Job requirements
Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
To deliver therapy across cultural and other differences. (A/I)
- Skills
To be skilled in the use of risk assessment measures, risk formulation (including wider context and complexity) and management (A/I)
- Skills
To deliver a range of evidence-based interventions with child, parent/ carer and systems in at least one model of psychological therapy (i.e. CBT, DBT) (A/I)
- Abilities
Ability to work effectively within a team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I)
- Abilities
Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour. (A/I)
- Experience
Experience working with adolescent offending or young people at risk of harm / exploitation (A/I)
- Experience
Experience of specialist psychological assessment (including neuropsychological and forensic assessment) and intervention with young people with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature related to risk. (A/I)
- Qualifications
Professional Doctorate or combined MSc plus diploma that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration as a Clinical or Forensic psychologist. (A/I)
- Qualifications
Additional training beyond entry level qualifications in a specialised area of psychological practice (CBT/ DBT). This could be a diploma or short course. (A/I)
- Qualifications
Completed training course in clinical supervision. (A/I)
- Understanding and Knowledge
Theoretical knowledge relevant to work with young people who display, or who are at risk of, youth violence, fire-setting, harmful sexual behaviour, exploitation and the evidence base for relevant treatment approaches (A/I)
- Understanding and Knowledge
Knowledge of mental health and CAMHS assessment including clinical psychometrics. (A/I)
- Understanding and Knowledge
Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care. (A/I)
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience using DBT/AIM/systemic approaches (A/I)
- Qualifications
Post qualification training and experience in clinical and forensic risk assessment and management (e.g., AIM-3, SAVRY)
Job overview
The N&S CAMHS Adolescent At-risk & Forensic Service (AAFS) is a national and specialist service within the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. AAFS are delighted to be recruiting a 1 WTE Band 7 Specialist Practitioner Psychologist to join our team on a permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a responsive, specialist service for young people and families who present with high risk alongside complex mental health needs and neurodiversity. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to consolidate skills in formulation, intervention, and risk management within a skilled and supportive clinical team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a specialist clinical service to the Adolescent At-risk & Forensic Service, National and Specialist CAMHS. Main duties include:
- Highly specialist assessments of young people with complex mental health needs, high-risk behaviours (e.g., self-harm, aggression, sexual offending) and/ or risk of exploitation (sexual and criminal). Assessments include structured risk and neuropsychological assessments.
- To provide direct and indirect evidence-based psychological interventions for young people, their families and the systems around them.
- To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
- To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.
- To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
- To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will provide a specialist clinical service to the Adolescent At-risk & Forensic Service, National and Specialist CAMHS. We are a friendly and supportive team committed to professional and personal development. We are committed to addressing inequality in access, experience and outcomes for children and staff from diverse backgrounds and take an anti-racist approach. Our team is made up of clinical psychologists, a forensic psychologist, a social worker, clinical psychology trainees, MSc placement students, and assistant psychologists. We are actively involved in research and have close links with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, Doctoral Training Programme in Clinical Psychology. We recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and the positive impact this has on our staff and our service users. We welcome and actively encourage applications from those with lived experiences of mental health and care services and from black and minority groups. Main duties include:
- Highly specialist assessments of young people with complex mental health needs, high-risk behaviours (e.g., self-harm, aggression, sexual offending) and/ or risk of exploitation (e.g., sexual and criminal). Assessments include structured risk and neuropsychological assessments.
- To provide direct and indirect evidence-based psychological interventions for young people, their families and the systems around them.
- To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
- To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.
- To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
- To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for CAMHS Specialist Practitioner Psychologist (N&S AAFS) with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in Beckenham, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive of HCAS (Inner). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 14 Oct 2026.
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