About this role
Job summary
To assist practitioner psychologists in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service in Brent Core CAMHS.
To provide clinical work as required by the service, under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision of a registered practitioner psychologist.
To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
To work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, while closely supervised and regularly seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager.
We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Wherever you wish to work and whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL."
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Brent is a multi-ethnic and culturally diverse community, and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working within the richness and complexity of multiculturally diverse context.The successful applicant will be joining a comprehensive and dynamic CAMHS service, located at Monks Park Health Centre, Wembley.
Main duties of the job
To provide psychological assessments for clients under the case of Brent CAMHS under the close supervision of a practitioner psychologist including neuropsychological, tests, self-report psychometric measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.
To provide protocol based individual psychological interventions for clients under the case of Brent CAMHS.
To arrange, schedule and provide protocol-based group psychological interventions for clients open to Brent CAMHS including psycho-educative and early upskilling CBT groups.
To assist the psychologists in the development of individual or group clinical materials, or training materials.
To arrange, schedule and co-facilitate training to carers or employees of partner agencies in order to support the clinical work with clients.
To raise the quality standards of our Service and ensure that policies and procedures are adhered to and practise in line with the National CAMHS agenda, NICE guidelines and CNWL policies and procedures.
To be involved in audit and Quality Improvement projects.
About us
CNWL have a pioneering history of improving health outcomes in people's lives, by providing physical and mental health services at GPs, clinics, hospitals, and in the community. To find out more about CAMHS please CLICK HERE.
Staff are the heartbeat of our organisation! You'll receive monthly supervision to support bespoke training, development offers, and you have access to the Trust leadership and development programme, see the "Staff rewards and wellbeing handbook" for more details.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To provide psychological assessments for clients under the case of Brent CAMHS underthe close supervision of a practitioner psychologist including neuropsychological, tests,self-report psychometric measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structuredobservations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and othersinvolved in the clients care. To provide protocol based individual psychological interventions for clients under thecase of Brent CAMHS. To arrange, schedule and provide protocol-based group psychological interventions forclients open to Brent CAMHS including psycho-educative and early upskilling CBT groups. To assist the psychologists in the development of individual or group clinical materials, ortraining materials. To arrange, schedule and co-facilitate training to carers or employees of partner agenciesin order to support the clinical work with clients. To raise the quality standards of our Service and ensure that policies and procedures areadhered to and practise in line with the National CAMHS agenda, NICE guidelines andCNWL policies and procedures. To establish and maintain positive relationships with local organisations. To be actively involved in obtaining feedback from young people and families about their treatment, and take initiative in service improvement processes based on this feedback
To develop, order and maintain appropriate resources and materials, using participatory approaches to help local communitys access local CAMHS services e.g. (video, leaflets and webpages).
See the attached Information Candidate Pack for full Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS Essential
An upper second class honours degree or higher in Psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable
Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
EXPERIENCE Essential
Sufficient post-graduate experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs in Child & Adolescent Mental Health care to be able to work clinically with close direct supervision. Post-graduate experience of conducting research projects or audits. Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience
Desirable
The Trust encourages and welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges. We see this as valuable and recognise the positive impact this experience can have on the work we do. Experience of working within a CAMHS service Experience of the application of psychology within different cultural contexts Experience of administering either ADOS-2, ADI-R, 3Di, WISC-V, WNV or any other specialist psychology / cognitive assessments
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Essential
The ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS Graduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis. An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health concerns, neurodevelopmental differences and / or learning disabilities An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context An understanding of psychology applied to health care. Skills in relevant psychological assessment and interventions that enable working as a pre qualified practitioner supervision Skills in providing supporting teaching and training provided by psychologists or others to other professional groups Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
Desirable
Experience using microcomputers for databases or data-analysis. High level of proficiency in working with software (such as Excel for designing spreadsheets) and other tools for analysing and reviewing routine outcome monitoring and questionnaire data.
Abilities Essential
Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, participating in effective team functioning and holding team roles Ability to identify and follow relevant clinical governance procedures. Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions. Ability to manage occasional emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self harming or aggressive behaviour. Ability to communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to people who may have impediments to understanding
Desirable
A desire to explore and pursue a career in Professional Psychology.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Brent CAMHS, Monks Park Health Centre
Monks Park
Brent
HA9 6JE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)