Job summary
The core competencies will be evaluated at the start of the employment; the line manager/supervisor will identify and support learning opportunities of the post holder. Each competency will be viewed as a development goal. Assessment will be done through observation of clinical practice, feedback from members of the MDT, patients and families, discussion, and constructive feedback. The postholder have to be able to provide evidence of how they achieved each domain. Once all core competencies are achieved to their development goal the postholder may be moved from band 7 to band 8a. Further details of this process will be shared with the postholder at the start of their employment and via the Core Competencies document.
Main duties of the job
Provision of specialist assessments with clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including, self-report measures, rating scales, 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.
Formulation and implementation of plans with shared decision making for intervention and/or management of young person's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
Implementation of a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, including adjusting and refining the formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
Evaluation and decisions making about intervention options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
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.
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services 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, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. 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
This role is for a newly qualified or an experienced psychologist with interest or specialist knowledge around children and young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities and neuro-developmental conditions and needs which require specialist community CAMHS services.
Whilst providing specialist external consultation; assessment and intervention, the post holder as part of the Multidisciplinary team provides clinical knowledge and a valuable resource.
Once the postholder reaches their senior position as band 8a they will work with other leadership in the team, supporting the development of the service, with the service user at the centre of the care we provide.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role is for a newly qualified or an experienced psychologist with interest or specialist knowledge around children and young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities and neuro-developmental conditions and needs which require specialist community CAMHS services.
Whilst providing specialist external consultation; assessment and intervention, the post holder as part of the Multidisciplinary team provides clinical knowledge and a valuable resource.
Once the postholder reaches their senior position as band 8a they will work with other leadership in the team, supporting the development of the service, with the service user at the centre of the care we provide.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or equivalent)
- Full membership of the ACP and PSA (Professional Standards Authority) or Registration with the Health Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Further training in a specialized area of psychological practice through formal post-doctoral training (diploma or equivalent)
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in additional specialised areas of relevant practice, e.g. Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
- ADOS 2 training
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of assessment and intervention, 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.
- Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress, both directly with patients and indirectly in their network.
- Capacity to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, and situations where there may be resistance, verbal aggression, or the threat of physical aggression.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with children, young people and families.
- Knowledge and ability to undertake clinical risk assessment and to work within safeguarding procedures.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Understanding of the need and rationale for using evidence-based interventions.
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
- Ability to manage own caseload and time.
- Skills in using IT, including office applications, clinical record systems.
Desirable
- Skills in undertaking Quality Improvement projects and service evaluation.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- RIO) and database/statistical applications.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Interest and/or experience of working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties in mental health services, including the application of risk assessment and safeguarding procedures in this area.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of both group and individual work.
- Experience with routine outcome monitoring.
- Experience of work in multidisciplinary team/multi-agency contexts.
- Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multi-cultural setting.
Desirable
- Experience in carrying out ADOS-2 assessments for ASD and/or using other reliable diagnostic tools.
- Experience in enabling service user participation.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of specialist assessment and intervention of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of providing evidence based psychological interventions e.g. PBS.
- Experience in carrying out ADOS-2 assessments for ASD and/or using other reliable diagnostic tools.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- A commitment to service users' participation across the levels of clinical practice, team/service, and the organisation.
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships.
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively.
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality.
- Ability to be self-reflective whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development, and in supervision.
Desirable
- Awareness and understanding of emotional distress/mental health problems drawn from personal experience.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or equivalent)
- Full membership of the ACP and PSA (Professional Standards Authority) or Registration with the Health Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Further training in a specialized area of psychological practice through formal post-doctoral training (diploma or equivalent)
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in additional specialised areas of relevant practice, e.g. Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
- ADOS 2 training
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of assessment and intervention, 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.
- Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress, both directly with patients and indirectly in their network.
- Capacity to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, and situations where there may be resistance, verbal aggression, or the threat of physical aggression.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with children, young people and families.
- Knowledge and ability to undertake clinical risk assessment and to work within safeguarding procedures.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Understanding of the need and rationale for using evidence-based interventions.
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
- Ability to manage own caseload and time.
- Skills in using IT, including office applications, clinical record systems.
Desirable
- Skills in undertaking Quality Improvement projects and service evaluation.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- RIO) and database/statistical applications.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Interest and/or experience of working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties in mental health services, including the application of risk assessment and safeguarding procedures in this area.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of both group and individual work.
- Experience with routine outcome monitoring.
- Experience of work in multidisciplinary team/multi-agency contexts.
- Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multi-cultural setting.
Desirable
- Experience in carrying out ADOS-2 assessments for ASD and/or using other reliable diagnostic tools.
- Experience in enabling service user participation.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of specialist assessment and intervention of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of providing evidence based psychological interventions e.g. PBS.
- Experience in carrying out ADOS-2 assessments for ASD and/or using other reliable diagnostic tools.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- A commitment to service users' participation across the levels of clinical practice, team/service, and the organisation.
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships.
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively.
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality.
- Ability to be self-reflective whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development, and in supervision.
Desirable
- Awareness and understanding of emotional distress/mental health problems drawn from personal experience.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
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).
