Clinical Psychologist

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join its dedicated team in East London. The role focuses on providing comprehensive assessments and interventions for children and adolescents with complex mental health needs. Candidates should possess a Professional Doctorate and relevant experience, with strong engagement skills and creativity in practice. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to make a significant impact on young lives.

Qualifications

• Post qualification experience in child and adolescent mental health.
• Ability to work with complex multi-agency networks.
• Experience with children with behavioral difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Provide CAMHS assessments and formulate treatment plans.
• Conduct risk assessments and offer specialist psychological interventions.
• Engage in school consultation to support mental health.

Skills

Child and adolescent mental health

Engagement skills

Creativity in interventions

Education

Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

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Job Summary

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As part of the Behaviour Support and Outreach pathway, you will work collaboratively withchildren, young people and their families who present with multiple and complex needs relating to behaviours that challenge, alongside co-existing difficulties, such as emotionally based school avoidance, mood disorders, attachment and trauma, and neurodevelopmental conditions.

You will join a warm and experienced, multi-disciplinary team of clinicians - working together with Clinical Psychologists, Systemic Psychotherapists, Nurses, Social Workers, Psychiatrists, Child Psychotherapists and CBT therapists.

Our team provide a variety of comprehensive specialist assessments and evidence-based therapeutic interventions, including individual approaches (e.g. CBT, DBT, EMDR, IPT-A, VIG and psychotherapy), systemic and family work (e.g. Family Therapy clinics, parenting and narrative approaches), and group work (e.g. Non Violent Resistance and an outreach Boxing group). As part of the wider Hackney CAMHS Alliance, we also work closely with our partner agencies (including statutory and voluntary organisations) to provide specialist advice, consultation and multi-agency responses.

Main duties of the job

This post is a Clinical Psychology post based in a specialist clinical team within City and Hackney CAMHS providing services to young people and their families.

The post holder will be part of a Tier 3 CAMHS community-based post, located within the Behaviour Support and Outreach (BS&O) Pathway in City & Hackney CAMHS, the East London NHS Foundation Trust and as part of the wider Hackney CAMHS Alliance. The post holder will be offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care including a range of assessment and treatment options such as individual, parenting, family and group based interventions, as well as specialist CAMHS advice/consultation and liaison with other agencies.

The post holder will be an experienced Clinical Psychologist with a substantial knowledge of the field of child and adolescent mental health. The post holder will possess strong engagement skills, the ability to work creatively in relation to behaviour that challenges, and work effectively with complex multi-agency networks. It would be highly desirable for applicants to have some experience of working with children with behavioural difficulties, risk management, and supervision

The post holder also provides a school consultation role as a CAMHS Worker in School (CWIS) as part of the Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools (WAMHS) Programme. This role aims to develop and sustain closer working links between CAMHS and education by providing training, consultation and support, signposting and liaison.

About Us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Details

Date posted

20 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£54,320 to £60,981 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-SS7274225

Job locations

City & Hackney CAMHS

15 Homerton Row

London

E9 6ED

Job Description

Job responsibilities

• To provide specialist CAMHS assessments of children, young people and their families with significant and complex problems in order to formulate and implement plans for the treatment and management of a child or adolescents mental health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and employing research and evidence-base.
• To provide comprehensive risk assessments of children, young people and their families/carers including participating on the CAMHS crisis rota.
• Be responsible for choosing and implementing a range of appropriate highly specialist psychological assessments of young people and their families, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with young people, family members and others involved in their care.
• Formulate and implement plans for the psychological intervention and/or management of a young persons mental health problems, based upon an appropriate formulation of the clients problems and employing methods of proven efficacy across the full range of care settings.
• Be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individual young people, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
• Full Job Description attached **.
  
  

Job Description

Job responsibilities

• To provide specialist CAMHS assessments of children, young people and their families with significant and complex problems in order to formulate and implement plans for the treatment and management of a child or adolescents mental health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and employing research and evidence-base.
• To provide comprehensive risk assessments of children, young people and their families/carers including participating on the CAMHS crisis rota.
• Be responsible for choosing and implementing a range of appropriate highly specialist psychological assessments of young people and their families, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with young people, family members and others involved in their care.
• Formulate and implement plans for the psychological intervention and/or management of a young persons mental health problems, based upon an appropriate formulation of the clients problems and employing methods of proven efficacy across the full range of care settings.
• Be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individual young people, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
• Full Job Description attached **.
  
  

Person Specification

education

Essential

• Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent)
  
  

Desirable

• Qualifications/ training in specialist skills e.g. systemic therapies, neuropsychology
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Post qualification experience within the specialty of child and adolescent mental health
• Experience of working with a high level of mental health difficulty and/ or behaviour that challenges
  
  

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of relevant research and literature relating to child development/ and evidence based assessment and intervention
• Skills in applying theory to work with individuals, couples, family systems, groups and organisations
  
  

Person Specification

education

Essential

• Knowledge of relevant research and literature relating to child development/ and evidence based assessment and intervention
• Skills in applying theory to work with individuals, couples, family systems, groups and organisations
  
  

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

City & Hackney CAMHS

15 Homerton Row

London

E9 6ED

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

City & Hackney CAMHS

15 Homerton Row

London

E9 6ED

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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