CAMHS Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Greater London is seeking a part-time CAMHS Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist. The role involves delivering psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people facing emotional difficulties. Candidates should hold a doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology or counselling and be registered with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist. Applicants will work within a multidisciplinary team and help shape treatment plans based on evidence-based practices. Competitive salary from £56,276 to £63,176 per annum.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology or counselling.
• HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist.
• Experience with children and young people in mental health settings.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist psychological assessments for children and young people.
• Formulate and implement evidence-based psychological treatment plans.
• Provide cognitive behavioural interventions in individual and group formats.

Skills

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Assessment and intervention strategies

Communicative skills

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology

HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

CAMHS Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist

The closing date is 12 February 2026

CAMHS Psychologist x2 (working 22.5 hours per week)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two part time Band 7 CAMHS Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist to join the Emotional Disorders Team (EDT) at Westminster CAMHS. The post offers the chance to work within a highly skilled and dynamic multi-disciplinary team supporting young people and their families with a wide range of emotional and behavioural difficulties. Psychology is a well-established and integral part of the team, where specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention are highly valued and central to the service\'s approach.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver specialist psychological assessments and both individual and group interventions for children and young people referred to the Westminster CAMHS Emotional Disorders sub-team. The primary therapeutic modalities will be Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and third-wave CBT approaches (including ACT and CFT). Experience in additional psychological models is desirable, as more complex presentations may require an integrative approach. The role may also include providing supervision to colleagues such as Assistant Psychologists.

About us

The Westminster CAMHS service is based at Woodfield Road, and is well connected by public transport. The team is well established and is staffed by a large multi-disciplinary team of clinicians with a wide range of skills trained to clinically think from a diverse a range of therapeutic approaches.

We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children in the area using the whole range of therapeutic interventions, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, systemic and family Therapy, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Psychoeducation, DBT therapy groups and as well as Positive Behaviour Support.

Westminster CAMHS consists of four main sub-teams: Emotional Disorders Team; Neurodevelopmental Team; Enhanced Treatment Team, and Early Intervention Team. Our service also provides a range of supervision opportunities and is committed to provide continued professional development.

Job responsibilities

Provide specialist psychological assessments for children and young people referred to the Emotional Disorders team, working collaboratively with young people and their families throughout the assessment process.

Formulate and implement evidencebased psychological treatment and management plans for a broad range of mental health difficulties, using a psychologically informed framework that promotes shared understanding and collaborative goalsetting with young people and families.

Deliver specialised cognitive behavioural interventions, including CBT and thirdwave approaches (ACT, CFT), for clients presenting with severe, complex, or enduring psychological difficulties, both individually and in group formats.

Develop and implement a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, drawing on multiple explanatory models and maintaining flexible, evolving formulations that respond to changing clinical needs. Act as case manager for an agreed caseload, coordinating care across the network.

Evaluate and make informed decisions about treatment options, integrating theoretical and therapeutic models while considering complex historical, developmental, and systemic factors influencing the child, family, or group.

Use Routine Outcome Measures (ROMs) in a meaningful and collaborative way to support the young persons therapeutic journey and inform clinical decisionmaking.

Undertake risk assessment and risk management for children and young people, and provide guidance to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk.

Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients whose difficulties are managed through psychologically informed care plans.

Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to colleagues and the wider MDT, contributing directly to formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planning for children and young people.

Contribute to the development and maintenance of a psychologically informed framework of understanding and care across the service and partner agencies.Act as care coordinator where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating, planning, and reviewing psychological care plans with young people, families, carers, referrers, and the wider network.

Refer clients to other statutory and nonstatutory services as appropriate to their needs.

Communicate complex and sensitive information regarding assessment, formulation, and treatment plans in a skilled and compassionate manner, and monitor progress throughout uni and multidisciplinary care.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, counselling psychology or counselling as accredited by the BPS. HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist: Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Or BABCP accreditation as a CBT therapist
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice especially relevant to complex CAMHS. In particular: oCYP-IAPT Therapy Training oThird wave therapies (ACT, CFT) oTrauma focused therapy training such as EMDR oDBT skills knowledge oADOS-2/ 3Di trained oExperience as a clinical supervisor

Previous Experience

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client group presenting with the full range of clinical severity around mental health concerns across a range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings.
• Particular experience with mood, anxiety disorders and neurodevelopmental conditions.
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary Specialist CAMHS team and of proving specialist CAMHS assessment and intervention.
• Experience of delivering evidence-based care in a number of cultural contexts.
• Experience providing neuropsychological testing (e.g cognitive assessments)
• Experience of assessing for Neurodevelopmental disorders incl. ASD and ADHD
• Experience and knowledge around gender identity difficulties and LGBTQ+.
• Experience working with culturally diverse population

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro-psychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies one of them being CBT
• Training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and 3rd wave CBT (ACT, CFT)
• Knowledge of the theoretical evidence base for understanding, formulating and providing interventions for mental health concerns experienced by children and young people.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information including diagnoses and formulations to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Experience of assessing mental health risk and safeguarding concerns
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Experience of planning and delivery group treatments in a CAMHS setting.
• Ability to teach and train others as well as leading peer supervision groups based on a CBT approach.
• Experience of implementing CBT and evidence-based interventions in a CAMHS setting

Personal

• Ability to contain and work with organizational stress and ability to \'hold\' the stress of others.
• Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills.

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.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearincl HCAS pro rata