applies to young people with autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions including intellectual disability (A/I)
Skills
Essential
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources. (A/I)
- To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials. (A/I)
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups (A/I
Desirable
- Experience in providing consultation to other professionals regarding children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions. (A/I)
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I)
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate. (A/I)
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).
