Job summary
We are advertising for a Band 8a clinical psychologist to work predominantly in our multi-agency integrated Single Point of Access for Kingston and Richmond CAMHS. There are also opportunities within the role for assessment and therapeutic work within our Tier 3 CAMHS services which specialise in the provision of specialist mental health assessments and evidence-based interventions for children and young people presenting to the service with moderate to severe mental health problems and risk.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated Psychologist interested in contributing to a high-quality mental health provision for our local boroughs. You will also be able to take a leadership role in supporting the Professional Lead with the wider developments with the SPA and its full integration with Tier 3 CAMHS.
You will be a Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist.
We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles. For this role, we offer leadership training and development opportunities. We also have a trust-wide plan for ongoing CPD for psychology and psychotherapy staff, including upcoming opportunities for CPD in areas such as Trauma Informed Care, Cognitive Therapies, DBT and EMDR.
Main duties of the job
At the CAMHS SPA, we process and manage all new referrals for children and adolescents in Richmond and Kingston boroughs where there are concerns about emotional/mental health and developmental difficulties. The CAMHS SPA is integrated within Richmond and Kingston Children's Services and works closely with Children's social care, including working within the Multi Agency Support Hub (MASH) and our Tier 2 Emotional Health Service, provided through Achieving For Children. We also liaise closely with our GP, School and Health referrers, as well as local charitable and counselling support services to help signpost families to the most appropriate level of support.
Successful candidates must have:
- experience of working with children and young people in a variety of settings
- experience of work within a multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency professionals
- the ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community
- the ability to adapt to the fast-paced nature of SPA work, with good IT and computer recording skills to navigate between the various IT systems within CAMHS and the local authority.
- knowledge and skills in risk assessment, management and safeguarding
- be able to deliver a range of evidence-based interventions
About us
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including high secure services, at Springfield Hospital.
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do.
The CAMHS SPA are a team composing of Psychologists, a Psychiatrist, Mental Health Nurses, Systemic Psychotherapists, Assistant Psychologists, Administrators, as well as Trainees and Students on regular rotation. We are a friendly team who value each other's skills and expertise, as well as the importance of having good supportive relationships with each other.
Locations: The main location for this post is Kingston CAMHS, Woodroffe House, Tolworth Hospital. There are options for flexible working in our other bases including Guildhall Kingston Town Centre and Richmond CAMHS, Barnes Hospital, as well as opportunities for some homeworking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide highly specialist clinical psychology services to children, young people and their families / carers across all sectors of care; providing evidence-based psychological assessment and treatment in line with NICE guidance.
- To carry a caseload and coordinate care for those children, young people and families on the caseload;
- To offer advice and consultation on clients psychological care. To work within Trust and professional guidelines, to a clear CAMHS job plan.
- To support the Departmental clinical governance structure through the provision of clinical supervision and by providing clinical input to supervisees PADRs.
- Within supervision, team meetings and other fora, to support and promote the use of measures within the CYP IAPT framework to evolve clinical practice and enhance user experience.
- To seek opportunities to include service user perspectives in how services are delivered.
- To utilise research skills for practice evaluation and service development, as required by the service and set out in the job plan.
- To work with the team manager and clinical lead to lead the work of a particular team or service area
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide highly specialist clinical psychology services to children, young people and their families / carers across all sectors of care; providing evidence-based psychological assessment and treatment in line with NICE guidance.
- To carry a caseload and coordinate care for those children, young people and families on the caseload;
- To offer advice and consultation on clients psychological care. To work within Trust and professional guidelines, to a clear CAMHS job plan.
- To support the Departmental clinical governance structure through the provision of clinical supervision and by providing clinical input to supervisees PADRs.
- Within supervision, team meetings and other fora, to support and promote the use of measures within the CYP IAPT framework to evolve clinical practice and enhance user experience.
- To seek opportunities to include service user perspectives in how services are delivered.
- To utilise research skills for practice evaluation and service development, as required by the service and set out in the job plan.
- To work with the team manager and clinical lead to lead the work of a particular team or service area
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist under the domain of Clinical Psychologist, or Qualified Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist having successfully completed a training course recognised/accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) or equivalent, and registered with ACP, or Qualified Systemic Family Psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) via the College of Family Couple and Systemic Therapy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Post qualification training in the clinical supervision of trainees
Desirable
- Training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach
- Formal training in the supervision of a psychotherapeutic modality.
- Further training in a recognised evidence-based psychological therapy
Experience
Essential
- Consolidated experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings
- Consolidated 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.
- Demonstrate further specialist training and experience by having received a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision of working as a specialist psychologist or psychotherapist over a minimum of 18 months.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of service development or of a leadership role.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing appropriate to a variety of audiences.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Evidence of potential to provide collaborative team leadership
- Knowledge of UK legislation in relation to the health and welfare services to children and adolescents and mental health.
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, children with complex problems etc).
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist under the domain of Clinical Psychologist, or Qualified Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist having successfully completed a training course recognised/accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) or equivalent, and registered with ACP, or Qualified Systemic Family Psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) via the College of Family Couple and Systemic Therapy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Post qualification training in the clinical supervision of trainees
Desirable
- Training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach
- Formal training in the supervision of a psychotherapeutic modality.
- Further training in a recognised evidence-based psychological therapy
Experience
Essential
- Consolidated experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings
- Consolidated 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.
- Demonstrate further specialist training and experience by having received a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision of working as a specialist psychologist or psychotherapist over a minimum of 18 months.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of service development or of a leadership role.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing appropriate to a variety of audiences.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Evidence of potential to provide collaborative team leadership
- Knowledge of UK legislation in relation to the health and welfare services to children and adolescents and mental health.
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, children with complex problems etc).
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).
Employer details
Employer name
South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
Woodroffe House, Tolworth Hospital
Red Lion Rd, Tolworth
Surbiton
KT6 7QU
Employer's website
https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
