Job Description

The post holder must have a core profession and as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, Systemic Therapist or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist. We also welcome applicants with a Specialist Nursing or Social Worker qualification, with additional experience and training in child and adolescent mental health and registration with a UK professional regulatory body. We also welcome applicants who are accredited CBT therapists and Art therapists with experience working with children and young people.



The Clinician/Supervisor will be responsible for the individual and group supervision of Band 4 / 5 trainee or qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners and Child Wellbeing Practitioners, Band 6, senior wellbeing practitioners, and some aspects of clinical service delivery, including direct psychological interventions with children, young people and their parents, and consultation to schools. Working under the direction of the Clinical Team Lead, and the Operational Manager, they will play an important role in the development of the MHSTs and integration within local education provision, facilitating wider service transformation within the local CYP systems and partnership. The post-holder's clinical work will include: liaison and consultation with schools, developing and co-producing psycho-education / psychological workshops, resources, and other aspects of service delivery and training in schools, and supporting the development and embedding of the MHSTs in schools.



North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.



With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all



We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.



We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.



Why NLFT?



We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.



We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.



NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme



Excellent internal staff network

The post holder will be aligned with our values:

We Are Kind



We Are Respectful



We Work Together



We Keep Things Simple



We Empower



We Are Proudly Diverse



In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.



To oversee the formulation and intervention plans for schools, parents, children and young people being supported by the EMHPs/CWPs using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service; individual and group.



Working in partnership with schools, to support children, young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.



Provide a range of information and support to schools for evidence based psychological interventions, including guided self-help and signposting to other services where appropriate.



To provide clinical supervision to EMHPs / CWPs, along with other clinical supervisors in the team.



To support the EMHPs /CWPs to liaise with other education, health, social care and voluntary sector staff from a range of agencies, in the care provided to clients.



Where required / available, attend and fulfil the requirements of any supervisor training to support the post including practical, academic and practice-based assessments- to support EMHPs in meeting their requirements.