Job overview
The postholder will be co-lead of the multidisciplinary Learning Disabilities sub-team, embedded within the Harrow CAMH Service. The Learning Disabilities team delivers high-quality, evidence-based and effective psychological care to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities with co-occurring mental health and behavioural difficulties. The role also includes the provision of specialist psychological assessment, therapy, advice, and consultation on children and young people’s psychological care. The postholder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures. The postholder will utilise research skills for audit, policy, and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
The postholder will provide high-level clinical leadership to the LD team, working closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist co-lead. The postholder will be responsible for the development of opportunities to work alongside services involved in the children and young people to co-produce creative activities and person-centred care plans. Embracing new ways of working will be key to respond to the needs and aspirations of the children and young people we serve.
Main duties of the job
•To provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to children with learning disabilities and their families across all sectors of care; providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
•To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the service area.
•To provide supervision and training to others, both within Clinical Psychology and the CAMHS LD Team and external partners to the service, working with the client group.
•To liaise and consult with other health care professionals, both within and external to the team, including Paediatricians, Physiotherapists, OT’s, Psychiatrists, Speech and
Language Therapists, Educational Psychologists, Specialist Teachers, Children’s Social Care Workers, voluntary sector groups and others.
Working for our organisation
The Harrow CAMH service is based at Ash Tree Clinic in South Harrow. The team is well established and is staffed by a large multi-disciplinary team of clinicians. We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children in the area using the whole range of therapeutic interventions, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, systemic and family therapies, psychotherapy, psychoeducation and therapy groups and multi-family work as well as Positive Behaviour Support. Harrow CAMHS consists of four main sub-teams: Emotional Disorders Team; Neurodevelopmental Team; Enhanced Treatment Team, and; Learning Disabilities Team. The post holder will hold the role of Sub-Team Lead for the Harrow CAMHS LD Team. The post holder may also be required to travel to other parts of the catchment area and / or wider service and trust as necessary, including working within the community (e.g., special schools).
The service operates Monday to Friday 09.00 to 17:00 with some flexibility to work extended hours to meet service need.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist – Harrow CAMHS
Grade: Band 8A
Hours: 22.5 hours per week / 0.6 WTE (Permanent)
Salary: Agenda for Change
Location: Harrow CAMHS, South Harrow
In order to meet the needs of the Trust’s service, you may be required from time to time to work outside your normal place of work. The Trust reserves the right to change your normal place of work to any other location within the Trust.
Responsible to: Lead Psychologist
Accountable to: Team Manager
Key Relationships: Members of the multidisciplinary Harrow CAMHS Learning Disability Pathway. Other Sub-teams in Harrow CAMHS. Harrow Council 0-25 Disability team and Harrow Special Education Needs Schools, SENDCO, SENDAS, Other team members, including, where applicable, the principal team psychologist and members of other disciplines and agencies responsible for the care of children and young people with moderate-severe learning disability, autism and/or mental health.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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