Clinical/Counselling Child Psychologist or Psychotherapist

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking NHS Trust as a Clinical/Counselling Child Psychologist, where your expertise will contribute to the mental health and wellbeing of young people. This dynamic role in a supportive outpatient CAMHS team offers the chance to deliver high-quality interventions and engage in service development. With a focus on teamwork and collaboration, you will play a vital part in shaping the future of mental healthcare. The Trust values your professional growth and wellbeing, providing a nurturing environment to thrive in your career. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and adolescents, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Professional development opportunities

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Award-winning equality and diversity initiatives

Qualifications

• Post-graduate qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with registration.
• 2+ years of experience in delivering Psychological Therapies in CAMHS.

Responsibilities

• Support and liaise with professionals in a trauma-informed service.
• Manage a clinical caseload and participate in MDT team meetings.

Skills

Psychological Therapies

Clinical Interventions

Team Collaboration

Trauma-Informed Care

Assessment Skills

Education

Post-graduate training in psychological practice

NVQ level 2 or equivalent

Job description

Clinical/Counselling Child Psychologist or Psychotherapist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area: Psychologist or Psychotherapist
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 395-PP176-24-B

Site: The Grove Town Chadwell Heath
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata (plus HCAS)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.

Job overview

We are seeking a Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Child Psychologist to join our busy and dynamic outpatient CAMHS team in Redbridge on a permanent contract. We have a growing and supportive therapy team, and we are looking for a psychologist who is passionate about young people’s mental health and wellbeing to join us in the delivery of high-quality and effective CAMHS interventions.

This role requires a post-graduate qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body and have 2 years plus experience in delivering Psychological Therapies in a CAMHS setting.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an effective team member, using their own initiative, supporting their peers and team lead. They will have a commitment to actively support, liaise with other professionals & agencies as we embed a trauma and culturally informed model of practice within the service. They will receive regular clinical supervision from the lead psychologist and will be expected to attend and participate in MDT team meetings. This role is suited to a candidate who is keen on service development, as well as managing a clinical caseload.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
• Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. art psychotherapist, psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist)
• To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, BACP, UKCP, AFT, ACP)

Experience

• Extensive experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions
• Extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with co-morbid difficulties and special needs
• Extensive experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems
• Experience of using observation (e.g. in school contexts) to contribute to assessments of children
• Experience of carrying out generic assessment with other colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of providing specialist individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 19 years old

Knowledge

• An awareness of NHS priorities
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of clinical interventions in CAMHS/EWMHS
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies

Equal opportunities employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.