CAMHS Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist for their Autism and Intellectual Disabilities Intensive Intervention Team. The role involves providing specialist assessments and psychological interventions to young people with complex needs. Candidates should possess a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and be registered with HCPC. Opportunities for professional development and flexible working are included.

Qualifications

• Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychology input into MDT assessments.
• Deliver psychological interventions to clients and families.
• Support training and management of junior staff.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Psychological interventions

Team collaboration

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent

Completed training course in clinical supervision

Job description

Job summary: Due to service expansion the National and Specialist (N&S) CAMHS Autism and Intellectual Disabilities Intensive Intervention Team (AID-IIT) are seeking a Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.

The AID-IIT are an innovative multi-disciplinary team covering the whole of London. We offer specialist multi-disciplinary outpatient support to young people with a diagnosis of Autism or ID who are at high risk of inpatient admission or already admitted to a CAMHS inpatient unit.

Staff working in AID-IIT benefit from excellent team support and development opportunities. We have close links with the rest of the Service for Complex Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (SCAAND) and with other N&S CAMHS teams.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work as a Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in AID-IIT to provide specialist psychology input into MDT assessments, psychological interventions to young people and parents/carers and consultation, training and support to multi-agency local networks including staff from local and inpatient CAMHS settings, and supervision, line management and support to other junior staff within AID-IIT.

About us

About our locations: The Michael Rutter Centre is located on the Maudsley hospital site and is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2).

Flexible working: As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage.

Job responsibilities

The postholder will work within the AID-IIT to provide highly specialist psychology assessments, interventions and support within the multi-disciplinary team including: Offering assessment (including where needed cognitive/psychometric assessment) and intervention to young people with highly complex presentations, their families/carers and wider networks.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential:

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent; Counselling psychologist
• Completed training course in clinical supervision.
• Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.

Experience Essential:

• Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in child and adolescent neurodevelopmental CAMHS.
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in children and adolescence with neurodevelopmental conditions or intellectual disabilities.
• Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.

Understanding and Knowledge Essential:

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions including intellectual disability and co-morbid mental health disorders.
• Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics with children and young people and knowledge of how this applies to young people with autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions including intellectual disability.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.