Child and Adolescent Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Date posted: 17 September 2025
Are you passionate about working with young people and families? Are you looking for a Psychology role in CAMHS? Would you like to join a warm, thoughtful and inclusive team dedicated to providing flexible, creative, developmentally-sensitive, person-centered, trauma-informed and evidence-based support to children and young people who are struggling with moderate to severe emotional difficulties?
Location: Oak Lane Children’s Centre, Oak Lane, London N2 8LT. Band 7, permanent, full-time. Working pattern: Full-time.
Overview
This post is located within the multidisciplinary CAMHS 0-18 service, delivering generic and neurodevelopmental assessments and psychological interventions to families living within the borough of Barnet. The post holder will work in the generic Barnet CAMHS Teams, at the Oak Lane clinic in East Finchley, and will be part of a team providing specialist CAMHS assessments and interventions in a community CAMHS setting under supervision.
Responsibilities
* Offer specialist CAMHS assessments and interventions to children, young people and their families/carers in a community CAMHS setting, under the supervision of a senior psychologist.
* Contribute to the work of Barnet CAMHS neurodevelopmental service.
* Offer supervision to Assistant Psychologists, Psychology students and CBT therapists.
* Work alongside MDT colleagues and represent Psychology in MDT meetings, and CAMHS in multi-agency contexts as appropriate.
* Work autonomously within professional Psychology guidelines and exercise responsibility for continuous professional development.
* Utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research.
Qualifications and Experience
* Education: Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996), including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS. Registration with the HCPC as a clinical or counselling psychologist. Essential.
* Desirable: Additional therapeutic training such as ADOS trained.
* Experience: Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of young people and adolescents with mental health difficulties and learning difficulties across the full range of care settings. Desirable: experience of working with Social Care Teams, learning disability service, teaching/training/supervision, NHS experience, and working in diverse cultural contexts.
* Skills: Complex psychological assessment, intervention and management; strong communication skills; research literacy; CPD as per BPS; good organisational and time management skills.
Disclosure and Sponsorship
* Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check required. Rehabilitation of Offenders Act applies.
* Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK will be considered.
* UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
* Employer: North London NHS Foundation Trust
* Address: Oak Lane Children’s Centre, Oak Lane, London N2 8LT
* Website: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
Additional Information
* Locations may vary to meet service needs within Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington, as required by the Trust.
Seniority and Type
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Information Services
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