Job summary
To support and enhance the professional psychological care of children, young people and their carers across all sectors of care; providing psychological interventions under the supervision and direction of a qualified HCPC registered psychologist, working according to the plan agreed with a qualified HCPC registered psychologist and within the overall framework of the Service's policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
The post holder will join the CAMHS ND or LD team which is responsible for the delivery of specialist CAMHS service to children who have a high degree of need in the Borough of Enfield.
Main duties of the job
To support with co-facilitating manualised group interventions
To support with co-facilitating psycho-education sessions
To support specialist psychological assessments of children and young people
To support the development of formulations, including scoring of self-report measures, rating scales, outcome measures
To support with direct and indirect structured observations and semi structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care, when and where appropriate.
To offer support and guidance to other professionals contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan, as appropriate.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
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We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust 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, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. 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
To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups and workshops, where appropriate.
To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary or multi-agency meetings, for example linking with schools.
To engage in multidisciplinary discussions around formulation and care planning involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a clients problems, under the supervision of a qualified professionals, including psychologist, in the CAMHS clinics, and in community settings where agreed.
To support with waiting list oversight, team protocols, audit, service development, quality improvement projects and service user participation.
To assist clinicians with psychological assessments of children and young people with possible high degree of need, including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
To assist with specialist assessments (e.g. Neurodevelopmental Assessments)
Undertake 1:1 manualised interventions with close supervision from their clinical supervisor
To assist with psychometric assessments
Making and modifying clinical resources
Supporting with routine Welfare check calls, where the risk / complexity is deemed low and where there are no known historical or current safeguarding concerns. Their clinical supervisor must directly supervise these tasks and is clinically responsible for the outcome and for signing off the work.
Supporting with clinically relevant service-level projects.
Assisting with entering notes of the post-assessment MDT discussions directly into RiO to ensure robust and timely clinical governance around decisions made
Shadowing clinical staff during assessments and interventions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups and workshops, where appropriate.
To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary or multi-agency meetings, for example linking with schools.
To engage in multidisciplinary discussions around formulation and care planning involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a clients problems, under the supervision of a qualified professionals, including psychologist, in the CAMHS clinics, and in community settings where agreed.
To support with waiting list oversight, team protocols, audit, service development, quality improvement projects and service user participation.
To assist clinicians with psychological assessments of children and young people with possible high degree of need, including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
To assist with specialist assessments (e.g. Neurodevelopmental Assessments)
Undertake 1:1 manualised interventions with close supervision from their clinical supervisor
To assist with psychometric assessments
Making and modifying clinical resources
Supporting with routine Welfare check calls, where the risk / complexity is deemed low and where there are no known historical or current safeguarding concerns. Their clinical supervisor must directly supervise these tasks and is clinically responsible for the outcome and for signing off the work.
Supporting with clinically relevant service-level projects.
Assisting with entering notes of the post-assessment MDT discussions directly into RiO to ensure robust and timely clinical governance around decisions made
Shadowing clinical staff during assessments and interventions.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Developing understanding of and ability to assess the needs and difficulties of people with learning disabilities and autism, including those presenting with behaviour of concern or mental health difficulties.
- Developed communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate condition related information to clients and relatives
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context
Desirable
- Knowledge and skills in delivering Positive Behavioural Support strategies to adults or children and young people with learning disability and co-occurring conditions and their families/carers.
- Experience of and ability to work with diverse client groups, through interpreters and using video call technology.
- Knowledge of alternative communication systems, e.g. Makaton sign language and PECS
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant post-graduate experience as an Assistant Psychologist working in the NHS with children or adults for at least 1 year.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Experience in co-delivering therapeutic groups and ability to evidence outcomes using audit/research methodologies.
Desirable
- Experience of working directly with children with LD/ASD either as an assistant psychologist/ support worker or other direct care role.
- Experience in providing psycho-education sessions for teaching staff and parents.
- Experience of implementation of relevant therapeutic approaches, e.g. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); Systemic or Narrative Therapy
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
Desirable
- A keen interest in working with people who have a learning disability and or neurodevelopmental differences and their families/carers
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Developing understanding of and ability to assess the needs and difficulties of people with learning disabilities and autism, including those presenting with behaviour of concern or mental health difficulties.
- Developed communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate condition related information to clients and relatives
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context
Desirable
- Knowledge and skills in delivering Positive Behavioural Support strategies to adults or children and young people with learning disability and co-occurring conditions and their families/carers.
- Experience of and ability to work with diverse client groups, through interpreters and using video call technology.
- Knowledge of alternative communication systems, e.g. Makaton sign language and PECS
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant post-graduate experience as an Assistant Psychologist working in the NHS with children or adults for at least 1 year.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Experience in co-delivering therapeutic groups and ability to evidence outcomes using audit/research methodologies.
Desirable
- Experience of working directly with children with LD/ASD either as an assistant psychologist/ support worker or other direct care role.
- Experience in providing psycho-education sessions for teaching staff and parents.
- Experience of implementation of relevant therapeutic approaches, e.g. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); Systemic or Narrative Therapy
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
Desirable
- A keen interest in working with people who have a learning disability and or neurodevelopmental differences and their families/carers
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).
