CAMHS Assistant Psychologist (N&S AID-IIT)

Job overview

The National and Specialist (N&S) CAMHS Autism and Intellectual Disabilities Intensive Intervention Team (AID-IIT) are seeking an Assistant Psychologist. The AID-IIT is an innovative multi-disciplinary team covering the whole of London. We offer specialist multi-disciplinary outreach and inreach support to young people with a diagnosis of Autism or ID who are at high risk of inpatient admission or already admitted to a CAMHS inpatient unit. AID-IIT co-work with inpatient and local CAMHS teams across London to improve care and support for young people with a diagnosis of Autism or ID and high-risk presentations. Staff working in AID-IIT benefit from excellent team support and development opportunities. We have close links with the rest of the Service for Complex Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (SCAAND) and with other N&S CAMHS teams. As an establishing N&S CAMHS team we are at the forefront of the development of support, practice and interventions for young people with a diagnosis of Autism or ID. Clinical work in the team is diverse – including working into both inpatient and outpatient/community settings, offering consultation and training, contributing to complex multi-disciplinary assessments, offering interventions for children, young people, parents and carers, and contributing to research and publication. AID-IIT staff have access to a range of CPD and training opportunities both within and outside of SLAM NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work as an Assistant Psychologist in AID-IIT to support the delivery of specialist multi-disciplinary assessment, intervention, and professional consultations with wider networks involved in the care of children and young people. There will also be opportunities to deliver discrete pieces of direct assessment or psychological intervention under the supervision of qualified clinical psychologists. The role includes work across a range of settings - offering outreach work to community settings, inreach work to inpatient settings, as well as virtual working with professional networks or parents. AID-IIT work with young people and their family wherever they need to be seen based on need. The role will also involve the collection of routine outcome measures and service user feedback to contribute to service evaluation, audit and research and to promote opportunities for service development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder will work within AID-IIT to:

• Support assessment processes (including where needed cognitive/psychometric assessment and observations) and psychological intervention for young people, their families/carers and wider networks under close supervision of a practitioner psychologist.  •    Contribute to team working through well-developed verbal and written communication skills. •    Support the team in care planning for young people by attending CETRs, CPAs and other professional/network meetings. •    Support the team with the use of routine outcome measures and contribution to service evaluation, audit and research.  •    Oversee good clinical governance.  •    Work within professional guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service.  •    Work flexibly as needed across settings offering outreach work when needed – for example seeing young people in inpatient settings, family homes, community settings across London as required.