Clinical / Counselling / Educational Psychologist

The postholder will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the MHST, case management and clinical supervision of all staff in the team. This includes managing risk and safeguarding issues. The role includes a link liaison role with schools and working jointly with wider MHSTs and CAMHS teams to ensure joined up service delivery. The whole school approach work involves working collaboratively with schools at a preventative level, meeting need as it arises. There are many opportunities for offering consultation, staff training or reflective practice sessions, parent workshops, coffee mornings and groups. The postholder may also provide specialist clinical interventions for children and young people who do not meet CAMHS thresholds.

The MHSTs work within a network of child mental health resources that coordinate early help, targeted help and specialist interventions for children and young people according to presentation and need. There are good opportunities for linking in with local CAMHS and the Single Point of Access. As these services are all run by the Trust, this makes for smoother linking in and liaison across teams.

HCPC registration as a Psychologist and strong post qualification experience working in CAMHS are essential. High level understanding and experience of using CBT and parenting principles will be needed to effectively supervise the four EWPs in the team.

To promote and ensure highly specialist psychological services and skills to the team and schools

To collaboratively work with schools to implement a whole school approach to mental health, including staff consultation and training as appropriate.

To provide advice and consultation on clients psychological care. To work within Trust and professional guidelines, to a clear CAMHS job plan.

To offer clinical supervision to the EWPs and the band 6 & 7 posts, with a focus on CBT models and parenting approaches. Providing clinical input to supervisees PADRs.

Within supervision, team meetings and other fora, to support and promote the use of measures to evolve clinical practice and enhance user experience.

To offer direct interventions with 5 to 11 year olds and their parents in primary schools plus 11 to 18 year olds in secondary schools, including those who may have experienced trauma and who exhibit behaviours that may be challenging

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We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

About our locations

Springfield University Hospital, Tooting

Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.

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