Job summary
Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist in Developmental Trauma: Children Looked After Champions Team, Waltham Forest CAMHS (8a Full time, permanent)
Are you a trauma-informed practitioner passionate about the needs of looked after children, and keen to work in a friendly and dynamic DDP-informed team? We have an exciting role for an experienced CLA specialist to develop their clinical and leadership skills as our Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist in Developmental Trauma.
Main duties of the job
You will provide direct therapeutic work (individual therapy, group work and parent/carer workshops), clinical supervision, and consultation and training to health, education and social care professionals. You will be passionate about ensuring the child's voice is central to the work you do and work in partnership with families/carers and other agencies to achieve the outcomes desired by the child or young person. Clinical supervision and line management will be provided by the Strategic Lead for Children Looked After.
Alongside your main role in the CLA Champions team (0.7 whole time equivalent), you will be part of a large and friendly psychology team made up of clinical and counselling psychologists, CBT therapists, multidisciplinary trainees and assistant psychologists. Your senior clinical leadership role will include promoting trauma-informed practice and attachment-aware thinking in the wider service. You will promote co-production with those with lived experience and contribute to service development. You will provide supervision and consultation in the Emotional Difficulties Pathway where clients present with moderate to severe emotional difficulties, and hold a small caseload (0.3 wte). According to candidate preference, the 0.3 wte in the Emotional Difficulties Pathway can be swapped for 0.3 wte neurodevelopmental assessment, formulation and supervision. We welcome pre-application conversations about the opportunities on offer.
About us
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
* We are kind.
* We are respectful.
* We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
NELFT place great 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 undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including 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 focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).
High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,192 to a maximum of £2,011 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description for full details of the role and responsibilities, or get in touch to discuss these directly.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Desirable
* DDP training
Experience
Essential
* CLA experience
* Consultation experience
* Broad NHS CAMHS experience
Desirable
* Leadership experience
Knowledge and skills
Essential
* Trauma informed practice
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Employer name
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address
Wood Street Health Centre
6 Linford Road
Wood Street
E17 3LA
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