Job requirements
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Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families across a range of care settings, (e.g. outpatient, community, primary care, in patient settings).
- Experience
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience
Experience of working with children, adolescents and their families
- Experience
Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision/reflective practice.
- Experience
Experience of working with evidence-based approaches to low mood, anxiety and behaviour problems
- Qualifications
Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or equivalent if trained overseas.
- Qualifications
Eligible to work as a Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical / Counselling) as approved by the Health Care Professions Council.
- Knowledge and Skills
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Knowledge and Skills
Skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Knowledge and Skills
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Knowledge and Skills
Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable
11 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working with other agencies.
- Experience
Experience of the application of clinical / counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience
Experience of assessment and intervention around Neurodiversity
- Qualifications
Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Qualifications
Post-doctoral/graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice with children and young people.
- Qualifications
Clinical training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach i.e. CBT, Parenting Skills or other.
- Other requirements
Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge and skills in specialist neuropsychological assessment and treatment with children and young people with neuro-developmental difficulties
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. children with challenging behaviour, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- Knowledge and Skills
High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical/counselling Psychologist to join Hounslow MHST. We are looking for a passionate practitioner, who is keen to support an innovative early intervention team that provide direct interventions for mild-to-moderate low mood, anxiety and behaviours that challenge, into schools; as well as wider whole school approach interventions, such as group work, workshops, wellbeing assemblies and classroom interventions.
Our team has grown significantly over the last two years, and we place a lot of emphasis on wellbeing and creating an environment where people want to stay and develop. We have a lot of positive feedback from staff about the team, and continue to value their contributions and feedback to further support the development of the team.
As part of our commitment to supporting the development of our staff and creating an environment that people want to work in, we offer good CPD opportunities e.g. the team have accessed a three-day autism training and practitioners attend CYP-IAPT Supervisor course, Decider programme, Leadership course. You will be supported to maintain your professional registration and will have access to high quality support/supervision and be part of a wider network of psychologists and psychological professionals.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you may be balancing clinical, supervisory, leadership and service development duties.
The main focus is to:
- Lead on and directly provide comprehensive assessment, risk management and interventions for children and young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties.
- Offer one to one and group interventions
- Offer Clinical Supervision to team members, which may include Assistant Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists, and trainees or staff in other psychological professions e.g. CBT trainees, and wellbeing practitioners
- Work with school staff and cultures to develop school environments that are more conducive to supporting better emotional health and wellbeing.
- Work with parents/carers to raise awareness of the mental and emotional wellbeing needs of children and young people and strategies to protect and promote these.
- Take part in meaningful service development and improvement projects for the team
- Join the West London CAMHS psychology team as a representative of your profession.
If you are interested in working with schools and want to help shape new models of evidence-based support for children and young people, this job could be for you!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see our Candidate information pack for a comprehensive job description and person specification for this role.
If you have any enquiries about the post, please do get in touch with:
Hully Wolderufael
Team Manager
h.wolderufael@nhs.net
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 Clinical / Counselling Psychologist with West London NHS Trust in Southall, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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