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Job overview
Growing With You is part of the Camden CAMHS and is a 0-25 team working with Camden Children Looked After, Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers and Care Experienced Young People. It is a multi-disciplinary specialist team which is co-located with social workers from the Local Authority Children Looked After and Permanency Teams. The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that assesses mental health needs; advises on appropriate mental health provisions, risk management; care planning and provides interventions and therapeutic support to children, young people and their carers. The team has a community approach and will provide a range of interventions in an attempt to engage and support this group of young people to develop relationships with professionals
Main duties of the job
The team promotes joint working between different agencies and works in partnership with carers and other professionals to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people, whilst maintaining professional independence.
The post holder will hold a caseload of highly complex service users.
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of evidenced based care to a group of service users, conscious of their changing healthcare needs and varying levels of complexity, working collaboratively, with other clinicians and stakeholders.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be required to work within a multi-disciplinary team delivering a range of outcome focussed, evidence based, and complex interventions and responsible for the formulation and delivery of specialised programmes of care.
The post holder will contribute to the quality, safety and continuous improvement of services provided to service users and their families.
The post holder will foster a culture of networking in an open and transparent way with internal and external partners.
You will act as a positive role model and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff.
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.
Person specification
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management
- Personal duty of care in relation to equipment or resources
- Ability to manage own clinical case load
- Basic keyboard skills for updating client records
Desirable
- Experience of providing training to others
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of clinical experience of working with client population
- A clear track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery
- A comprehensive understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges they face
- Experience of working at all levels of the system with internal and external stakeholders
- Some experience of clinical supervision
Desirable
- Some knowledge of child care legislation and working with social care
- Some experience of working with children who are looked after and/or unaccompanied asylum seekers
- Experience of working with complex networks
- Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential
- Degree level as a minimum plus developed specialist and practical knowledge equating to postgraduate degree
- Registration with HCPC or relevant body as a Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist,
Desirable
- Additional clinical qualifications i.e. CBT/EMDR/NET,
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This advert is for Specialist Clinician/Clinical Psychologist with Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust in North London Foundation Trust - Camden Building. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum including HCAS (pro-rata). The contract type is 12 months (Fixed Term). The application deadline is 26 Aug 2026.
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