Job summary
This post holder will provide a specialist service within Community Eating Disorders Service, CAMHS to young people and their families. This is a community-based post, located within the countywide
Community Eating Disorders Service (CEDS) Bedfordshire and Luton CAMHS offering flexible,
evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatments to all earring disorders presentations and co-morbidities.
The role will include the provision of highly specialist advice/consultation, psychological assessment,
liaison with other agencies, psychology interventions, clinical supervision, line management, and teaching of staff and/or other professionals.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an experienced psychologist with a substantial knowledge in the field of child and adolescent mental health. They will clinically supervise the work of trainee psychologists and other psychologists as needed, and offer management supervision to other members of the team.
The post holder will need to work flexibly within the team, and be able to design an individually
tailored intervention program based on client need, clear analysis of causes of symptomatology and a formulation based approach, using evidence-based components, applying regular validated outcome measures. The post holder may need to contribute to service rotas including clinician of the day.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please contract Eleanor Chesters for further information or see attached JD & PS for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please contract Eleanor Chesters for further information or see attached JD & PS for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A qualification and professional registration in Clinical / Counselling Psychology or CBT profession
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology OR Counselling Psychology OR Health Psychology OR Education Psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the HCPC.
Experience
Essential
- Work as a qualified psychologist for a minimum of two years including relevant experience working with children and adolescents.
- Experience of care planning
- Experience of providing a direct clinical service, including specialist assessment, psychological formulation of problems and intervention (minimum 500 hours supervised practice), offering interventions in an individual, family-based and group-based format.
- Eating disorders knowledge and experience
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS
- Experience of working with a wide range of CAMHS problems
Knowledge
Essential
- A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
- Knowledge of standard setting and audit implementation
- An awareness of different research methods
- A knowledge of Child Protection Guidelines
Desirable
- Knowledge of development in inter agency partnership
- Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A qualification and professional registration in Clinical / Counselling Psychology or CBT profession
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology OR Counselling Psychology OR Health Psychology OR Education Psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the HCPC.
Experience
Essential
- Work as a qualified psychologist for a minimum of two years including relevant experience working with children and adolescents.
- Experience of care planning
- Experience of providing a direct clinical service, including specialist assessment, psychological formulation of problems and intervention (minimum 500 hours supervised practice), offering interventions in an individual, family-based and group-based format.
- Eating disorders knowledge and experience
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS
- Experience of working with a wide range of CAMHS problems
Knowledge
Essential
- A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
- Knowledge of standard setting and audit implementation
- An awareness of different research methods
- A knowledge of Child Protection Guidelines
Desirable
- Knowledge of development in inter agency partnership
- Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS
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).
