Job summary
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated 1.0 WTE Band 7 clinical/counselling psychologist to join our Camden Parents' Wellbeing Service, providing psychological interventions to parents in Camden.
CPWS is a small, uni-disciplinary team of psychologiststhat works in partnership with children and family services across various NHS organisations and the local authority. We provide therapy to individuals and co-parenting couples using a variety of psychological approaches (e.g. Systemic therapy, Narrative therapy, 3rd wave CBT) while working closely with the wider network around the family. We also provide consultation and training to professionals within and beyond our partner services.
We will consider applications from newly qualified (or soon-to-qualify) psychologists with appropriate trainee experience and/or interest in parental mental health. In the event of a successful candidate being pre-HCPC registered the post will be re-banded to Band 6 and made fixed term for one year or until such a time as the post-holder achieves registered status in order for the post to become Band 7 substantive. The below duties therefore would be subject to appropriate clinical supervision from a HCPC registered psychologist in the team.
Main duties of the job
This post is based within the North and South Camden CAMHS (Open Minded) Teams. The successful post-holder will be passionate about parental mental health and systemic practice,. They will also be comfortable providing consultations to team members within their host team about parental mental health.
The postholder will work across two locations: North CAMHS, The Tavistock Centre (NW3) and South CAMHS, Ampthill Square (NW1).
About us
CPWS was established in 2006 in acknowledgement of the adverse impact of poor parental mental health upon children's wellbeing. We are a small virtual team of psychologists offering psychological therapy interventions to individual parents and co-parenting couples, embedded in a range of different mental health and local authority settings in Camden. The team also works to raise awareness of the profile of parental mental health through consultations, training and supervision. We are a friendly, supportive team and highly valued by the services in which we are located.
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust have been working in partnership with Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust since April 2022. Jointly known as The North London Mental Health Partnership, we are progressing to become one new NHS organisation by Autumn 2024.
Further information can be found at:Home | North London Mental Health Partnership
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education/Training
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology
- HCPC registered
Desirable
- Further Postgraduate training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of adult service users in a secondary mental health setting, ideally within the community.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service users, across the whole life course and presenting problems that are of mild to moderate intensity.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and offering effective consultation and supervision services
- Experience of the application of clinical or counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management for a range of problems of severity and complexity presented in adult mental health, particularly with regards to its effect on children.
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Knowledge
Essential
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies, with demonstrated competence in the delivery of effective, evidence-based psychological interventions (in particular Systemic, Narrative and CBT for anxiety and depression).
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the service user group and mental health.
Ability
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
Person Specification
Education/Training
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology
- HCPC registered
Desirable
- Further Postgraduate training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of adult service users in a secondary mental health setting, ideally within the community.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service users, across the whole life course and presenting problems that are of mild to moderate intensity.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and offering effective consultation and supervision services
- Experience of the application of clinical or counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management for a range of problems of severity and complexity presented in adult mental health, particularly with regards to its effect on children.
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Knowledge
Essential
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies, with demonstrated competence in the delivery of effective, evidence-based psychological interventions (in particular Systemic, Narrative and CBT for anxiety and depression).
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the service user group and mental health.
Ability
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
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).
