Job summary
We are seeking an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist who is passionate about young people's mental health and well-being to join our busy and dynamic CAMHS team in Barking and Dagenham in the delivery of high quality and effective CAMHS interventions. This post has been created following a recent consultation as the service moves to a new i-THRIVE informed model of delivery. We have a growing and supportive therapy team.
The post-holder will be a postgraduate-qualified psychologist fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g HCPC)
As a psychological therapist, you will provide specialist assessments for referrals of significant and complex nature to formulate and implement treatment and/or management plans for CYP referred into the service. This includes conducting specialist assessments, facilitating group and individual therapy clinics, and delivering a range of evidence-based interventions. You will draw upon your professional skills and values as a psychological therapist to support children and young people.
In addition, you will develop and deliver consultation, training, and supervision to other professionals working with children and young people in different settings. The successful candidate will apply their evidence-based clinical skills be part of an experienced and established integrated team, working to deliver meaningful outcomes for children, adolescents, and their families/carers.
Main duties of the job
o To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist psychological service for children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents, and families.
o Where appropriate to supervise assistant psychologists and trainees across the locality teams in CYPMHS.
o To contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents, and families.
o To undertake a range of clinical work, assessment work and parenting support.
o To contribute to audit and research.
o To actively engage in treatment and outcome monitoring, including the use of normed measures associated with CYP-IAPT.
o To work in clinical practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework CYPMHS and the Trust's policies and procedures.
About us
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us tostrive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
Starting with Us
NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will also have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend several drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).
High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,192 to a maximum of £2,011 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Job description
Job responsibilities
To act as an autonomous professional fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC).
To use appropriate clinical understanding in assessing, jointly with colleagues in the multidisciplinary team, children, adolescents, and their families to formulate their strengths and difficulties and to determine the most appropriate treatment plan.
To work alongside other colleagues in CYPMHS and in the care pathway to provide an in-depth comprehensive assessment of the childs, young persons, and familys functioning where there is a constellation of high dysfunction and entrenched difficulties in the family.
To provide therapeutic interventions with due regard to issues of cultural, racial and religious difference and sexual orientation.
To provide clinical assessment of children and young people with severe, highly complex and persistent mental health problems.
To undertake observations of children in school settings as part of wider assessments.
- To provide therapeutic interventions (including parent/child work, group work, parent support input, psychoeducation and brief individual work with children and young people)
Job description
Job responsibilities
To act as an autonomous professional fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC).
To use appropriate clinical understanding in assessing, jointly with colleagues in the multidisciplinary team, children, adolescents, and their families to formulate their strengths and difficulties and to determine the most appropriate treatment plan.
To work alongside other colleagues in CYPMHS and in the care pathway to provide an in-depth comprehensive assessment of the childs, young persons, and familys functioning where there is a constellation of high dysfunction and entrenched difficulties in the family.
To provide therapeutic interventions with due regard to issues of cultural, racial and religious difference and sexual orientation.
To provide clinical assessment of children and young people with severe, highly complex and persistent mental health problems.
To undertake observations of children in school settings as part of wider assessments.
- To provide therapeutic interventions (including parent/child work, group work, parent support input, psychoeducation and brief individual work with children and young people)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate level qualification or equivalent in Clinical or Counselling Psychology, accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Additional training or qualification in clinically relevant modality (e.g. DBT, systemic therapies).
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with adolescents and their families/carers.
- Experience in the application of standardised assessments and outcome measures.
- Clinical experience in mental health work.
- Experience of offering supervision, teaching, training, and consultation.
- Experience of working with systems such as families, social services, and groups
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment and treatment of individuals, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- An awareness of NHS priorities
- Advanced knowledge of and skill in using a wide variety of psychological interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need, current mental state and work setting.
- Knowledge of risk assessment and risk managed in CYPMHS
- Masters or Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology
- Knowledge of standardised assessments and outcome measures.
- An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF, and clinical governance priorities
Skills
Essential
- Communication and relationship skills of the highest level where complex formulations need to be developed and explained.
- Experience of providing consultation to other professionals and teams.
- Capacity to implement policy and to proactively contribute to their development in the wider service.
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Well-developed skills to communicate effectively, orally and in writing at an highly technical and /or clinically sensitive level
- Skills in flexibly planning and organising own working week, prioritising case load, balancing clinical sessions appropriately with other workload
- Ability to work autonomously and manage working in situations of multi-level stress
- Must be capable of professional autonomy i.e. holding full case responsibility, being accountable for own professional actions.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate level qualification or equivalent in Clinical or Counselling Psychology, accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Additional training or qualification in clinically relevant modality (e.g. DBT, systemic therapies).
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with adolescents and their families/carers.
- Experience in the application of standardised assessments and outcome measures.
- Clinical experience in mental health work.
- Experience of offering supervision, teaching, training, and consultation.
- Experience of working with systems such as families, social services, and groups
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment and treatment of individuals, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- An awareness of NHS priorities
- Advanced knowledge of and skill in using a wide variety of psychological interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need, current mental state and work setting.
- Knowledge of risk assessment and risk managed in CYPMHS
- Masters or Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology
- Knowledge of standardised assessments and outcome measures.
- An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF, and clinical governance priorities
Skills
Essential
- Communication and relationship skills of the highest level where complex formulations need to be developed and explained.
- Experience of providing consultation to other professionals and teams.
- Capacity to implement policy and to proactively contribute to their development in the wider service.
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Well-developed skills to communicate effectively, orally and in writing at an highly technical and /or clinically sensitive level
- Skills in flexibly planning and organising own working week, prioritising case load, balancing clinical sessions appropriately with other workload
- Ability to work autonomously and manage working in situations of multi-level stress
- Must be capable of professional autonomy i.e. holding full case responsibility, being accountable for own professional actions.
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).
