Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Assistant Psychologists to join the Enfield CAMHS – Generic and Neurodevelopmental (NDS) Team.
The Generic/NDS Team provides a comprehensive range of assessment and therapeutic interventions. The team further, provides consultation to professionals, as well as assessment and treatment for Neurodevelopmental conditions.
The post holder will be joining a supportive multi-disciplinary team, using formulation and drawing on different clinical approaches in line with the THRIVE Framework.
We welcome applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds who are enthusiastic, highly motivated and resourceful individuals and keen to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support assessments for a broad range of mental health conditions meeting specialist CAMHS criteria, including neurodevelopmental conditions, supporting our duty system, developing processes and protocols and supporting waiting list management.
This position provides opportunities to work with and develop links with health and social care as part of the THRIVE Framework to delivery of care for young people.
Regular clinical supervision will be provided, exploring development opportunities for the post holder. We will support individuals to develop their skills and pursue specific areas of interest or service development projects where appropriate. We also hold regular CPD and service development days across the whole service.
About us
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
- We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
- Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
- Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
- Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
- We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
- Generous Annual Leave Allowance
- NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
- We have excellent internal staff network support groups.
The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts’ values and cultural pillars:
- We are kind
- We are respectful
- We work together
- We keep things simple
- We empower
- We are proudly diverse
Job description
Job responsibilities
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
The post holder will support both direct and indirect care working with colleagues within the multidisciplinary team. They will provide consultation with other clinicians, offering assessments and interventions where indicated. They will have knowledge of assessments and treatment for children and adolescents with mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
- Evidence of additional specialist training.
Desirable
- ADOS-II training.
- 3DI or ADI-R training.
- Training in a subject/ skill relevant to Child & and Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years).
- Further postgraduate training in relevant areas of research design and analysis.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Understanding of child development stages and psychosocial model.
- Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships and maintain professional boundaries.
- Ability to apply learning in practice.
- Ability to maintain and manage own workload.
- Skills in using IT, including office applications, clinical record systems (e.g. RiO) and database/ statistical applications (e.g. Excel), to input relevant data and type summaries and reports etc.
- Ability to be self-reflective on personal and professional development and use clinical supervision to explore and understand distress both directly with patients and indirectly.
- 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 professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
Desirable
- Experience of delivering teaching and training, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations.
- High standard of report writing.
- Understanding of the need and rationale for using evidence based psychological therapies.
- An understanding of service evaluation methods in healthcare, and an ability to plan and implement quality improvement projects.
- Understanding of importance to modify, adapt methods of communication and interventions.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Experience working with children and young people with either emotional or neurodevelopmental conditions, including ASD and ADHD.
- Experience of working to support the mental health needs of children and young people, and their families, including with neurodevelopmental disorders, and delivering low level evidence-based interventions.
- Knowledge of and experience in using routine outcome monitoring in practice.
- Knowledge of and understanding of importance of remaining up to date on evidenced based practice.
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group.
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
- Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural setting.
- Experience of working with multidisciplinary and multiagency offering support and guidance.
- Experience of working with and knowledge in processes around managing risk and safeguarding.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to work under pressure and respond to demanding situations as appropriate.
- Ability to recognise own limits & seek support re supervision as appropriate.
- Ability to use clinical supervision effectively for personal development.
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality.
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Ability to develop strong working relationships within team.
Desirable
- The ability to engage and work with clients in differing environments in line with the needs of the service.
- Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child & adolescent mental health
Other Requirements
Essential
- Understanding of equality of opportunity & related policies & procedures.
- A commitment to service user participation across the levels of clinical practice, team/service, and the organisation.
Desirable
- Awareness and understanding of emotional distress/ mental health problems and the impact can have on clinicians.
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.
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).
Closing Date: 30 June 2024
