Barnet CAMHS is looking for a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to join our friendly, supportive, and experienced multi-disciplinary specialist mental health service. We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled clinician who can contribute to addressing our treatment waiting list using a creative, robust, and dynamic approach. They should maintain clinical curiosity and engage in reflective practice as well as be able to be an advocate for children, young people, and families' needs. Clinicians who have previous experience within CAMHS settings (including working with safeguarding, risk, and different neurodevelopmental profiles) would be at an advantage.

We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up, and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored.Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where youcan thrive and succeed.

Main duties of the job

You will help the service provide a variety of specialist psychological interventions (e.g. CBT, ACT, TF-CBT, EMDR, DBT-informed, parenting work, groups and family / systemic work) for a broad range of complex mental health concerns and neurodevelopmental differences experienced by children, young people and families within a socially, economically and culturally diverse London borough. The post primarily involves offering assessments and therapy, as well as regular opportunities to deliver supervision, consultation, groups, and other aspects of our servic

We are more than happy to talk through the post further or arrange informal visits.

About us

The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C& I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.

Why choose to join the Partnership?

• We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.

• Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.

• Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.

• Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.

• We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.

• Generous Annual Leave Allowance

• NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.

• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

Person Specification

Qualifications/ Registrations

Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Registration with the HCPC as a clinical or counselling psychologist.

Desirable

• Additional post-doctoral training in evidence-based therapies e.g. CBT, systemic therapy and EMDR. Additional training in assessment approaches e.g. ADOS, 3DI

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of young people and adolescents with mental health difficulties and learning difficulties across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.

Desirable

• Experience of working in consultation and collaboratively with Social Care Teams.
• Experience of working within a specialist learning disability service.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical/counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of working in the NHS

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
• Good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Experience of working within a multicultural framework. Experience of group work. Willingness to work flexibly. Car driver desirable. Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Other Requirements

Essential

• A positive approach to working with children, adolescents and families. Ability to work as part of a team and independently. An awareness of own strengths and limitations. Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour. Ability to travel between bases and within the community as required for the post.

Employer details

Employer name

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Barnet CAMHS

Holly Oak Clinic

Edgware Community Hospital,

HA8 0AD

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306-BEH-2265