Psychologist

Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in the UK is looking for a psychologist who can provide specialist assessments and interventions for children and young people with learning disabilities. The successful candidate will work within a multi-disciplinary team, engaging in both assessment and therapeutic processes. Registration with the Health Professions Council and a doctorate in psychology are essential. The role offers opportunities for professional growth and development within the team.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate competence in specialist assessments and intervention.
• Ability to work with children and young people with learning disabilities.
• Provide clinical knowledge as part of a Multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and interventions for clients with mental health problems.
• Formulate plans with shared decision making for interventions.
• Evaluate and decide on intervention options considering various factors.

Skills

Knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of assessment and intervention

Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with children

Skills in providing consultation to other professionals

Skills in undertaking Quality Improvement projects

Education

Doctorate in Clinical / Counselling Psychology

Registration with the Health Professions Council

Job description

Job overview

The core competencies will be evaluated at the start of the employment; the line manager / supervisor will identify and support learning opportunities of the post holder. Each competency will be viewed as a development goal. Assessment will be done through observation of clinical practice, feedback from members of the MDT, patients and families, discussion, and constructive feedback. The postholder have to be able to provide evidence of how they achieved each domain. Once all core competencies are achieved to their development goal the postholder may be moved from band 7 to band 8a. Further details of this process will be shared with the postholder at the start of their employment and via the Core Competencies document.

Main duties of the job

• Provision of specialist assessments with clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care, when and where appropriate.
• Formulation and implementation of plans with shared decision making for intervention and / or management of young person’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
• Implementation of a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, including adjusting and refining the formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
• Evaluation and decisions making about intervention options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

Working for our organisation

The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services 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 fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role is for a newly qualified or an experienced psychologist with interest or specialist knowledge around children and young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities and neuro-developmental conditions and needs which require specialist community CAMHS services.

Whilst providing specialist external consultation; assessment and intervention, the post holder as part of the Multidisciplinary team provides clinical knowledge and a valuable resource.

Once the postholder reaches their senior position as band 8a they will work with other leadership in the team, supporting the development of the service, with the service user at the centre of the care we provide.

Person specification

General

Essential criteria

• Doctorate in Clinical / Counselling Psychology (or equivalent);
• Registration with the Health Professions Council
• Knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of assessment and intervention
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with children

Desirable criteria

• Skills in providing consultation to other professional
• Skills in undertaking Quality Improvement projects
• Experience of specialist assessment and intervention