Clinical or Counselling CAMHS Psychologist East London NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical or Counselling CAMHS Psychologist East London NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Emotional and Behavioural (E&B) Team at Newham CAMHS. The successful candidate will be part of a creative and supportive multi-disciplinary team. Members of the team have interests in a variety of areas, including systemic practice, psychodynamic approaches, Under 5s work, mind body approaches, narrative therapy, EMDR and CBT. The Emotional & Behavioural Team provides assessment and intervention. Groups will also form part of the job plan. The post holder will form part of the duty rota at Newham CAMHS.

Newham CAMHS is a large and vibrant child and adolescent mental health service with a reputation for innovation and flexibility in meeting the complex mental health support needs of Newham's children, young people and families. It is centrally located on one site in Plaistow, Newham, and provides an extensive and growing range of services including multi-disciplinary specialist teams such as the Emotional & Behavioural Teams, Adolescent Mental Health Team and Neurodevelopmental Team.

The post holder will:

• provide highly specialist CAMHS assessment, therapy assessment, treatment and consultation to client systems, including children, young people, their families, carers and professional networks. This requires skills in assessing complex client systems, appropriate formulation, engagement and interventions.
• manage, plan and prioritise own clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment including management of risks. This is done independently within appropriate clinical/professional guidelines.
• work collaboratively with CAMHS colleagues to develop and improve the work of the service.
• develop and support the mental health work of other staff groups in designated partner agencies through teaching, training and consultation.
• Formulate and undertake clinical audit and research activities as required.
• Participate in CPD and other developmental activities, keeping up to date with relevant mental health research and national guidance (DoH, NICE etc).
• Follow broadly defined policies and pursue agreed objectives but exercise considerable freedom in deciding on how best to implement or achieve them

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Key Relationships:

• Children, young people and their families
• Multidisciplinary colleagues in CAMHS
• Other professionals working with children and young people in social services, health, education, youth justice system and the voluntary sector
• Trust corporate departments including Human Resources, Training and Development, IM&T etc

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