Job summary
We are seeking an energetic, innovative, and skilled Psychologist with a passion for community psychology approaches to join the trusts new Camden Core Team, specialising in working with young adults (18-25), providing assessment, treatment and consultation to other agencies around young adults' mental health. The post holder will also have 0.3 WTE with Project 10/10, an innovative community project aimed at supporting young people who have been affected by serious youth violence in Camden & Islington.The model takes mental health professionals into the spaces frequented by the young people they seek to support.
Main duties of the job
Specialising in Young Adults (18-25) The post holder will play a vital role in bridging the work that Project 10/10 does with the model being developed by Camden & Islington NHS Core Teams under the newly emerging Young People Services Pathway, helping to strengthen and develop this partnership in meeting the needs of this complex and vulnerable group of young people. As a psychologist embedded in both teams you will be uniquely positioned to influence the culture of how we work in a new and collaborative ways, co-creating this approach with the young people, which is a core principle for how we work. The post holder will be based in the Core Team 0.7 WTE each week and in Project 10/10 0.3 WTE each week.
About us
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) provides high quality, safe and innovative care to our patients in the community, in their homes or in hospital.
We provide services for adults of working age, adults with learning difficulties, and older people in the London area. We currently deliver the majority of our care to residents in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington. However, we also provide substance misuse and primary care mental health services to people living in Kingston.
Our Trust is also a member of University College London Partners (UCLP), one of the world's leading academic health science partnerships.
In addition we have specialist programmes which provide help and treatment for:
- Veterans living in London
- Young people caught in the cycle of gang culture
- Perinatal mental health conditions
We are proud that our organisation is recognised internationally for the quality of its research and innovation. Over 40% of our consultants hold joint academic posts and are engaged in research across a wide range of mental health arenas. This research, often conducted with the help of our patients, ensures we are leaders in evidence based treatment and services, meaning we can provide some of the world's most up to date therapies to aid service user recovery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be part of a team (Kentish Town Core Team - Central & South) providing extended assessments, formulations and brief interventions (individual and group) to Young Adults (aged 18-25) presenting with severe mental health problems in the London Borough of Camden. Part of the postholders Kentish Town South caseload will include people aged 25 and above as they will be a member of this MDT. This role will support and offer liaison, education, supervision and consultation to GPs, members of the multi-disciplinary team and the wider primary care network. The aim of the service is to increase the number of people whose mental health support is appropriately managed in line with the community framework for mental health using a population health approach. The post-holder will act as a fully integrated member of the team providing a specialist psychological perspective to support the transformation and development of the service.
The post holder will also work embedded in Project 10/10 working with multi-disciplinary/multi agency colleagues to support the mental health needs of young people (aged 18-25) affected by the prevalence of violence and crime in society today.
The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessments and treatment using evidence based, NICE recommended interventions and will work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the services policies and procedures. The post holder will also seek to develop new and innovative ways of engaging with and supporting young people who ordinarily might feel unable to engage with services offered by mainstream mental health services.
- MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
2.1 Clinical and Managerial
- Provide a comprehensive psychology service as an integrated part of the Core Team/Project 10/10
- Provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations, consultations and interventions to young people aged 18-25 y/o as a member of the Kentish Town Core Team (Central & South).
- Manage a caseload that also includes some people above the age of 25y/o, as a member of the Kentish Town South Core Team MDT.
- Assist GPs with diagnosis, management plans, risk assessments, crisis plans and self-help plans for service users with complex common mental health problems and stable severe mental health presentations who are being managed exclusively in primary care
- Work with Core Team/Project 10/10 colleagues to develop a collaborative care model for service users with physical and emotional difficulties, including those with Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) and Long-Term Conditions (LTC)
- Provide advice and support to network teams on the management of service users who have been stepped down from secondary care / intensive community mental health services
- Support GPs and practice staff in their management and treatment of service users through case discussions, joint consultations and bespoke training.
- Play a key role in implementing improved linkage between Core, Intensive and Young Peoples Services.
- Work within the service to triage potential and new referrals sent to the team, providing consultation, information and advice to service users and partners as well as allocation of new work in the service to appropriate MDT colleagues. This includes signposting new referrals to and liaising as appropriate with other primary care services, IAPT, voluntary sector and secondary mental health services.
- Maintain effective communication with GP, primary care staff, service users and their carers;
- Provide clinical input, where necessary, to multi-disciplinary case conferencing around complex presentations being managed solely in primary care within the team and as part of the wider integrated health and care networks.
- Engage with local service user participation models.
- Provide clinical and professional leadership and to participate in management activities and governance processes related to the post or the wider service in which it is embedded.
- Play an integral role in the performance of the team, the further development of the service, and the development of clinical pathways and priorities of the service line
- Work within the MDT promoting respect for all professional groups and focusing upon coherent and integrated teamwork.
- Provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment offered and undertaken with service users.
- Manage and supervise assistant psychologists, clinical associates, apprentices and other staff as appropriate, including more junior clinical / counselling psychologists
- Other management/clinical supporting activity (to be negotiated as required by the Trust.)
2.2 Teaching, training, and supervision
- Provide professional and clinical supervision of other members of the multi-disciplinary team, of trainee clinical and counselling psychologists, and, where required, of assistant psychologists and clinical associate psychologists, on psychological interventions.
- To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision, where appropriate, to other health and social care staff working with service users
2.3 Research, audit and service evaluation
- Utilise evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual, family and group work and work with other team members.
- Undertake appropriate research and provide research support to other staff undertaking research.
- Participate in and contribute to clinical audit and service evaluation with colleagues within the service, to help evaluate and improve service provision, proposing changes to working practice and procedures for own work area as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be part of a team (Kentish Town Core Team - Central & South) providing extended assessments, formulations and brief interventions (individual and group) to Young Adults (aged 18-25) presenting with severe mental health problems in the London Borough of Camden. Part of the postholders Kentish Town South caseload will include people aged 25 and above as they will be a member of this MDT. This role will support and offer liaison, education, supervision and consultation to GPs, members of the multi-disciplinary team and the wider primary care network. The aim of the service is to increase the number of people whose mental health support is appropriately managed in line with the community framework for mental health using a population health approach. The post-holder will act as a fully integrated member of the team providing a specialist psychological perspective to support the transformation and development of the service.
The post holder will also work embedded in Project 10/10 working with multi-disciplinary/multi agency colleagues to support the mental health needs of young people (aged 18-25) affected by the prevalence of violence and crime in society today.
The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessments and treatment using evidence based, NICE recommended interventions and will work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the services policies and procedures. The post holder will also seek to develop new and innovative ways of engaging with and supporting young people who ordinarily might feel unable to engage with services offered by mainstream mental health services.
- MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
2.1 Clinical and Managerial
- Provide a comprehensive psychology service as an integrated part of the Core Team/Project 10/10
- Provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations, consultations and interventions to young people aged 18-25 y/o as a member of the Kentish Town Core Team (Central & South).
- Manage a caseload that also includes some people above the age of 25y/o, as a member of the Kentish Town South Core Team MDT.
- Assist GPs with diagnosis, management plans, risk assessments, crisis plans and self-help plans for service users with complex common mental health problems and stable severe mental health presentations who are being managed exclusively in primary care
- Work with Core Team/Project 10/10 colleagues to develop a collaborative care model for service users with physical and emotional difficulties, including those with Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) and Long-Term Conditions (LTC)
- Provide advice and support to network teams on the management of service users who have been stepped down from secondary care / intensive community mental health services
- Support GPs and practice staff in their management and treatment of service users through case discussions, joint consultations and bespoke training.
- Play a key role in implementing improved linkage between Core, Intensive and Young Peoples Services.
- Work within the service to triage potential and new referrals sent to the team, providing consultation, information and advice to service users and partners as well as allocation of new work in the service to appropriate MDT colleagues. This includes signposting new referrals to and liaising as appropriate with other primary care services, IAPT, voluntary sector and secondary mental health services.
- Maintain effective communication with GP, primary care staff, service users and their carers;
- Provide clinical input, where necessary, to multi-disciplinary case conferencing around complex presentations being managed solely in primary care within the team and as part of the wider integrated health and care networks.
- Engage with local service user participation models.
- Provide clinical and professional leadership and to participate in management activities and governance processes related to the post or the wider service in which it is embedded.
- Play an integral role in the performance of the team, the further development of the service, and the development of clinical pathways and priorities of the service line
- Work within the MDT promoting respect for all professional groups and focusing upon coherent and integrated teamwork.
- Provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment offered and undertaken with service users.
- Manage and supervise assistant psychologists, clinical associates, apprentices and other staff as appropriate, including more junior clinical / counselling psychologists
- Other management/clinical supporting activity (to be negotiated as required by the Trust.)
2.2 Teaching, training, and supervision
- Provide professional and clinical supervision of other members of the multi-disciplinary team, of trainee clinical and counselling psychologists, and, where required, of assistant psychologists and clinical associate psychologists, on psychological interventions.
- To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision, where appropriate, to other health and social care staff working with service users
2.3 Research, audit and service evaluation
- Utilise evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual, family and group work and work with other team members.
- Undertake appropriate research and provide research support to other staff undertaking research.
- Participate in and contribute to clinical audit and service evaluation with colleagues within the service, to help evaluate and improve service provision, proposing changes to working practice and procedures for own work area as required.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / REGISTRATIONS
Essential
- o level training in clinical or counselling psychology oPost-graduate doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence. oCurrent registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a clinical psychologist or a counselling psychologist oCompletion of further post-qualification specialist training in an area relevant to the post
SKILLS/ ABILITIES
Essential
- oSkills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment (including psychometric tests), intervention and management for the full range of problems of severity and complexity presented in adult mental health oAbility to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. oAbility to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings oAbility to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice oInterest and ability to contribute to service development
Desirable
- oSkills in providing Psychological assessment, intervention, consultation and supervision in non-traditional settings oSkills in engaging young people who have had negative experiences with professionals in the past and who might not have faith in mandatory services as a result. oSkills in working in close partnership with young people and their families in order to co-create a service, and projects within that service, that are meaningful and relevant to the young people who access them.
EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- oExperience of psychological assessment and treatment of service users with a wide range of disorders and their comorbidities in a secondary care mental health oExperience of working in a Primary Care Setting oExperience of working with a wide variety of service users, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity in primary care oSignificant post-qualification experience working with service users with complex mental health disorders oExperience of teaching, training and offering effective consultation and supervision services oExperience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts oDoctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology oWell-developed knowledge of the clinical area where the post has designated special responsibilities oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health oEvidence of continuing professional development as required by the Health and Care Professions Council and British Psychological Society
Desirable
- oExperience/knowledge of community psychology approaches such as AMBIT, Liberation Psychology and how these approaches can help inform and develop community based psychology services. oExperience/knowledge of the Youth Justice System/Criminal Justice System and the lived experience of young people who are negotiating this pathway. oExperience/knowledge of how serious youth violence can impact on young people in society today
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- oAbility to work both independently and cooperatively as part of a diverse team oExcellent interpersonal, written and verbal skills oDemonstrable resourcefulness oAbility to contain work with organisational stress and ability to hold the stress of others oAbility 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 oAbility to work with complex and seemingly contradictory clinical material and help others manage this oPositive attitude to change oAbility to carry out travel around the designated area of work and to work flexible and sometimes antisocial hours oA genuine commitment to an ethos of partnership working across sectors and agencies oAbility to work in both a flexible and disciplined way oAble to build and develop relationships with a wide range of people, both colleagues, partners, young people and their families like. oAn ability to work collaboratively and creatively with people and have the patience to allow new approaches to emerge from the relationships with our key stakeholders (named above) oAbility to stay calm and focused under often stressful and intense conditions.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / REGISTRATIONS
Essential
- o level training in clinical or counselling psychology oPost-graduate doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence. oCurrent registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a clinical psychologist or a counselling psychologist oCompletion of further post-qualification specialist training in an area relevant to the post
SKILLS/ ABILITIES
Essential
- oSkills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment (including psychometric tests), intervention and management for the full range of problems of severity and complexity presented in adult mental health oAbility to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. oAbility to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings oAbility to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice oInterest and ability to contribute to service development
Desirable
- oSkills in providing Psychological assessment, intervention, consultation and supervision in non-traditional settings oSkills in engaging young people who have had negative experiences with professionals in the past and who might not have faith in mandatory services as a result. oSkills in working in close partnership with young people and their families in order to co-create a service, and projects within that service, that are meaningful and relevant to the young people who access them.
EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- oExperience of psychological assessment and treatment of service users with a wide range of disorders and their comorbidities in a secondary care mental health oExperience of working in a Primary Care Setting oExperience of working with a wide variety of service users, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity in primary care oSignificant post-qualification experience working with service users with complex mental health disorders oExperience of teaching, training and offering effective consultation and supervision services oExperience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts oDoctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology oWell-developed knowledge of the clinical area where the post has designated special responsibilities oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health oEvidence of continuing professional development as required by the Health and Care Professions Council and British Psychological Society
Desirable
- oExperience/knowledge of community psychology approaches such as AMBIT, Liberation Psychology and how these approaches can help inform and develop community based psychology services. oExperience/knowledge of the Youth Justice System/Criminal Justice System and the lived experience of young people who are negotiating this pathway. oExperience/knowledge of how serious youth violence can impact on young people in society today
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- oAbility to work both independently and cooperatively as part of a diverse team oExcellent interpersonal, written and verbal skills oDemonstrable resourcefulness oAbility to contain work with organisational stress and ability to hold the stress of others oAbility 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 oAbility to work with complex and seemingly contradictory clinical material and help others manage this oPositive attitude to change oAbility to carry out travel around the designated area of work and to work flexible and sometimes antisocial hours oA genuine commitment to an ethos of partnership working across sectors and agencies oAbility to work in both a flexible and disciplined way oAble to build and develop relationships with a wide range of people, both colleagues, partners, young people and their families like. oAn ability to work collaboratively and creatively with people and have the patience to allow new approaches to emerge from the relationships with our key stakeholders (named above) oAbility to stay calm and focused under often stressful and intense conditions.
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
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).
