Clinical Lead Emotional and Behavioural Pathway

NHS North East London; Barking; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Barking seeks an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join their busy CAMHS team. The role involves providing high-quality psychological services to children and adolescents, leading clinical pathways, and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team. Candidates should have relevant post-graduate qualifications and registration with appropriate bodies. This position offers opportunities for continuous professional development and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

High Cost Area Supplement

CPD opportunities

Comprehensive induction program

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering Psychological Therapies in a children's community mental health setting.
• Registration with professional regulatory bodies like HCPC or UKCP.
• Commitment to collaborative working with health, education, and social care professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive psychological services to children and adolescents.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment.
• Lead a newly established clinical pathway within the team.
• Participate in team meetings and engage with key stakeholders.

Skills

Child Psychotherapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Systemic Family Therapy

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Post-graduate qualification in clinical psychology

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, Child Psychotherapist, Systemic Family Therapist or CBT Therapist to join our busy and dynamic CAMHS team in Barking and Dagenham. This post has been created following a recent consultation as the service moves to a new i-THRIVE informed model of delivery. We have a growing and supportive therapy team and are looking for an experienced CAMHS practitioner who is passionate about young peoples mental health and well-being to join us in the delivery of high quality and effective CAMHS interventions. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. Along with our staff networks, leadership team and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

This role requires a post-graduate qualification in clinical, or counselling psychology, Systemic Family Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or Child Psychotherapy and you must be registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, ACP , BABCP, or UKCP) and have experience in delivering Psychological Therapies in a childrens community mental health setting.

This post involves assessing and treating children and young people who present with a moderate to severe mental health difficulties in a community CAMHS setting. The successful candidate will lead a newly established clinical pathway and support a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working alongside Medical Consultants, the Head of Service and Clinical lead for CAMHS to support the team in the management and oversight of high quality evidence-based treatments.

The post holder will receive regular clinical supervision and will be expected to attend and participate in MDT team meetings as well as network meetings and working with key stakeholders in the community. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health, education and social care professionals and partnership agencies as well as driving high standards within the service. CPD opportunities will be available and are well supported in the team.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement - London

This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 per annum pro rata).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.

• To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist psychological service for children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families
• To undertake a range of highly specialist clinical work, urgent assessment work, parenting support and specialist cases.
• To provide extensive expert supervision and consultation on CAMHS cases to other multidisciplinary staff within CAMHS, including junior medical staff.
• To contribute to audit and research
• To actively engage in treatment and outcome monitoring, including the use of normed measures associated with CYP-IAPT
• To work in clinical practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework CAMHS and the Trusts policies and procedures
• They will clinically supervise and line manage the (8a) post-graduate qualified
  
  

psychological practitioner in the local CAMHS team.

• The post holder will offer extensive expert consultations across the CAMHS team.
  
  

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They Are

We are kind.

We are respectful.

We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

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