Highly Specialised CAMHS Psychologist

This post is a senior role in a highly specialist clinical team within CAMHS providing services to young people and their families.

This is a community-based post, located within the Adolescent Mental Health Team (AMHT), offering therapeutic work to families with specific emphasis on adolescents with complex, enduring and severe mental health problems.

It will include the provision of specialist advice/consultation, mental health assessment, liaison with other agencies, complex care coordination, clinical intervention, and the support, clinical supervision and teaching of staff and/or students

1 day of their duties will be in the Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools (WAMHS) team providing "whole school approach" work via a CAMHS Worker In Schools role (CWIS).

The post holder will be an experienced Psychologist with a substantial knowledge in the field of child and adolescent mental health, especially in the areas of adolescent mental health and crisis / risk management. They will be expected to contribute to the operational delivery of the AMHT and to be responsible for the supervision/management of band 7 staff as directed by the Clinical Team Lead.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated Highly Specialised CAMHS Psychologist to join the Adolescent Mental Health pathway with 1 day a week within the Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools (WAMHS).

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.