Highly Specialist CAMHS Psychologist

The post holder will join the Mental Health Support Team in Schools. This is an early intervention service that provides high quality support to children, young people, and families, presenting with mild - moderate concerns. Support to schools includes advice and sign posting, consultation, delivering evidence-based interventions through universal (e.g. whole school approach), targeted (e.g. class or small group intervention) and individual one to one therapeutic support. A key remit of MHST is helping schools develop their whole school approach to mental health. Our work endeavours to join with schools in the promotion of a positive ethos and culture surrounding the social, emotional, and mental health of the entire school community., The role has several aspects to it, including consultation, clinical assessments, delivery of evidence based therapies, clinical supervision, as well as service development, evaluation and training. The post holder will take a lead role in service development initiatives in keeping with team / service objectives and under guidance of MHST managers. The MHST has a particular emphasis on whole school approaches. The role will entail consultation to external agencies including schools, staff groups and local services as needed. It will involve developing relationships with the school community, supporting the school Designated Mental Health Lead as well as providing advice, sign-posting and consultation relating to new requests for involvement. The post holder will devise and develop training programmes and other intervention packages for the team and to expand the team's service offer.

The Tavistock and Portman is caring, compassionate and committed to co-creating the care and training we offer. We are passionate about the quality of our work and committed to openness, the use of evidence and the application of improvement science. We value all our staff, are concerned for their wellbeing, and seek to foster leadership, innovation and excellence in our workforce. We embrace diversity in our workforce and work to make our services and training as accessible as possible. We have made a firm commitment to being an anti-racist, anti-homophobic and anti- transphobic organisation. We work with others, in the UK and internationally, who share our values and can enable us to achieve our mission.