Job summary
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We are recruiting an experienced Counselling/Clinical Psychologist to join our dynamic voluntary service as Psychology Lead
Our mission is to make talking therapy as accessible as possible to all young people in Haringey who need it
Closing: Weds 15th Oct 2025 @ 23:59
Provisional interview date: Tues 21st Oct 2025
* 0.6 FTE post, to include Mondays & Tuesdays, with some hours to be worked between 4pm & 7pm
* 12 month fixed term contract (with hope of extension)
* We're looking for an experienced, energetic & flexible clinician to provide highly specialist assessments & treatment for young people aged 12-24 experiencing a range of severe & complex mental health & emotional difficulties. Includes brief, medium & longer-term psychotherapy & CBT with adolescents & young adults, and parent work (may include training in & delivering our parent work model)
* To provide leadership, clinical supervision & line management to the Psychology team
* Applicants must have experience working with complex caseloads of adolescents & parents/carers within a multi-disciplinary child & adolescent mental health service and be registered with the HCPC as a Counselling / Clinical Psychologist
We welcome applications from candidates with lived experience of all kinds, including global majority and/or neurodivergent psychologists.
Main duties of the job
To provide an efficient, effective & highly specialist assessment & treatment service for young people, parents or carers, some of whom experience severe, complex & persistent levels of distress & mental health problems.
To make complex clinical judgements & decisions, with the assistance of colleagues & managers, about risk factors and to ensure that links are established with other agencies, particularly those in the statutory sector, to reduce risks & share responsibility within mental health networks. To participate in multi-agency meetings including Child Protection Conferences, Child in Need, Team around the Family, EHCP meetings, annual reviews etc.
To develop the Psychology offer at Open Door, in line with service needs & opportunities, and in consultation with the Senior Clinical Management Team & CEO. This may include groups, development of resources, staff training & waiting list initiatives.
To oversee and monitor the delivery & impact of the Psychology service, participating in and contributing to the development of Open Door's programmes of audit, evaluation & research and support service users to contribute and participate, and to ensure CYP-IAPT compliance.
To work autonomously within the overall policy & governance framework set out by Open Door.
To provide, when opportunities arise, consultation, training & advice for staff working in other specialist settings.
About us
Open Door is an NCL ICB commissioned voluntary sector service based in Haringey, North London, providing a range of therapeutic services for young people aged 12-24 and parents/carers. We form part of the Haringey CAMHS pathway for 12-18 year olds and are a highly regarded clinical service. Open Door recently received national recognition for our impact, as a 2024 finalist for the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Award for Reducing Inequality and Improving Outcomes for Children and Young People.
Open Door offers talking therapy to adolescents and young adults on a brief, medium and longer-term basis. The team comprises Child & Adolescent and Adult Psychotherapists, Psychodynamic Psychotherapists and Counselling Psychologists who offer psychotherapy, CBT, drama therapy, therapeutic football groups and EMDR. The clinical team currently comprises 27 qualified and trainee therapists, many of whom are NHS trained and all of whom are professionally accredited. We are a highly skilled team and many of our clinicians also teach on professional trainings.
Open Door works from bases in Crouch End and Tottenham, and provides services in local secondary schools and the Haringey Autism Hub. Most of our work is delivered in person as this is what most young people tell us they want. Demand for the service is high.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. More than half of our young people are from global majority communities, and approximately 1 in 4 are neurodivergent.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Doctoral level training in Counselling or Clinical psychology
* To be registered with HCPC as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Personal Characteristics
* Self-motivated
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Adaptable
* Good interpersonal skills
* Reliable
* Trustworthy
* Mental effort: capacity for frequent, intense mental concentration
* Emotional effort: capacity to frequently work with highly emotional circumstances and levels of distress
* Working conditions: capacity to work in a mental health setting with occasional exposure to unpleasant working conditions such as verbal aggression
Experience
* Minimum 1-2 years clinical experience as a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist post-doctoral qualification
* Experience of working as a psychologist within a multi-disciplinary child and adolescent mental health service, including substantial experience with relevant client group
* Experience in the process of assessment, intervention and management of complex risk and clinical need, including experience of using CBT in the treatment of complex and difficult to treat cases
* Experience of supervising other clinicians
* Knowledge of other therapeutic modalities and understanding of psychodynamic approaches
* Experience of time limited and longer-term clinical work
* Experience of working with parents and carers
* Experience in the use of routine outcome measures in clinical practice
* Experience in liaison and multi-agency working
Skills and Competencies
* Ability to make complex autonomous judgements based on theoretical, technical and clinical knowledge and experience
* Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively in highly emotive situations, overcoming barriers to understanding and analysing complex and conflicting opinion/emotions
* Ability to organise and schedule a range of complex multi-professional activities, such as consultations with clinical teams, educational and training courses, group supervision sessions
* Ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and young people
* Experience in the autonomous management of personal work patterns and caseload. This includes experience in scheduling and maintaining a pattern of complex clinical and non-clinical work.
* Good literary and report writing skills
* Time management skills
* Administrative skills
* Good liaison skills
* Excellent general communication skills
* An awareness of the limitations and parameters of the treatment potential of different models of psychotherapy
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