Child and Adolescent Clinical/Counselling Psychologist | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare organization in London is seeking a dedicated Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Barnet CAMHS Teams. The role involves delivering assessments and interventions in a collaborative setting while contributing to neurodevelopmental services. Applicants should have a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and experience in mental health. Opportunities for professional development are provided. Flexible working is promoted within supportive environments.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in a CAMHS or mental health setting.
• Ability to work autonomously under professional guidelines.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed approaches.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist psychological assessments and interventions.
• Provide supervision to Assistant Psychologists and students.
• Develop and evaluate treatment options for clients.

Skills

Specialist CAMHS assessments

Psychological interventions

Research skills

Team collaboration

Education

Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Job description

Overview

Are you passionate about working with young people and families? Are you looking for a Psychology role in CAMHS? Would you like to join a warm, thoughtful and inclusive team dedicated to providing flexible, creative, developmentally-sensitive, person-centered, trauma-informed and evidence-based support to children and young people who are struggling with moderate to severe emotional difficulties?

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to work in the generic Barnet CAMHS Teams, at the Oak Lane clinic in East Finchley. This post is located within the multidisciplinary CAMHS 0–18 service, delivering generic and neurodevelopmental assessments and psychological interventions to families living within the borough of Barnet.

Responsibilities

• Offer specialist CAMHS assessments and interventions to children, young people and their families/carers in a community CAMHS setting, under the supervision of a senior psychologist.
• Contribute to the work of Barnet CAMHS neurodevelopmental service.
• Offer supervision to Assistant Psychologists, Psychology students and CBT therapists.
• Work alongside MDT colleagues and represent Psychology in MDT meetings, and CAMHS in multi-agency contexts as appropriate.
• Work autonomously within professional Psychology guidelines and exercise responsibility for their continuous professional development.
• Utilise research skills for audit, policy, and service development and research.
• Provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
• Plan and implement formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and methods of proven efficacy.
• Implement a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, taking into account theoretical and therapeutic models and complex developmental factors.
• Be responsible and accountable for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
• Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans.

About the Trust and Location

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme.
• Excellent internal staff network.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust 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 falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. 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.

Location and Requirements

Post will be within Barnet CAMHS teams, Oak Lane clinic in East Finchley.

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025