CAHMS Team Lead

University College London Hospitals; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Greater London is seeking an experienced Senior Clinician (Clinical / Forensic / Counselling Psychologist / Child Psychotherapist) to manage and lead the delivery of a highly specialist CAMHS service. This position is crucial for providing holistic support to children and families affected by sexual abuse. The ideal candidate will have expertise in trauma-informed care and collaboration within a multi-disciplinary framework, ensuring high standards of clinical governance and professional supervision.

Benefits

Commitment to sustainability

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Experience as a Clinical / Forensic / Counselling Psychologist or Child Psychotherapist.
• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership in a clinical environment.
• Expertise in safeguarding and trauma-informed care.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the delivery of CAMHS psychological therapy services.
• Ensure professional standards in psychological therapies.
• Conduct relevant research and service evaluations.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to enhance services.

Skills

Expert clinical input

Leadership in psychological therapies

Collaboration in multi-disciplinary settings

Education

Postgraduate qualification in psychology

Registration with relevant professional body

Job description

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced senior clinician (Clinical / Forensic / Counselling Psychologist / Child Psychotherapist) to lead, manage and plan the delivery of a highly specialist CAMHS service as part of the Lighthouse. This is a maternity cover post for one year.

The Lighthouse is the first UK Barnahus (Child House), an evidence-based international model of best practice for supporting CYP following sexual abuse, with a growing number of Barnahus services opening in Europe and beyond each year The Lighthouse is a multi-professional, child-centred and trauma-informed service and a national leader in the field, providing holistic multi-disciplinary assessment, physical and emotional health support , safeguarding and criminal justice support under one roof in a child-friendly environment. This includes Achieving Best Evidence interviews led by Lighthouse CAMHS practitioners and access to remote trials from the Lighthouse.

The service is led by University College London Hospitals working with the NSPCC and Metropolitan Police Service. CYP who live in the five boroughs in North Central London : Camden, Islington, Enfield, Haringey and Barnet can be referred or can self-refer to the service.

Main duties of the job

To lead, manage and plan the delivery of a highly specialist CAMHS psychological therapy service as part of the Lighthouse, a multi-disciplinary Child House supporting children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse and their families.

• To personally provide expert clinical input across the Lighthouse and to lead the CAMHS / psychological therapies care pathways.
• To be responsible to the Lighthouse Clinical Lead for the monitoring and implementation of professional standards in the practice of psychological therapies and for the systematic and effective provision of professional supervision.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To ensure the conduct of research, service evaluation and audits relevant to the service and the research agenda, including outcomes reporting.
• To be responsible for the good clinical governance, quality and appropriateness of the work of CAMHS practitioners in the service.
• To work in close collaboration with other Lighthouse leads (in Practice Development, Social Work, Advocacy, Paediatric Health and Police roles) to fulfil and further develop the multi-disciplinary offer to children and families, contributing to a culture of collaboration, integrated practice and continuous learning.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites :

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.