Job summary Are you looking for a new senior Psychology role in CAMHS? Would you like to join a warm, thoughtfuland inclusive team dedicated to providing flexible, creative, person-centered, trauma-informedand evidence-based support to children and young people who are struggling with moderate to severe emotional difficulties? If so, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Band 8b Psychology Lead to work across the Barnet CAMHS Teams based at the Holly Oak Clinic, Edgware Community Hospital. Main duties of the job Take a lead role, in partnership and collaboration with the part-time Psychology Lead and other senior clinicians across disciplines, for developing psychological therapy pathways and model-driven interventions for children, young people and their families/carers in a community CAMHS setting. This post is located within the multidisciplinary CAMHS 0-18 service, delivering generic and neurodevelopmental assessments and psychological interventions to families living within the borough of Barnet. Take delegated management responsibility for appraisals, offer supervision to trainee and qualified Clinical and Counselling Psychologists and ensure supervision arrangements are in place for the psychology staff within the Barnet CAMHS service. Co-lead the monthly Psychology Meeting and oversee the continuous professional development of Psychologists in the service. Deputise for the CAMHS Consultant Counselling/Clinical Psychologist in their absence. Work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological therapy practice within the borough service, in collaboration with the Clinical Lead and of the Head of Therapies. Utilise research skills for audit, policy, and service development and research. Propose and implement policy changes within the borough-based CAMHS service and Trust-wide CAMHS forums. About us North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy: 1.We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. 2.With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all 3.We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. 4.We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology. Why NLFT? We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities. We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. NHS Discounts, generous annual leave, and NHS pension scheme Excellent internal staff network Date posted 11 February 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8b Salary £67,950 to £78,028 a year Per annum including HCAS Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 306-BEH-2600 Job locations Holly Oak, Edgware Community Hospital Burnt Oak Broadway Barnet HA8 0AD Job description Job responsibilities For more details,please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert. Job description Job responsibilities For more details,please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert. Person Specification TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS Essential Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS. Or - postgraduate doctoral level training in counselling psychology - within the remit outlined above. Completed recognised clinical / counselling psychology supervisor training. Registration with the HCPC. Desirable Post-doctoral training in one or more specialised area of psychological practice. EXPERIENCE Essential Substantial experience of working as a qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist in community CAMHS settings. Extensive experience of providing psychological therapies to children, young people, and their families with a wide range of mental health problems. Experience of working with children, young people and their families/carers and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a clinician and also within the context of a multidisciplinary team/care plan. Experience of teaching, training, and consultation. Experience of offering clinical supervision to clinical psychologists, clinical psychologists in training, and individuals of other disciplines conducting psychological therapy. Desirable Experience of assessing and treating children, young people, and their families across the full range of care settings. Experience of administration and interpretation of CAMHS psychometric tests/measures including ADOS 2/3Di. Experience of the application of psychological therapies in different cultural contexts. Experience of service development. Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care. KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Essential Skills in the use of complex methods of psychologically based assessment, intervention, and management - frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Well-developed skills in and the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the psychological therapies' fields. Knowledge of legislation in relation to children, young people, safeguarding and mental health. Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC or other relevant professional body Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress both directly with patients and indirectly via supervision of other staff. Desirable Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies, specifically on relation to specialist clinical areas within child and adolescent services (e.g., children with autistic spectrum disorders, the treatment of OCD/PTSD presentations in this population, etc.) OTHER Essential Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to children, young people, families and carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours. Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour. Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings. Interest in developing and delivering new models of service delivery. Person Specification TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS Essential Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS. Or - postgraduate doctoral level training in counselling psychology - within the remit outlined above. Completed recognised clinical / counselling psychology supervisor training. Registration with the HCPC. Desirable Post-doctoral training in one or more specialised area of psychological practice. EXPERIENCE Essential Substantial experience of working as a qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist in community CAMHS settings. Extensive experience of providing psychological therapies to children, young people, and their families with a wide range of mental health problems. Experience of working with children, young people and their families/carers and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a clinician and also within the context of a multidisciplinary team/care plan. Experience of teaching, training, and consultation. Experience of offering clinical supervision to clinical psychologists, clinical psychologists in training, and individuals of other disciplines conducting psychological therapy. Desirable Experience of assessing and treating children, young people, and their families across the full range of care settings. Experience of administration and interpretation of CAMHS psychometric tests/measures including ADOS 2/3Di. Experience of the application of psychological therapies in different cultural contexts. Experience of service development. Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care. KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Essential Skills in the use of complex methods of psychologically based assessment, intervention, and management - frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Well-developed skills in and the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the psychological therapies' fields. Knowledge of legislation in relation to children, young people, safeguarding and mental health. Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC or other relevant professional body Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress both directly with patients and indirectly via supervision of other staff. Desirable Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies, specifically on relation to specialist clinical areas within child and adolescent services (e.g., children with autistic spectrum disorders, the treatment of OCD/PTSD presentations in this population, etc.) OTHER Essential Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to children, young people, families and carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours. Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour. Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings. Interest in developing and delivering new models of service delivery. 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. 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 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. 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). Employer details Employer name 306 North London NHS Foundation Trust Address Holly Oak, Edgware Community Hospital Burnt Oak Broadway Barnet HA8 0AD Employer's website https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)