Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist who is passionate about young people's mental health and well-being to join our busy and dynamic CAMHS team in Barking and Dagenham in the delivery of high quality and effective CAMHS interventions. This post has been created following a recent consultation as the service moves to a new i-THRIVE informed model of delivery. We have a growing and supportive therapy team.



The post-holder will be a postgraduate-qualified psychologist fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g HCPC)



As a psychological therapist, you will provide specialist assessments for referrals of significant and complex nature to formulate and implement treatment and/or management plans for CYP referred into the service. This includes conducting specialist assessments, facilitating group and individual therapy clinics, and delivering a range of evidence-based interventions. You will draw upon your professional skills and values as a psychological therapist to support children and young people.



In addition, you will develop and deliver consultation, training, and supervision to other professionals working with children and young people in different settings. The successful candidate will apply their evidence-based clinical skills be part of an experienced and established integrated team, working to deliver meaningful outcomes for children, adolescents, and their families/carers.



To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist psychological service for children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents, and families. Where appropriate to supervise assistant psychologists and trainees across the locality teams in CYPMHS. To contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents, and families. To undertake a range of clinical work, assessment work and parenting support. To contribute to audit and research. To actively engage in treatment and outcome monitoring, including the use of normed measures associated with CYP-IAPT. To work in clinical practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework CYPMHS and the Trust's policies and procedures.

Our Values 2025 - 2030



Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:

We are kind.

We are respectful.

We work together with our communities.



These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.



Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.



Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.



High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London



This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of 4,714 and a maximum payment of 5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time).



To act as an autonomous professional fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC). To use appropriate clinical understanding in assessing, jointly with colleagues in the multidisciplinary team, children, adolescents, and their families to formulate their strengths and difficulties and to determine the most appropriate treatment plan. To work alongside other colleagues in CYPMHS and in the care pathway to provide an in-depth comprehensive assessment of the child's, young person's, and family's functioning where there is a constellation of high dysfunction and entrenched difficulties in the family. To provide therapeutic interventions with due regard to issues of cultural, racial and religious difference and sexual orientation. To provide clinical assessment of children and young people with severe, highly complex and persistent mental health problems. To undertake observations of children in school settings as part of wider assessments.

To provide therapeutic interventions (including parent/child work, group work, parent support input, psychoeducation and brief individual work with children and young people)



Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.



Use of AI

Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI

during the recruitment process.



Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.