# CAMHS YJS Clinical/ Counselling/ Forensic Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-yjs-clinical-counselling-forensic-psychologist/0beae399-e28c-465b-a5bb-d2cca5004606 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-yjs-clinical-counselling-forensic-psychologist/0beae399-e28c-465b-a5bb-d2cca5004606.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 per annum inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-20T09:21:21.842Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/North_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychology/Psychology-v8077962 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8077962?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Do you have the ambition and drive to join the team  taking CAMHS Youth Justice Service forward in Haringey and Enfield, providing effective clinical interventions that produce positive outcomes for young people, families and communities? We are seeking a qualified and registered Practitioner Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary Team. They will be based in LB Enfield's Youth Justice Service based at Thomas Hardy House. A recognized clinical qualification and registration, and relevant experience working with vulnerable adolescents, children and their families in a justice setting is essential. As part of a small, supportive, dedicated YJS CAMHS team you will receive peer support, clinical supervision and connect to the wider generic CAMHS team. The team collaborate closely with the service and clinical leads to lead developments and improvement to the YJS mental health offer. ### Main duties of the job You will need to be a resilient and experienced clinician who places children and young people and their welfare at the heart of your practice. You’ll oversee a small case load of complex cases, planning intervention and support in a timely manner and, always, making sure that children and young people’s voices are heard, positively influence your practice, and recorded consistently. You will also provide clinical consultation for cases open to the service. Your work will contribute to the provision of the multi-disciplinary youth justice services in Enfield and Haringey in order secure the best outcomes for young people in their care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Job Context: - The post holder reports to the Team Manager in both CAMHS an the Youth Justice Service - Work directly with children across the Youth Justice Service from pre court, post and in a community of custodial setting - Assume clinical responsibility for own case list and case management of children, adolescents and families. - To provide specialist assessments of clients referred to the team, and brief intervention where appropriate - Make a clinical formulation from a standard CAMHS assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention offer. 6.To work autonomously and participate in the delivery and development of patient centred, evidence-based care as appropriate. - Assess safeguarding issues and refer concerns to Child Protection teams. - Provide consultation to partners such as police, project Engage team, YJS team on young peoples' mental health and support them in deepening their understanding of trauma-informed practice. ## Person Specification ### Skills/ Abilities **Essential** - Confident in working with adolescents and their families. - Skills in the use of complex methods of bio-psycho- social assessment - Well-developed oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professionals. - Ability to undertake risk assessment and to work within safeguarding procedures - Ability to positively engage and offer intervention to young people and their families in community settings. - Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress both directly with patients and indirectly via supervision of other staff, including those in partner agencies - Capacity to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing situations, seeking support when required - Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets - Ability to manage own caseload and time - IT skills, using Microsoft Office; Adobe Acrobat; and Electronic clinical records systems / applications - Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively - Ability to offer supervision to trainees and junior staff - Ability to carry out consultations to other professionals and design/ deliver training around mental health topics to professionals. - Ability to carry out audit, Q.I projects and support adjusting service based on the outcomes of Q.I ### Other Requirements **Essential** - To be able to travel between the Trust and social care sites - To be able to sustain high levels of concentration for periods of time - To have and build emotional resilience, seeking support where necessary - To be able to “ think outside the box” and offer creative ways to engage young people and families ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Ability to be self-reflective whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development, and in supervision - Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships - Ability to work autonomously in a pressured environment, be pro-active and resilient to offer timely support and intervention to young people under Youth Justice System ### Experience/ Knowledge **Essential** - Experience of providing evidence-based interventions for CYP mental health - Experience of work in multidisciplinary team and multi- agency working - Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. - Experience of the application of Trauma Informed Care. - Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multi-cultural setting - Experience of working with children and young people in mental health services, including the application of risk assessment and safeguarding procedures in this area - Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health - Understanding and experience of using evidence-based practice **Desirable** - Experience in enabling service user participation - Experience of specialist assessment and treatment of children, young people and their families within the criminal justice system. ### Qualifications/ Registrations **Essential** - Practitioner Psychologist: - Registration with the Health Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist; or Psychologist: - Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS **Desirable** - Supervision / mentorship qualification - Evidence of ongoing education / courses relevant to Forensic and Liaison Psychiatry ## Documents - [functional requirements (pdf, 258.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10369888) - [a comprehensive guide for candidates (pdf, 544.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2959) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 648.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10369889) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.