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Highly Specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We have an exciting opportunity for a 6 session Band 7 Adult Psychotherapist post to join our dynamic, friendly and welcoming secondary care team in the North-West Surrey Psychotherapy Service at Unither House, Chertsey which is one of three psychotherapy services in the Trust.</p>
<p>We are particularly keen to hear from applicants with experience of working with severe, enduring, and complex mental health presentations and/or those with a core professional training in mental health.</p>
<p>The post holder will have substantial experience working as an adult psychotherapist in a specialist psychotherapy service, or its equivalent including experience in specialist assessment and treatment, individual, group and MBT psychotherapy, and long-term work with severe and enduring presentations.</p>
<p>We strongly encourage applicants to visit/contact the department prior to interview.Please contact Carol Hunter on 01483 443683 who will direct your call or email <a href="mailto:psychotherapyswneh@sabp.nhs.uk" target="_blank">psychotherapyswneh@sabp.nhs.uk</a></p>
<p>Interviews to be held the morning of Wednesday 14th January 2026 at Unither House, Chertsey.</p>
<p>We look forward to receiving your application!</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>To undertake psychotherapeutic consultations and provide individual psychodynamic psychotherapy.</p> <p>To liaise with professionals, carers and relatives as required about referrals patients to the service.</p> <p> Maintaining up to date risk assessments on patients that are directly involved in your care. </p>  <p> To involve patients in their personal care plans taking their individual needs and preferences into account.</p>  <p> To conduct both group analytic and mentalization based treatments following appropriate training and with ongoing supervision.</p>  <p> To help advise other professionals and trainees engaged in mental health work about the role and suitability of Psychoanalytically informed interventions.</p>  <p>Please refer to the job description for more information on the requirements for this role.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.</p> <p>We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.</p> <p>Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.</p> <p><strong>Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.</strong></p> <p><strong>Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.</strong></p> <p>We look forward to receiving your application!</p>       
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>04 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
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      £50,008 to £56,908 a year
      
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  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>325-7066193-COMM-A</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Unither House</p>
      <p>Curfew Bell Road</p>
      <p>Chertsey</p>
            <p>KT16 9FG</p>
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>In depth understanding and training in the delivery of individual psychoanalytic therapy is mandatory.</li>
        
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    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  
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      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <p>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.</p>
      

      

      
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          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
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    <p>Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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      <p>Unither House</p>
      <p>Curfew Bell Road</p>
      <p>Chertsey</p>
            <p>KT16 9FG</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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          <p>Unither House</p>
          <p>Curfew Bell Road</p>
          <p>Chertsey</p>
                    <p>KT16 9FG</p>
        
      

      
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B7 Adult Psychotherapist - part time

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Family Therapist/Psychotherapist

Intake Supervisor & Clinical Practitioner

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>The emotional health service sits within our Education Directorate. The service is a dynamic team of Mental Health professionals including Clinical / Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Creative Therapists. The service sits alongside our Mental Health Support Teams in Schools. The EHS is focused on providing fully integrated, high quality and swift mental health consultation, advice, training and reflective practice space for our social care and education colleagues. This is a newly created service, following our local independent CAMHS review and therefore there are many opportunities for development. We are a supportive group of professionals who recognise that the emotional wellbeing of the workforce is central to the work we deliver.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The purpose of this post is to support children and their families with neurodivergence. As an Assistant Psychologist in the Emotional Health Service for Achieving for Children, you will be responsible for:</p><ul><li>Developing and delivering our local offer of the post diagnostic pathway</li><li>Offer parents regular check-ins via phone calls or video calls and following it up with signposting</li><li>Co-facilitating post diagnosis groups for young people focusing onpsychoeducation and coping strategies co-facilitating post diagnosis groups for parents</li><li>Supporting consultation with Child and Family teams</li></ul><p>You will also receive clinical supervision and line management within the service.</p>  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor &amp; Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>09 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Other</p>

    
  

  
  
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      £31,158 to £32,535 a year
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>12 months</p>
  

  
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          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>B0458-09DEC25-2195</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>42 York Street</p>
            <p>Twickenham</p>
            <p>TW1 3BW</p>
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            <p>The Moor Lane Centre</p>
          
          <p>Moor Lane</p>
                    <p>Chessington</p>
          <p>Surrey</p>
          <p>KT9 2AA</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>About the service</p><p>The emotional health service sits within our Education Directorate. The service is a dynamic team of Mental Health professionals including Clinical / Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Creative Therapists. The service sits alongside our Mental Health Support Teams in Schools. The EHS is focused on providing fully integrated, high quality and swift mental health consultation, advice, training and reflective practice space for our social care and education colleagues. This is a newly created service, following our local independent CAMHS review and therefore there are many opportunities for development.</p><p>About the role</p><p>As an Assistant Psychologist in the Emotional Health Service (EHS) you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will provide input and support to the Child &amp; Family Help social care teams with a focus on neurodivergent children and families with outreach to the Family Hubs in the community. You will support the EHS Clinician for Child &amp; Family Help team to deliver consultations, reflective practice and bespoke training to specialist education, social care and family support worker colleagues. You will also support the team with group work and aspects of assessments and interventions. You will be part of a team of clinicians providing access to regular peer supervision and many exciting development opportunities. You will also receive clinical supervision and line management within the service.</p><p>About you: Our role specification</p><p>Qualifications</p><p> Educated to a degree level in Psychology (2.1 or better)</p><p> Additional CPD in Autism and ADHD</p><p>Skills and experience</p><p> Experience of working in CAMHS or other child mental health service</p><p> Experience of working with children and/or young people with Autism or ADHD</p><p> Experience of a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate progress and outcomes</p><p>for children and young people</p><p> A knowledge of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy</p><p> Have the ability to demonstrate a high level of determination, personal drive, energy and</p><p>ambition to achieve challenging targets</p><p> Have high-level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use different</p><p>communication styles and techniques to present ideas and influence others</p><p> Have knowledge and understanding of legislation, statutory frameworks, child development</p><p>and relevant pedagogy including Safeguarding</p><p> Have the ability to recognise your own professional limitations and gaps and to use clinical</p><p>supervision and regular CPD to overcome limitations and close knowledge gaps</p><p> Have good IT skills including use of database or spreadsheet packages</p><p>Personal attributes</p><p> A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young</p><p>people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives</p><p> Evidence that you put children and young people first</p><p> Evidence that you work in partnership to improve services</p><p> Evidence that you focus on quality and innovation</p><p> Evidence that you listen and learn to develop the EHS and AfC as an organisation</p><p> Evidence that you champion inclusion and value diversity</p>  

  
    
      
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      <p>About the service</p><p>The emotional health service sits within our Education Directorate. The service is a dynamic team of Mental Health professionals including Clinical / Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Creative Therapists. The service sits alongside our Mental Health Support Teams in Schools. The EHS is focused on providing fully integrated, high quality and swift mental health consultation, advice, training and reflective practice space for our social care and education colleagues. This is a newly created service, following our local independent CAMHS review and therefore there are many opportunities for development.</p><p>About the role</p><p>As an Assistant Psychologist in the Emotional Health Service (EHS) you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will provide input and support to the Child &amp; Family Help social care teams with a focus on neurodivergent children and families with outreach to the Family Hubs in the community. You will support the EHS Clinician for Child &amp; Family Help team to deliver consultations, reflective practice and bespoke training to specialist education, social care and family support worker colleagues. You will also support the team with group work and aspects of assessments and interventions. You will be part of a team of clinicians providing access to regular peer supervision and many exciting development opportunities. You will also receive clinical supervision and line management within the service.</p><p>About you: Our role specification</p><p>Qualifications</p><p> Educated to a degree level in Psychology (2.1 or better)</p><p> Additional CPD in Autism and ADHD</p><p>Skills and experience</p><p> Experience of working in CAMHS or other child mental health service</p><p> Experience of working with children and/or young people with Autism or ADHD</p><p> Experience of a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate progress and outcomes</p><p>for children and young people</p><p> A knowledge of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy</p><p> Have the ability to demonstrate a high level of determination, personal drive, energy and</p><p>ambition to achieve challenging targets</p><p> Have high-level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use different</p><p>communication styles and techniques to present ideas and influence others</p><p> Have knowledge and understanding of legislation, statutory frameworks, child development</p><p>and relevant pedagogy including Safeguarding</p><p> Have the ability to recognise your own professional limitations and gaps and to use clinical</p><p>supervision and regular CPD to overcome limitations and close knowledge gaps</p><p> Have good IT skills including use of database or spreadsheet packages</p><p>Personal attributes</p><p> A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young</p><p>people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives</p><p> Evidence that you put children and young people first</p><p> Evidence that you work in partnership to improve services</p><p> Evidence that you focus on quality and innovation</p><p> Evidence that you listen and learn to develop the EHS and AfC as an organisation</p><p> Evidence that you champion inclusion and value diversity</p>    
  


      
  
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          <li>Experience of working with children preferably in CAMHS or other child mental health service</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with children and/or young people with ASD or ADHD</li>
          
          <li>Experience of a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate progress and outcomes for children and young people</li>
          
          <li>Have high-level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use different communication styles and techniques to present ideas and influence others</li>
          
          <li>Have knowledge and understanding of legislation, statutory frameworks, child development and relevant pedagogy including Safeguarding</li>
          
          <li>A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives</li>
          
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            <li>Experience of a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate progress and outcomes for children and young people</li>
            
            <li>Have high-level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use different communication styles and techniques to present ideas and influence others</li>
            
            <li>Have knowledge and understanding of legislation, statutory frameworks, child development and relevant pedagogy including Safeguarding</li>
            
            <li>A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives</li>
            
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    <p>Achieving For Children</p>
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      <p>42 York Street</p>
            <p>Twickenham</p>
            <p>TW1 3BW</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Achieving For Children</p>
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Assistant Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An exciting position has arisen for a psychologist or CBT therapist to join the Havering Early Intervention Psychosis Team for 6 months, fixed-term.</p>
<p>The post holder will join a well-established early intervention in psychosis service for people with a psychotic diagnosis and their families.</p>
<p>The post holder will join the EIP team, delivering CBT for psychosis with people aged between 14-65 who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis.</p>
<p>The post will suit enthusiastic psychologist or CBT therapist with an interest in developing their skills in applying evidence-based psychological therapies with this client group and working with multi-disciplinary teams.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holder will provide assessment and evidence-based interventions for this client group . The post holder will be expected to work closely with the multidisciplinary team and offer support on psychological approaches to working with psychosis.</p>
<p>The post holder will be expected to participate in supervision and CPD focused on evidence-based interventions in psychosis.</p>
<p>In addition, the post holder will receive individual supervision and group supervision in CBT for psychosis. The service has practitioners interested in Narrative Exposure Therapy, EMDR and Family Intervention for Psychosis amongst other approaches.</p>
<p>The Trust has strong links with the UCL, UEL and Royal Holloway clinical psychology courses, several Counselling Psychology courses and the UCL CBTp diploma. Current members of the department are engaged in teaching and research projects with local clinical training courses.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>COVID-19 Vaccination</p> <p>We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.</p>  <p>Probationary Period</p> <p>This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).</p>  <p>Starting with NELFT</p> <p>NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.</p>  <p>High Cost Area Supplement</p> <p>This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).</p>


      
        
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  <p>07 November 2025</p>

  
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      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
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  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
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    <p>6 months</p>
  

  
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  <p>395-PP084-25-A</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Havering Early Intervention in Psychosis Team</p>
      <p>137-145 Church Road</p>
      <p>Havering</p>
            <p>RM3 0SH</p>
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        <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the preparation of highly complex clinical reports and assessments.</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Doctoral level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology  Or Core mental health profession plus post graduate diploma in CBT</li>
          
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Delivering high quality evidence-based interventions to people presenting with psychosis.</li>
          
          <li>Working/liaising with multi-disciplinary teams and other agencies in the provision of care</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge, understanding and experience of working with service users from diverse ethnic, economic and cultural backgrounds.</li>
          
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            Knowledge
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Thorough and expert knowledge of the theory and practice of CBT.</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the preparation of highly complex clinical reports and assessments.</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>NELFT North East London Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Havering Early Intervention in Psychosis Team</p>
      <p>137-145 Church Road</p>
      <p>Havering</p>
            <p>RM3 0SH</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>NELFT North East London Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Havering Early Intervention in Psychosis Team</p>
          <p>137-145 Church Road</p>
          <p>Havering</p>
                    <p>RM3 0SH</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

EIP Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>NCEL CAMHS Home Treatment Team (HTT) provides a community based intensive provision as an alternative to in-patient care for children and young people. HTT service operates within the NHS Long Term Plan and NCEL objectives, focusing on improving access, reducing hospital admissions, and ensuring timely, community-based support for mental health needs. This specification is aligned with the recommendations outlined in the NHS England Guidance (2024) "Urgent and Emergency Mental Health Care for Children and Young People: National Implementation Guidance."HTT offers intensive, short-term interventions designed to stabilise the individual and their family environment, promoting recovery and preventing the need for inpatient care. The service ensures that care is delivered close to home, reducing unnecessary hospital admissions, and promoting recovery through tailored evidence-based interventions. The service operates under the governance of the NCEL Provider Collaborative.Following the temporary closure of Simmons House CAMHS inpatient service, as part of interim plans, North Central London (NCL) CAMHS HTT will enhance its current service provision to support alternative treatment pathways for young people.</p>    <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>
<li>Contribute to the strategic development, planning and organization of the Crisis Pathway as a member of the senior leadership team, in line with local strategies and national priorities, working in partnership with a range of agencies and other senior management.</li>
<li>Provide clinical and professional supervision for psychological therapist within the service and oversee the leadership of psychological therapists within the pathway.</li>
<li>To provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals.</li>
<li>To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care as well as delivering direct therapeutic interventions to young people and their families.</li>
<li>To lead and develop psychologically informed provision across the NCL HTT including reflective practice, group supervision, and other ways of working.</li>
<li>To work collaboratively with staff and service users, including via co-production to support service development.</li>
<li>To provide teaching, workshops and training internally as needed.</li>
<li>To support with audit and quality improvement</li>
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  <h3>About us</h3>
  <ul>  <li>  <p>The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&amp;I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.</p>   <p>In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.</p>  </li> </ul>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>02 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8b</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £70,396 to £80,837 a year
      
        Per annum including Outer London Allowance
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>18 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>455-NLFT-0505</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>St Ann Hospital</p>
      <p>St Ann's Road,</p>
      <p>London,</p>
            <p>N15 3TH</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>We are looking for a motivated practitioner psychologist or systemic psychotherapist to provide leadership to the psychological therapists on the pathway, and to work within the senior leadership team to influence the strategic direction of the pathway. This is to promote psychological and trauma informed thinking within the care provided by teams across the pathway.</p> <p>Please see the person specification/job description document for a detailed description of main responsibilities. This is not exhaustive however and other responsibilities can be included across BEH CAMHS as required.</p> <p>Please note that we reserve the right to close this application early if a sufficient number of applicants is reached - please apply early to avoid missing out.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>We are looking for a motivated practitioner psychologist or systemic psychotherapist to provide leadership to the psychological therapists on the pathway, and to work within the senior leadership team to influence the strategic direction of the pathway. This is to promote psychological and trauma informed thinking within the care provided by teams across the pathway.</p> <p>Please see the person specification/job description document for a detailed description of main responsibilities. This is not exhaustive however and other responsibilities can be included across BEH CAMHS as required.</p> <p>Please note that we reserve the right to close this application early if a sufficient number of applicants is reached - please apply early to avoid missing out.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications and Registration
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Doctorate / PhD / additional training in relevant profession (counselling, forensic, clinical or educational psychology) or  An AFT recognised four year training leading to a qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy/Family Therapy.</li>
        
        <li>Professional healthcare registration, related to qualification above. (HCPC, UKCP)</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Post-qualification training to supervisor level  in one or more additional specialised areas of therapeutic practice relevant to children and young people.</li>
          
          <li>Specialist training in supervision that has led to 'approved' clinical supervisor status</li>
          
          <li>Management or leadership training</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Skills &amp; Abilities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Well-developed clinical skills working with children, young people &amp; families.</li>
        
        <li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including communication sensitive information to young people, parents/carers and other professionals, and dealing with complaints.</li>
        
        <li>Skills in working effectively within and across organisational boundaries.</li>
        
        <li>Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups. Skills in providing teaching/training and professional supervision</li>
        
        <li>Good computer skills,IT knowledge and knowledge of computer record systems</li>
        
        <li>A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback.</li>
        
        <li>Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS and appropriate legislation</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Skills in facilitating reflective spaces or group supervision</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience &amp; Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>A significant number of post qualification years of experience at Band 8a or higher in a children / young person's mental health setting.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of clinical audits and developing action plans for improvement.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of child safeguarding and risk procedures and how these apply in CAMHS.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of representing psychological professions at policy level</li>
          
          <li>Experience of implementing trauma informed practice across systems</li>
          
          <li>Experience of leadership</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Personal Qualities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Proven qualities in sustaining the mental, emotional, and physical demands of specialized therapeutic work with distressed children, adolescents, and their families/carer networks</li>
        
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        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications and Registration
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Doctorate / PhD / additional training in relevant profession (counselling, forensic, clinical or educational psychology) or  An AFT recognised four year training leading to a qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy/Family Therapy.</li>
          
          <li>Professional healthcare registration, related to qualification above. (HCPC, UKCP)</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Post-qualification training to supervisor level  in one or more additional specialised areas of therapeutic practice relevant to children and young people.</li>
            
            <li>Specialist training in supervision that has led to 'approved' clinical supervisor status</li>
            
            <li>Management or leadership training</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Skills &amp; Abilities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Well-developed clinical skills working with children, young people &amp; families.</li>
          
          <li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including communication sensitive information to young people, parents/carers and other professionals, and dealing with complaints.</li>
          
          <li>Skills in working effectively within and across organisational boundaries.</li>
          
          <li>Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups. Skills in providing teaching/training and professional supervision</li>
          
          <li>Good computer skills,IT knowledge and knowledge of computer record systems</li>
          
          <li>A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback.</li>
          
          <li>Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS and appropriate legislation</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Skills in facilitating reflective spaces or group supervision</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Experience &amp; Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>A significant number of post qualification years of experience at Band 8a or higher in a children / young person's mental health setting.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of clinical audits and developing action plans for improvement.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of child safeguarding and risk procedures and how these apply in CAMHS.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of representing psychological professions at policy level</li>
            
            <li>Experience of implementing trauma informed practice across systems</li>
            
            <li>Experience of leadership</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Personal Qualities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Proven qualities in sustaining the mental, emotional, and physical demands of specialized therapeutic work with distressed children, adolescents, and their families/carer networks</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>North London NHS Foundation Trust </p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>St Ann Hospital</p>
      <p>St Ann's Road,</p>
      <p>London,</p>
            <p>N15 3TH</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>North London NHS Foundation Trust </p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>St Ann Hospital</p>
          <p>St Ann's Road,</p>
          <p>London,</p>
                    <p>N15 3TH</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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