Highly Specialist CAMHS Clinician - Psychologist

This post is for a Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join the Whole Family Team (WFT) as a locum, covering a year's maternity leave. The post holder can apply to work either 30 hours or 33.75 hours a week.

The Whole Family Team is part of the CAMHS offered to Camden by the Tavistock Clinic. It is co-located across a range of Camden Local Authority Services, including, Social Services, Camden's Pupil Referral Units, The Youth Offending Service and Early Help. The WFT is a dynamic and creative multi-disciplinary team and was specifically set up to work with families who might have a complex relationship to help.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to work in a flexible and outreach way in order to best meet the needs of the families and young people referred to the team.

The post holder will hold a complex caseload within the multi-disciplinary team, undertaking a range of clinical assessments and offering highly skilled treatments or therapies that are outcome focussed and evidence based, using appropriate therapeutic modalities. You will review cases where patients have impasses, complaints or disputes with their clinical care. The post holder will communicate complex information in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, at times dealing with service users who may be hostile or present challenging behaviours.

You will maintain a high standard of clinical records, producing and maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved, liaising with the referrers where appropriate, including liaison with local services and participating in outreach meetings The post holder will contribute to the quality, safety and continuous improvement of services provided to service users and their families.

The WFT is a dynamic and lively team. It is supportive, providing space for clinicians to think together about the complexities of their work and the impact on clinicians. Training is supported to ensure continued professional development and as an additional resource for the team. We welcome different views and passionate clinicians.