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The Children’s Alternative to Admission Team (CATAT) provide intensive support for service users aged 12 year to 18 years old who are at risk of being admitted to hospital. Their aim is to avoid admission wherever possible. They also provide in reach into hospitals to facilitate discharge to ensure any admission is as short as possible. They provide a range of multidisciplinary interventions in a variety of locations to best meet the young person and their family / carer’s needs. CATAT provides a service 7 days a week from 8am-8pm. The intervention will be initially offered for 6 weeks after which it will be reviewed by the team. If it is felt that ongoing intervention is still needed CATAT will offer a further 6 weeks and review again. All children under the CATAT service are also open to one of the CAMHS teams in NSFT with the CATAT service working alongside the team to support the young person. CATAT aims to support recovery and lesser restrictive options for young people in the community. The vision that the CATAT team share is: “Working to develop a service that offers the young people in Norfolk and Suffolk the support required to succeed, achieve and recover safely in the community as an alternative to an inpatient psychiatric admission”
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Person specification
Other
Essential
- Able to identify, provide and promote appropriate support strategies to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
Skills
Essential
- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Skills in training and supervision.
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctor level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis.
- Knowledge of mental health legislation within specialist clinical context.
Desirable
- Well-developed knowledge of theory and practice of specialised psychological intervention and assessment in specialist clinical settings and serviceuser groups
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist (Band 7) and able to evidence appropriate knowledge and experience in practice to enable the post holder to clinically supervise trainee clinical psychologist
Desirable
- Experience of representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts).
- Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post.
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS
- Ongoing further specialist training/accredited short courses
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
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This advert is for Clinical Psychologist - CAMHS Alternative to Admission Team (CATAT) with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in Norwich, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 gross per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 27 Jul 2026.
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