Job summary
Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Mental Health Support Team in Schools and Neurodevelopmental Team
Band 7 - Full Time
Permanent
City & Hackney CAMHS are excited to be recruiting to the role of Clinical or Counselling Psychologist. This exciting post is based across Specialist CAMHS in the Neurodevelopmental Team (NDT), and Mental Health Support in Schools Team (MHST).
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting community-based post, based across Specialist CAMHS, Well-being and Mental Health in Schools Service and the Mental Health Support in Schools Team (MHST).
For 2 days a week the post-holder will be based in the Mental Health Support in School Team (MHST). The MHST is part of an exciting programme funded by NHS England, Health Education England and partners with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the community. MHST is an arm of City & Hackney's Well-being and Mental Health in Schools Service (WAMHS). WAMHS has a particular focus on whole school approaches to mental health and well-being through the provision of staff training, reflective practice and consultation. MHST builds on this by developing more access to help by providing workers who can deliver direct interventions and helping to improve the general culture of emotional support within all primary and secondary schools including special educational provisions and PRU's. This role will include providing supervision and line management to Band 4 and 5 Education Mental Health Practitioners, trained in guided self-help approaches. It will also involve projects and system change with the aim of whole school and whole community approaches to supporting young people's mental health.
About us
Complimenting their work for WAMHS and MHST the post-holder will have 3 days in Neurodevelopmental Team (NDT), Tier 3 Specialist CAMHS. NDT provides assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. ADHD and ASD) for young people without moderate-severe intellectual disability, and intervention where there is a co-existing mental health presentation. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.
One day a week of NDT time will involve working with an allocated secondary school in City & Hackney. This role aims to develop and sustain closer working links between CAMHS and education by providing training, consultation and support, signposting and liaison, especially regarding neurodevelopmental conditions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for confident Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with a demonstrable track record of providing good quality evidence-based interventions, improving service quality with a strong interest in service development. The community served is multi-ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of this multicultural context. We would consider newly qualified psychologists.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for confident Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with a demonstrable track record of providing good quality evidence-based interventions, improving service quality with a strong interest in service development. The community served is multi-ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of this multicultural context. We would consider newly qualified psychologists.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Prior qualification and current registration in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such as Clinical or Counselling Psychology or Nursing
Desirable
- Parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification
- Specific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. CBT, DBT, IPT etc
- specialist autism and ADHD assessment training
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS
- Previous experience working with schools in mental health capacity
- Experience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS
Desirable
- Delivery of parenting programmes - WebsterStratton, Triple P, NVR etc
- Supervision of clinicians delivering parenting and manualised CBT interventions
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of national policy and guidelines as related to CAMHS, ASD and ADHD
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities
- Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres
- Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS
- Knowledge of development in inter agency partnership
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Prior qualification and current registration in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such as Clinical or Counselling Psychology or Nursing
Desirable
- Parenting qualification and parenting supervision qualification
- Specific therapeutic modality training and qualification e.g. CBT, DBT, IPT etc
- specialist autism and ADHD assessment training
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS
- Previous experience working with schools in mental health capacity
- Experience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS
Desirable
- Delivery of parenting programmes - WebsterStratton, Triple P, NVR etc
- Supervision of clinicians delivering parenting and manualised CBT interventions
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of national policy and guidelines as related to CAMHS, ASD and ADHD
- Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
- Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities
- Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres
- Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS
- Knowledge of development in inter agency partnership
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).
