Specialist Practitioner Psychologist(clinical/ counselling/ educational) inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 14 SEP 2024

To take leadership and manage the referrals process across the boroughs.
We are looking to recruit an innovative energetic senior practitioner psychologist to join our growing Under 5s pathway who is keen to develop leadership skills. Tri-Borough Under 5s Pathway is a trust wide specialist team that offers therapeutic support to families during pregnancy or with infants, toddlers, or children under the age of five years old. The service works in partnership with all the services involved with families who are pregnant or have an infant/young child under the age of 5.

The post holder will provide highly specialised assessment and formulation to parents/primary caregivers and their infants as well as deliver individualised evidence-based care packages where indicated including both group and individual therapeutic interventions.

They will engage in multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working with colleagues, supporting relational and safeguarding risk planning and care planning for families. They will also promote the growing knowledge and skills regarding infant mental health across the early years system by offering consultation, advice and delivering training across the network. This post will be based in Haringey with some travel to the Barnet and Enfield to support and supervise colleagues within the wider Tri-Borough.

We welcome applications from newly qualified Clinical, Counselling or Child and Educational Psychologists and would consider appointing at a Band 7 those who have qualified training less than 18 months ago.

  • To provide highly specialised assessment and formulation to parents and their infants/young children.
  • Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, or group.
  • Competent in use of relevant screening and assessment tools
  • Formulate / offer / deliver and review psycho-social interventions (including 1:1 therapy and group programs)
  • Deliver individualised evidence-based care packages where indicated.
  • Assist in the continuing development of a high-quality service that is underpinned by evidence-based practice, care pathways and NICE and DH guidance.
  • Responsible for the initial assessment process, as well as observation and the ongoing comprehensive and specialist assessment, providing accurate and timely feedback.
  • To provide supervision where required and to support the growing knowledge and skills regarding infant mental health across the early years system.
  • To take leadership and manage the referrals process across the boroughs
  • Assess service users’ response to activities in accordance with agreed models of practice.
  • To be competent in assessing risk to infant and parent when working with relational difficulty.
  • To be confident in identifying safeguarding risk to the infant and risk management of the parent/infant relationship. To communicate with the team and the wider network when risk is identified.

The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

Why choose to join the Partnership?

  • We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
  • Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
  • Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
  • Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
  • We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
  • Generous Annual Leave Allowance
  • NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
  • We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

The Postholder Will Need To Be Comfortable Working In An Environment Of Complex Matrix Management Arrangements And Will At All Times Behave And Align With Our Trusts’ Values And Cultural Pillars

  • We are kind
  • We are respectful
  • We work together
  • We keep things simple
  • We empower
  • We are proudly diverse

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Leonie Lee-Carbon Job title: Tri-Borough Under 5 Pathway Lead Email address: Telephone number:
We are looking to recruit an innovative energetic senior practitioner psychologist to join our growing Under 5s pathway who is keen to develop leadership skills. Tri-Borough Under 5s Pathway is a trust wide specialist team that offers therapeutic support to families during pregnancy or with infants, toddlers, or children under the age of five years old. The service works in partnership with all the services involved with families who are pregnant or have an infant/young child under the age of 5.

The post holder will provide highly specialised assessment and formulation to parents/primary caregivers and their infants as well as deliver individualised evidence-based care packages where indicated including both group and individual therapeutic interventions.

They will engage in multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working with colleagues, supporting relational and safeguarding risk planning and care planning for families. They will also promote the growing knowledge and skills regarding infant mental health across the early years system by offering consultation, advice and delivering training across the network. This post will be based in Haringey with some travel to the Barnet and Enfield to support and supervise colleagues within the wider Tri-Borough.

We welcome applications from newly qualified Clinical, Counselling or Child and Educational Psychologists and would consider appointing at a Band 7 those who have qualified training less than 18 months ago.

  • To provide highly specialised assessment and formulation to parents and their infants/young children.
  • Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, or group.
  • Competent in use of relevant screening and assessment tools
  • Formulate / offer / deliver and review psycho-social interventions (including 1:1 therapy and group programs)
  • Deliver individualised evidence-based care packages where indicated.
  • Assist in the continuing development of a high-quality service that is underpinned by evidence-based practice, care pathways and NICE and DH guidance.
  • Responsible for the initial assessment process, as well as observation and the ongoing comprehensive and specialist assessment, providing accurate and timely feedback.
  • To provide supervision where required and to support the growing knowledge and skills regarding infant mental health across the early years system.
  • To take leadership and manage the referrals process across the boroughs
  • Assess service users’ response to activities in accordance with agreed models of practice.
  • To be competent in assessing risk to infant and parent when working with relational difficulty.
  • To be confident in identifying safeguarding risk to the infant and risk management of the parent/infant relationship. To communicate with the team and the wider network when risk is identified.

The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

Why choose to join the Partnership?

  • We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
  • Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
  • Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
  • Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
  • We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
  • Generous Annual Leave Allowance
  • NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
  • We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

The Postholder Will Need To Be Comfortable Working In An Environment Of Complex Matrix Management Arrangements And Will At All Times Behave And Align With Our Trusts’ Values And Cultural Pillars

  • We are kind
  • We are respectful
  • We work together
  • We keep things simple
  • We empower
  • We are proudly diverse

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Leonie Lee-Carbon Job title: Tri-Borough Under 5 Pathway Lead Email address: Telephone number:


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