Job responsibilities National Deaf CAMHS (Northern Arm), offers a service across the North of England and has 3 outreach teams. These are based in York, Newcastle & Manchester. The post holder will join a new part of the service - 18-25's Deaf Mental Health Assessment Service. This service, based in York, will be for young adults aged 18-25 who live within Yorkshire & Humber This pilot service will run for 24 months, offering specialised assessments and recommendations to referrers, young people, and other professionals. The aim is to identify the demand for such assessments and address the current service provision gap, providing evidence for potential future commissioning. The post-holder will be required to work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the care-group, as well as within local operational and service policies and procedures. The post-holder will utilise their research skills in order to input into the service evaluation which is being led by the COMIC research team. The post holder will communicate with numerous internal and external individuals, teams and services, including fellow psychotherapists and psychologists, CMHTs, Inpatient wards, Social Services and third sector organisations. The type of communication will include highly sensitive, confidential, complex and technical information. The post will be line managed by service manager and professionally managed by the Consultant Psychologist within the substantive Deaf CAMHS service. Clinical supervision will be arranged after appointment. The person specification and shortlisting criteria for the post contain more detail about essential and desirable skills and knowledge for the posts.