Clinical Psychologist - Barnet CAMHS NDS Team

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

• 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

Essential

• At least one of the following professional registrations & qualifications: Nursing:
• Registered Mental Health Nurse (Part 3 or Part 13 of NMC register); or Allied Health Professional:
• Registered AHP with recognised national registered body; or Social Work:
• Registered Social Worker with HCPC/Social Work England; or Practitioner Psychologist:
• Registration with the Health Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist; or Psychologist:
• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, 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 Family and Systemic Psychotherapy:
• MSc in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy and professional registration with the UKCP; or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy:
• Professional Doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy or equivalent accredited training leading to Full Membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists. Membership of the Professional Standards Association, with registration as a practitioner Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

Essential

• Confident in working with adolescents and their families.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of bio-psycho- social assessment
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professionals.
• Ability to undertake risk assessment and to work within safeguarding procedures
• Ability to positively engage and offer intervention to young people and their families in community settings.
• Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress both directly with patients and indirectly via supervision of other staff, including those in partner agencies
• Capacity to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing situations, seeking support when required
• Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• The ability to communicate complex information in simple ways to children and young people in highly stressful environments

Essential

• Experience of providing evidence-based interventions for CYP mental health
• Experience of work in multidisciplinary team and multi- agency working
• Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multi-cultural setting
• Experience of working with children and young people in mental health services, including the application of risk assessment and safeguarding procedures in this area
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
• Understanding and experience of using evidence-based practice

Essential

• Ability to be self-reflective whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development, and in supervision
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• Ability to work autonomously in a pressured environment, be pro-active and resilient to offer timely support and intervention to young people under Youth Justice System