CAMHS Crisis Pathway Psychological Therapies Lead

The CAMHS Crisis Pathway is a specialist set of teams working across Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey, to support adolescents in mental health crisis. The Crisis Pathway encompasses the A&E Hospital Liaison teams at Barnet and North Middlesex Hospitals, the Crisis telephone line and Crisis Hub, as well as the CAMHS Home Treatment Team and Beacon Centre inpatient and day patient services. The Crisis Pathway continues to develop and is expanding services to better meet the needs of young people in the area.
We are looking for a motivated practitioner psychologist or systemic psychotherapist to provide leadership to the psychological therapists on the pathway, and to work within the senior leadership team to influence the strategic direction of the pathway. This is to promote psychological and trauma informed thinking within the care provided by teams across the pathway., + Contribute to the strategic development, planning and organization of the Crisis Pathway as a member of the senior leadership team, in line with local strategies and national priorities, working in partnership with a range of agencies and other senior management.
+ Provide clinical and professional supervision for psychological therapist within the service and oversee the leadership of psychological therapists within the pathway.
+ To provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals.
+ To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care as well as delivering direct therapeutic interventions to young people and their families.
+ To lead and develop psychologically informed provision across the crisis pathway including reflective practice, group supervision, and other ways of working.
+ To work collaboratively with staff and service users, including via co-production to support service development.
+ To provide teaching, workshops and training internally as needed.
+ To support with audit and quality improvement

Band 8b
Join us at an exciting time for Barnet, Haringey and Enfield Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. After three years working in Partnership, we are due to create a new Trust, to be known as the North London NHS Foundation Trust on 1 November 2024, subject to Secretary of State approval. Join us to be part of the North London Way as we:
+ Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together
+ Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care
+ Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes
+ Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high quality care across all our services
+ Ensure that research, Quality Improvement and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services
+ Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We look forward to welcoming you to the new North London NHS Foundation Trust, where we work in the North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership