Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

NHS; Harrow; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Harrow is seeking a Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to join their CAMHS team. The role focuses on delivering specialized psychological services for children with learning disabilities and involves working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates are expected to have a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and experience working in diverse clinical settings. The position is part-time with a salary range of £61,631 to £68,623 per year.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with children and young people with learning disabilities.
• Skilled in psychological treatment across outpatient and community settings.
• Ability to liaise with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and therapy to children with learning disabilities.
• Liaise with healthcare professionals for integrated care.
• Conduct audits and contribute to service development.

Skills

Communication skills

Psychological assessment expertise

Supervision skills

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology

HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist

Training in Positive Behaviour Support

Job description

Overview

The Harrow CAMH Service is based at Ash Tree Clinic in South Harrow. The team is a large multi-disciplinary team of clinicians delivering a range of therapeutic interventions. The postholder will co-lead the Learning Disabilities sub-team within the Harrow CAMHS Service, providing high-quality psychological care to individuals with learning disabilities and co-occurring mental health and behavioural difficulties. The postholder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the service’s policies and procedures, utilise research skills for audit, policy, and service development, and contribute to research in the area served by the team.

The Harrow CAMHS LD Team forms part of the four main sub-teams: Emotional Disorders, Neurodevelopmental, Enhanced Treatment, and Learning Disabilities. The post holder will hold the role of Sub-Team Lead for the Harrow CAMHS LD Team and may travel within the catchment area and to wider service locations, including community settings such as special schools.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to children with learning disabilities and their families across all sectors of care; delivering highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy, and offering advice and consultation on clients\' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team\'s policies and procedures.
• To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the service area.
• To provide supervision and training to others within Clinical Psychology and the CAMHS LD Team and external partners to the service, working with the client group.
• To liaise and consult with other health care professionals both within and external to the team, including Paediatricians, Physiotherapists, OT's, Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists, Educational Psychologists, Specialist Teachers, Children's Social Care Workers, voluntary sector groups and others.

About us

The Harrow CAMH service is based at Ash Tree Clinic in South Harrow. The team is well established and is staffed by a large multi-disciplinary team of clinicians. We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children in the area using a broad range of therapeutic interventions including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, systemic and family therapies, psychotherapy, psychoeducation and therapy groups and multi-family work as well as Positive Behaviour Support. Harrow CAMHS consists of four main sub-teams: Emotional Disorders Team; Neurodevelopmental Team; Enhanced Treatment Team, and; Learning Disabilities Team. The post holder will hold the role of Sub-Team Lead for the Harrow CAMHS LD Team. The post holder may also be required to travel to other parts of the catchment area and/or wider service and trust as necessary, including working within the community (e.g., special schools).

The service operates Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00 with some flexibility to work extended hours to meet service need.

Job details

Details Date posted: 25 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £61,631 to £68,623 a year Pro rata per annum incl. HCAS

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 333-G-CA-1566-C

Job locations: Ash Tree Clinic - Harrow CAMHS, 322-326 Northolt Road, South Harrow, HA2 8EQ

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist Harrow CAMHS

Grade: Band 8A

Hours: 22.5 hours per week / 0.6 WTE (Permanent)

Salary: Agenda for Change

Location: Harrow CAMHS, South Harrow

In order to meet the needs of the Trusts service, you may be required from time to time to work outside your normal place of work. The Trust reserves the right to change your normal place of work to any other location within the Trust.

Responsible to: Lead Psychologist

Accountable to: Team Manager

Key Relationships: Members of the multidisciplinary Harrow CAMHS Learning Disability Pathway; other Sub-teams in Harrow CAMHS; Harrow Council 0-25 Disability team and Harrow Special Education Needs Schools; SENDCO, SENDAS; other team members including, where applicable, the principal team psychologist and members of other disciplines and agencies responsible for the care of children and young people with moderate-severe learning disability, autism and/or mental health.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, or counselling psychology, as accredited by the BPS. Training should include models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro-psychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist: Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
• Training in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) or Applied Behaviour Analysis models.

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice especially relevant to complex CAMHS, e.g., Research, CYP-IAPT Therapy Training, CBT, ADOS-2.
• Recent Safeguarding children training.
• Post-qualification training in Supervision of Clinical Psychologists.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the life course with varying levels of clinical severity, including handling highly emotive and distressing situations.
• Experience of assessment and intervention with children and young people with learning disabilities and extreme challenging behaviours.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of working with other agencies.
• Experience of applying clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of providing adapted CBT and other therapies to young people with ASD and Learning Disabilities.
• Experience of working with interpreters.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including lifespan developmental psychology, psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
• Expertise in complex psychological assessment, intervention, and management for complex problems including cognitive behavioural methods.
• Knowledge of the theoretical evidence base for understanding mental health concerns in children and young people.
• Strong communication skills to convey diagnoses and formulations to clients, families, carers and colleagues.
• Experience in providing consultation to professional and non-professional groups.
• Experience in assessing mental health risk and safeguarding concerns.

Desirable

• Knowledge of specialist neuropsychological assessment and treatment for children and young people with learning disabilities.
• Knowledge of specialised psychological therapies and CAMHS legislation.
• Knowledge and experience of research methodology.
• Ability to teach and train others using multimedia materials for presentations.
• Experience in planning and delivering group treatments.

Personal

Essential

• Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological phenomena and interest in service delivery models; ability to articulate the value of clinical psychology within a multidisciplinary service.
• Ability to manage organisational stress and support others.
• Warmth, empathy, and strong communication; ability to build constructive relationships.
• Respect and dignity for service users at all times.

Other formalities

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a DBS check.

Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship will be considered. For information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. See NHS Careers website for details.

Employer details: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Ash Tree Clinic - Harrow CAMHS, 322-326 Northolt Road, South Harrow, HA2 8EQ. Employer's website: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work