Clinical Psychologist - London Vanguard Pilot Islington | 455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

We are wanting to recruit an innovative and highly motivated Clinical Psychologist who has extensive experience of working with Children, Adolescents and/or Young Adults at risk of serious youth violence. The successful candidate will be required to work in partnership with local authority, criminal justice, voluntary sector, community and mental health leads within Islington in delivering a high quality, responsive and innovative service in the borough.

This post will sit in the Young People's Service in Camden & Islington NHS Trust . The successful candidate will be expected to have a thorough knowledge of and expertise in working with young people or Children & Adolescents involved within the criminal justice system/ affected by serious youth violence. You will need to be a highly motivated, independent individual with excellent leadership skills and a proven record of delivering on innovative projects. This will include training and engagement with stakeholders on all levels.

The postholder will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of the Islington London Vanguard project (Elevate), ensuring that the clinical and strategic priorities are taken forward in an agreed and coherent way. The postholder will provide high level clinical leadership across the service, working closely with the team, families and multi-agency professionals to improve emotional and holistic well-being for young people in ensuring the delivery of highly innovative and adaptive evidence based psychological interventions for 10-25 year old's at risk of or affected by violence. The postholder will develop opportunities to offer consultation to non-psychologist colleagues, professionals and carers within the young people's network, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the pilot's's policies and procedures. The postholder will be responsible for the development of opportunities to work alongside young people with lived experience to coproduce
creative activities and social action projects. Embracing new ways of working will be key, as the model constantly evolves to respond to the needs and aspirations of the young people it serves. The postholder will be required to utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research in order to evaluate the service and provide evidence for further service development.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

· We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.

· We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

· NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme

· Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust 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, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. 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.

To provide clinical and professional leadership in the setting up and delivery of the Islington London Vanguard (Elevate).

To oversee and support the team to provide highly specialist psychological and psychometric assessment, formulation and intervention including risk assessment and the development of risk management plans to Islington London Vanguard service users in individual, group or family settings.

To routinely utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice

To ensure interventions are youth-led

Where appropriate, to take responsibility for initiating, planning and review of care plans for Islington service users. This will involve offering staff from other agencies guidance on mental health

To engage in clinical audit and maintain appropriate records of work