CYP Clinical Psychologist

Responsibilities To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist psychological service for children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents, and families. Where appropriate to supervise assistant psychologists and trainees across the services. To contribute to multi‑disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents, and families. To undertake a range of clinical work, assessment work and parenting support. To contribute to audit and research. To actively engage in treatment and outcome monitoring, including the use of normed measures associated with CYP‑IAPT. To work in clinical practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework CYPMHS and the Trust's policies and procedures. Qualifications To act as an autonomous professional fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC). To use appropriate clinical understanding in assessing, jointly with colleagues in the multidisciplinary team, children, adolescents, and their families to formulate their strengths and difficulties and to determine the most appropriate treatment plan. To work alongside other colleagues in CYPMHS and in the care pathway to provide an indepth comprehensive assessment of the child's, young person's, and family's functioning where there is a constellation of high dysfunction and entrenched difficulties in the family. To provide therapeutic interventions with due regard to issues of cultural, racial and religious difference and sexual orientation. To provide clinical assessment of children and young people with severe, highly complex and persistent mental health problems. To undertake observations of children in school settings as part of wider assessments. To provide therapeutic interventions (including parent/child work, group work, parent support input, psycho‑education and brief individual work with children and young people). To facilitate the development of a positive and 'supportive' team culture by taking responsibility for dealing effectively with potential conflict. To take an active interest in working parties and groups within the Trust to develop and improve on service delivery, protocols, and guidelines. To participate in the audit process, linking in with the clinical governance agenda. Benefits A long‑standing and award‑winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long‑term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work‑life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern. We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp. Working for our organisation We have strong links with our local psychology training institute and on‑going NHSE training for workforce expansion and upskilling. Our Values 2025 - 2030 Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co‑produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are: + We are kind. + We are respectful. + We work together with our communities. These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people. Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. NELFT place great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop‑in sessions focussing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex. Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas. The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT. Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video. #J-18808-Ljbffr