About this role
Job summary Are you a forward-thinking Practitioner Psychologist looking to make a meaningful impact? We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to join our innovative Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). We pride ourselves on being a supportive, multi-disciplinary team that values diverse perspectives and creative approaches to mental health care.
Main duties of the job In our Barking and Dagenham service, we operate within the inclusive I-THRIVE framework, ensuring every child, young person, and family receives the right support at the right time. You will primarily focus on the Getting More Help and Risk Support pathways, delivering a broad range of evidence-based assessments and interventions. Beyond direct clinical work, you will act as a vital resource for our community, offering specialist consultation and advice to fellow professionals navigating complex mental health needs.
About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Job description Job responsibilities
As a senior member of our established team, you will champion the delivery of high-quality care across the borough. While your clinical base will be our Barking clinic, we support modern working practices and offer provisions for occasional remote work.
Key responsibilities include:
Clinical Leadership: Taking a lead role in service development and ensuring our interventions remain at the cutting edge of your discipline. Supervision & Mentorship: Providing clinical supervision and nurturing the growth of multi-disciplinary practitioners, helping to shape the next generation of clinicians. Direct Practice: Completing assessments and therapeutic interventions for a diverse range of young people and families. Working Pattern: We are looking for a dedicated colleague to join us on a part-time basis. We welcome applications from individuals who bring a variety of lived experiences and professional backgrounds to our team. Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, CEME) This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Working for Us Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. clinical/counselling psychologist fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC) and further qualified to masters level or equivalent (degree, diploma and supplemented by specialist training, experience, short courses) To be eligible for registration as a full member of the Appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC)
Experience Essential
Extensive experience of working with difficult, challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions. Extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with co-morbid difficulties and special needs. (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma). Extensive experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems Experience of using observation & assessment skills (eg. In school and home contexts) to contribute to assessments of children.
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.
Employer details Employer name NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address Axe Street Child & Family Centre
Barking
Essex
IG11 7LZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)