Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated 0.8 WTE Band 7 clinical/counselling psychologist to join our Camden Parents’ Wellbeing Service, providing psychological interventions to parents in Camden.

CPWS is a small, uni-disciplinary team of psychologiststhat works in partnership with children and family services across various NHS organisations and the local authority. We provide therapy to individuals and co-parenting couples using a variety of psychological approaches (e.g. Systemic therapy, Narrative therapy, 3rd wave CBT) while working closely with the wider network around the family. We also provide consultation and training to professionals within and beyond our partner services.

We will consider applications from newly qualified (or soon-to-qualify) psychologists with appropriate trainee experience and/or interest in parental mental health. In the event of a successful candidate being pre-HCPC registered the post will be re-banded to Band 6 and made fixed term for one year or until such a time as the post-holder achieves registered status in order for the post to become Band 7 substantive. The below duties therefore would be subject to appropriate clinical supervision from a HCPC registered psychologist in the team.

Main duties of the job

This post is co-located with two other services: Camden Early Help and Camden MOSAIC CAMHS. Camden Early Help provides a family support service, working with children and young people aged 0 to 19, and their families. Camden MOSAIC CAMHS provides a mental health service to children and young people with a significant disability.

The successful postholder will be passionate about parental mental health and systemic practice. They will have an interest in disabilities and the impact these may have on individuals and families. They will also be comfortable providing consultations to team members within their host team about parental mental health.

The postholder will work across two locations: Camden MOSAIC CAMHS, Kentish Town Health Centre (NW5) and Camden Early Help, 5 Pancras Square (N1C).

Person Specification

Education/Training

Essential

  • Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology
  • HCPC registered

Desirable

  • Further Postgraduate training

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of adult service users in a secondary mental health setting, ideally within the community.
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of service users, across the whole life course and presenting problems that are of mild to moderate intensity.

Desirable

  • Experience of teaching, training and offering effective consultation and supervision services
  • Experience of the application of clinical or counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
  • Experience and knowledge of working with individuals with disabilities, including an understanding of the impact of disability on children and families.

Skills

Essential

  • Skills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management for a range of problems of severity and complexity presented in adult mental health, particularly with regards to its effect on children.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

Knowledge

Essential

  • High level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies, with demonstrated competence in the delivery of effective, evidence-based psychological interventions (in particular Systemic, Narrative and CBT for anxiety and depression).
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the service user group and mental health.

Ability

Essential

  • Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
  • Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
  • Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical 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. 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).

Closing Date: 9 August 2026

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