Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
3 weeks ago
The Ealing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service for Learning Disabilities (CAMHS LD) team is a small, expanding, well respected, supportive, hard-working team based at Carmelita House (London W5 2PJ), which is a multi-agency service that provides assessment and intervention for children and young people with disabilities and their families where there are concerns about emotional, behavioural and psychological difficulties, including challenging behaviours, mental health difficulties and social/family difficulties. We have excellent links with our colleagues in Education, Health and Social Care and we work collaboratively and jointly for many of the clients under our care. The team believe strongly in the importance of accessible, equitable, high quality care for the children and young people of Ealing who have a Learning Disability.
Carmelita House is in a convenient central Ealing location, very close to many transport options, shops and green spaces. Ealing CAMHS-LD comes under the organisational management of Ealing CAMHS, which is a well-established multidisciplinary Specialist Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service which is based at 1 Armstrong Way, Southall, UB2 4SA.
We welcome all enquires and we are happy to answer any questions you may have about these sessions. You are welcome to apply for full time or part time hours.
The successful applicant will form part of the Clinical Psychology Supervision Structure and will offer supervision and line management to more junior staff (where appropriate). They will receive regular professional and management supervision from the Principle Lead Clinical Psychologist. As a Highly Specialist CAMH Clinical Psychologist you will have responsibility for supporting the development of junior staff and students.
The ITSBS is continuing to develop as a model in line with the Transforming Care Agenda and so will provide opportunities for the post-holder to significantly contribute to service development. The Clinical Psychologist will be expected to be able to work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. About us West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is 426m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative. Job description Job responsibilities The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. Person Specification Qualifications and Training Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or equivalent if trained overseas.
- Eligible to work as a Practitioner Psychologist as approved by the Health Care Professions Council
- Training in supervision
- Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families across a range of care settings, (e.g. outpatient, community, primary care, in patient settings).
- Experience of working with children, adolescents and their families which will have involved maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience working with children, adolescents (and their families) with learning disability and/or neurodevelopmental conditions (eg. ASD, ADHD, etc) in a CAMH setting.
- Experience working as a specialist clinical psychologist in CAMHS.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of working in a number of ways i.e. assertive outreach, clinic based settings, home, school or other appropriate environments
- Experience of assessing risk and formulating safe and effective risk management plans
- Experience of cognitive assessments and functional ability assessments.
- Further specialist experience in CAMHS, for example Experience of providing direct and indirect therapeutic support to children, young people or adults (and their families/networks) who present in crisis and have provided therapeutic input to prevent inpatient admission.
- Experience working with children, adolescents (and their families) with a suspected or diagnosed eating disorder.
- Experience of working with other agencies and providing consultation.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working with children/young people with special educational needs and challenging behaviour or mental health difficulties and their families.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment and intervention with children, young people and their families.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or 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 methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to children/families, mental health and children's social care.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS/HCPC (dependent on grade).
- Knowledge and skills in specialist psychological assessment and treatment of specific groups e.g. those in crisis, have a suspected or diagnosed eating disorder and/or neurodevelopmental difficulties, or specialist skills in working with children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of application of therapeutic models to children who have special educational needs.
- Knowledge of application of therapeutic models to children who have special educational needs/Learning Disability/Autism
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex 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 in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Commitment to provide support to children, their families/carers and linked professionals and maintain high levels of aspiration for the population referred to the service.
- Willingness to work flexibly when necessary.
- Commitment to working flexibly and collaboratively with team colleagues and to support innovative ways of working.
- To approach clients with empathy and adaptability and to be open to development of new approaches to work with clients.
- Experience of providing consultation and liaison support to colleagues, referral agencies and services responsible for the care, support and wellbeing of service users and their families/carers
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills ?Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times
- Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working ?Able to prioritise own workload ?Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change
- Honesty, enthusiasm and a sense of loyalty ?Conducts self in a professional, courteous manner at all times and able to maintain professionalism in an often stressful environment.
21-22 The Mall
Ealing
W5 2PJ Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. 222-LS-CAMHS-508#J-18808-Ljbffr
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