Barnet CYP Generic - Clinical Psychology

Job overview

Barnet CAMHS is looking for a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist  to join our friendly, supportive, and experienced multi-disciplinary specialist mental health service.  We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled clinician who can contribute to addressing our treatment waiting list using a creative, robust, and dynamic approach. They should maintain clinical curiosity and engage in reflective practice as well as be able to be an advocate for children, young people, and families’ needs. Clinicians who have previous experience within CAMHS settings (including working with safeguarding, risk, and different neurodevelopmental profiles) would be at an advantage.

We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up, and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored.  Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.

Main duties of the job

To provide a specialist clinical psychology service to clients served by the Barnet Generic CAMHS, providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy to clients and offering advice, consultation and supervision on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers. To work 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 area served by the team/service.

The post holder will provide advice and consultation to non-psychologists in the service on psychological interventions, for example, being involved in delivering a CBT supervision group.

The post holder will provide clinical supervision to trainee and less experienced psychologists and non-psychologists.

The post holder will make positive contributions to any future service developments and the delivery of high quality, evidence-based and evidence-informed care pathways.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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