We have developed a full / part-time opportunity for either an 8a or a newly qualified B7 not yet meeting all requirements for appointment at Band 8a level. Consideration for appointment at Band 7 with be placed on a progress pathway to a Band 8A dependent on assessment of performance at professional reviews in a 12 - 18-month period.

The Sutton Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) service provides out-patient and consultation services to children experiencing a range of mental health and developmental difficulties. We are an experienced and supportive team looking for a passionate Clinical / Counselling psychologist to join us.

The service also includes a Single Point of Access Service which manages all referrals for children and adolescents in Sutton where there are concerns about emotional heath/mental health difficulties.

Sutton CAMHS Tier 3 is a multidisciplinary team specialising in the provision of thoughtful high-quality assessments and evidence-based treatments for children, young people and their families entering the service with moderate to severe mental health problems and with high risk profiles.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a committed Clinical / Counselling Psychologist who is passionate about working with children and young people with complex presentations, and who is also interested wider service development initiatives.

This role is open to qualified clinical / counselling psychologists with the following:

• Qualification as Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC
• Experience of working with children and young people
• Experience of work within a multi-disciplinary team
• The ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community
• The ability to efficiently manage a caseload
• Knowledge and skills in risk management and safeguarding
• The ability to deliver a range of evidence-based interventions including CBT

About us

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

About our locations:

Jubilee Health Centre, Wallington

Our community hub in Sutton is based at the Jubilee Health Centre in Wallington, close to a vibrant high street with easy walking distance from Wallington station.

Job description Job responsibilities

Clinical

To provide specialist assessments of young children and their parents/carers referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and where appropriate, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews in line with CYP IAPT methodology

To formulate and implement plans for evidence-based interventions, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, to improve the parent/child relationship

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions employed individually and in synthesis, maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses, adjusting and refining formulations or understandings, drawing upon different explanatory models and employing methods of intervention that are based upon evidence of efficacy

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and the family

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plan

To provide specialist mental health advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the care of the young child and their parents/carer

To contribute to and/or use evidence-based, integrated working tools and processes, to ensure young children and their parents/carers receive holistic and co-ordinated services in response to their mental health needs

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for young children and their parents/carers.

To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of young children and their parents/carers who are under their care

To monitor progress during the course of interventions, ensuring that all interventions are fully assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated in conjunction with CYP IAPT minimum dataset standards

To maintain accurate and accessible health care records according to Trust policy and Information Governance requirements

To demonstrate high level communication skills, both written and verbal, within all agencies.

Teaching, Training, and Supervision

To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior psychologist / psychotherapist and, where appropriate, other senior colleagues

To gain additional experience and skills relevant to the profession and/or the service (as agreed with the responsible professional and team manager) in accordance with the CAMHS Directorates common expectations for P&P staff

To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs psychological work as appropriate

If required, to provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings

To provide supervision to Band 7s/Assistants Psychologist

Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development

To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the services operational policies and services (as directed), through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit

To contribute to a culture that is therapeutic, productive, accessible, inclusive and flexible to meet the needs of the local population

Research and Service Evaluation

To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members

To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.

Other

To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holders professional and service manager(s)

To contribute to and commit to undertaking an annual professional development review (PADR)

To undertake personal and professional development as identified in the Personal development Plan (PDP) as required by the service and set out in the job plan

To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice and Trust policies and procedures

To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health. For this post these specifically include:

• Current Mental Health Legislation
• The Childrens Act (1989)
• Trust, London Borough of and panLondon child protection procedures.

• Local and national developments in SWLStG CAMHS

• Risk Assessment and Management
• Clinical Governance
• Local and national developments in line with Every Child Matters
• Joint working practices between voluntary and statutory secto

Training and Development

To undertake mandatory and statutory training, supervision and annual appraisal as required by Trust policy

To contribute and commit to undertaking an annual Development Review/appraisal

To undertake personal development as identified in the Personal Development Plan (PDP).

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• oQualified Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC as an applied psychologist

Desirable

• oTraining as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach

Experience Essential

• oDemonstrable experience of working with children and young people in a variety of community settings
• oExperience of multi-disciplinary team working
• oExperience of inter-agency working
• oExperience of safeguarding and Child Protection

Desirable

• oExperience of leading case reviews
• oExperience of working in the NHS
• oExperience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups

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