Job summary
Islington Community CAMHS is a large, energetic & creative service, working with CYP 0-18 yrs. We use a stepped care model of service delivery linked to the Thrive framework, are part of the CYP IAPT initiative, a CWP site, & are a training site for the school-based Mental Health Support Teams programme. We are looking for a clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist with an interest in working with neurodivergent children and their families to carry out assessment and to deliver groups to this population.
This is a diverse borough, densely populated with a resident child population of 40,000, extremes of affluence and poverty & a broad ethnic mix. We offer flexibility with working hours given the recent need to adapt to a mix of remote and on site & are looking to maintain the best of these working practices (roughly 50:50). We welcome applicants who reflect Islington’s diverse ethnic/cultural mix.
Main duties of the job
The NDT consists of 7 different disciplines. We are a friendly supportive and holistic team integrated into a large CAMHS with professionals from a wide range of mental health and child health disciplines. It is a team with a good reputation for co-working, innovation and multi-disciplinary working. The applicants should be able to work with their multi agency and multi-disciplinary colleagues in a flexible and organised way, to support both assessment and intervention with CYP who have autism, ADHD and potentially other overlapping conditions such as learning disability, DCD, tic disorders, etc.
The successful applicants will be passionate about accessible service provision and improving health and wellbeing for vulnerable families.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. As a public sector organisation, we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1.Clinical NDT
- To provide highly specialist assessments to children age 5-18yrs referred for possible autism / ADHD/ learning disability.
- To provide specialist generic and discipline specific treatments for referred clients including parent group interventions/workshops
- To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.
- To liaise with other education, health, social care and voluntary sector staff from a range of agencies, in the care provided to clients.
Clinical- General:
- Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group
- Provide specialist expertise, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to formulations, diagnosis and treatment plan
- Contribute directly and indirectly to a framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all children and young people of the service, across all settings and agencies serving children and young people with learning disabilities and mental health problems/challenging behaviour
- Act as lead assessor, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care
- Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni and multi-disciplinary care
Psychological:
- To formulate and devise mental health treatment and management plans for young people and to provide psychological treatment, using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service.
- To provide specialist mental health advice, guidance and consultation to education staff and CAMHS Clinicians and to other health, local authority and voluntary sector child professionals to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of young people
- To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.
Training and supervision
To provide supervision of Band 4 Assistant Psychologists; any to support or supervise colleagues as appropriate to discipline
- To continue to develop skills in the area of professional teaching, training to multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies (education, social care) and consultation to multidisciplinary staff teams.
- To provide advice, consultation, training, as required, to other CAMHS and health staff and to other colleagues, as appropriate.
Management, policy and service development
- To undertake and complete monitoring of clinical outcomes and own activity data.
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
- To be involved, as appropriate, in the recruitment, short listing and interviewing assistant clinicians.
- To contribute to the integration and development of user participation, outcomes measures, and evidence based treatment approaches in line with the wider CAMHS strategy for service improvement.
D. Research and service evaluation
- To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
- To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.
- To undertake project management, including audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop and evaluate service provision.
General
- To ensure the development and maintenance of the highest personal standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the postholders line manager.
- To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and
issues of relevance to the service and client group.
- To undertake such other duties and responsibilities, appropriate to the grade of the post, as may be agreed with Manager Community CAMHs
Partnership with Service Users
To ensure that there are opportunities for ongoing involvement of children, young people, parents and carers in development of services and quality assurance.
- Quality Assurance
To ensure that there are Clinical Governance mechanisms and effective monitoring systems in place to assure the quality of the service.
Self-Management
- To ensure that as a member of CAMHS you are fully aware of current developments, legislation and practice in the care of children and young people with mental health problems
- To attend regular management/professional supervision. Through supervision and appraisal, acknowledge own limitations and discuss/identify/access training as appropriate. Be aware of and reflect on own practice as a clinician
- To be aware of and adhere to all Trust polices, acting as a role model to other staff. Manage time effectively. Continue to meet professional standards of practice and relevant professional legislation
Job description
Job responsibilities
1.Clinical NDT
- To provide highly specialist assessments to children age 5-18yrs referred for possible autism / ADHD/ learning disability.
- To provide specialist generic and discipline specific treatments for referred clients including parent group interventions/workshops
- To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.
- To liaise with other education, health, social care and voluntary sector staff from a range of agencies, in the care provided to clients.
Clinical- General:
- Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group
- Provide specialist expertise, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to formulations, diagnosis and treatment plan
- Contribute directly and indirectly to a framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all children and young people of the service, across all settings and agencies serving children and young people with learning disabilities and mental health problems/challenging behaviour
- Act as lead assessor, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care
- Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni and multi-disciplinary care
Psychological:
- To formulate and devise mental health treatment and management plans for young people and to provide psychological treatment, using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service.
- To provide specialist mental health advice, guidance and consultation to education staff and CAMHS Clinicians and to other health, local authority and voluntary sector child professionals to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of young people
- To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.
Training and supervision
To provide supervision of Band 4 Assistant Psychologists; any to support or supervise colleagues as appropriate to discipline
- To continue to develop skills in the area of professional teaching, training to multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies (education, social care) and consultation to multidisciplinary staff teams.
- To provide advice, consultation, training, as required, to other CAMHS and health staff and to other colleagues, as appropriate.
Management, policy and service development
- To undertake and complete monitoring of clinical outcomes and own activity data.
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
- To be involved, as appropriate, in the recruitment, short listing and interviewing assistant clinicians.
- To contribute to the integration and development of user participation, outcomes measures, and evidence based treatment approaches in line with the wider CAMHS strategy for service improvement.
D. Research and service evaluation
- To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
- To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.
- To undertake project management, including audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop and evaluate service provision.
General
- To ensure the development and maintenance of the highest personal standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the postholders line manager.
- To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and
issues of relevance to the service and client group.
- To undertake such other duties and responsibilities, appropriate to the grade of the post, as may be agreed with Manager Community CAMHs
Partnership with Service Users
To ensure that there are opportunities for ongoing involvement of children, young people, parents and carers in development of services and quality assurance.
- Quality Assurance
To ensure that there are Clinical Governance mechanisms and effective monitoring systems in place to assure the quality of the service.
Self-Management
- To ensure that as a member of CAMHS you are fully aware of current developments, legislation and practice in the care of children and young people with mental health problems
- To attend regular management/professional supervision. Through supervision and appraisal, acknowledge own limitations and discuss/identify/access training as appropriate. Be aware of and reflect on own practice as a clinician
- To be aware of and adhere to all Trust polices, acting as a role model to other staff. Manage time effectively. Continue to meet professional standards of practice and relevant professional legislation
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate/doctoral level qualification in Clinical psychology as recognised by HCPC
Desirable
- Trained in ADOS (ideally formally but must be informally familiar with ADOS)
skills and abilities
Essential
- High level engagement skills with Children and adolescents and the ability to sustain relationships over time with young people presenting with neurodev, emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Able to foster strong therapeutic alliances
- Understands developmental issues for children and able to adapt interventions accordingly and a high level of engagement skills with children/YP with neurodevelopmental differences
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Formulation and treatment with children 5-18yrs with neurodevelopmental differences
personal qualities
Essential
- Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times
- Able to prioritise own workload
- Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate/doctoral level qualification in Clinical psychology as recognised by HCPC
Desirable
- Trained in ADOS (ideally formally but must be informally familiar with ADOS)
skills and abilities
Essential
- High level engagement skills with Children and adolescents and the ability to sustain relationships over time with young people presenting with neurodev, emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Able to foster strong therapeutic alliances
- Understands developmental issues for children and able to adapt interventions accordingly and a high level of engagement skills with children/YP with neurodevelopmental differences
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Formulation and treatment with children 5-18yrs with neurodevelopmental differences
personal qualities
Essential
- Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times
- Able to prioritise own workload
- Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
