Job requirements
Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions
- Experience
Experience of working with children and adolescents with co-morbid difficulties and special needs. (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma)
- Experience
Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems
- Experience
Experience of using observation (e.g. In school contexts) to contribute to assessments of children
- Experience
Experience of carrying out generic assessment with other colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team
- Experience
Experience of specialist assessment carried out autonomously in order to determine the most appropriate treatment plan from a range of options for the child/young person
- Knowledge, Skills, Training
Knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long term in clinical interventions in CAMHS
- Knowledge, Skills, Training
Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies
- Knowledge, Skills, Training
Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks, evidence-based practice including NICE guidelines
- Knowledge, Skills, Training
Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety
- Knowledge, Skills, Training
Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings
- Knowledge, Skills, Training
Specialist skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside CAMHS
- Knowledge, Skills, Training
Evidence of personal resilience and aptitude for dealing with challenging, potentially distressing and highly emotional clinical work Desirable criteria Maximum score 2
- Qualifications and Registrations
Successful completion of a post-graduate training (e.g. clinical psychology, family therapy, child and adolescent psychotherapy)
- Qualifications and Registrations
To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, AFT, ACP)
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience delivering reflective practice
- Knowledge, Skills, Training
Experience leading an MDT
- Qualifications and Registrations
Experience in Quality Improvement Projects
Job overview
You will be directly involved in delivering and supervising a range of therapeutic interventions, which may include parent work, group work, school observations of children, short term CYPMHS input and specialist psychological treatments.
You will be responsible for all specialist psychological assessments and treatments within their professional sphere of expertise within CYPMHS.
Main duties of the job
- To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist psychological service for children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families.
- Where appropriate to supervise assistant psychologists across the locality teams in CYPMHS.
- To contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families.
- To undertake a range of clinical work, assessment work and parenting support.
- To contribute to audit and research.
- To actively engage in treatment and outcome monitoring, including the use of normed measures associated with CYP-IAPT.
- To work in clinical practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework CYPMHS and the Trust’s policies and procedures.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).'
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 Psychologist/ Counselling Psychologist/Psychotherapist with Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust in Maidstone, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £57528.00 to £64750.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Oct 2026.
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