Clinical Lead Neurodevelopmental PathwayinBarkinginBarkingPUBLISHED MON 7 APR 2025

The post-holder will be a post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. clinical psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist) fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, ACP, AFT).

The post-holder will provide clinical leadership and specialist treatment and assessment within their professional sphere of expertise in CAMHS. They will be responsible for assessment, treatment and systematic outcome measurement and the extensive clinical supervision of junior clinicians throughout the CAMHS team. They will clinically supervise, and line manage the (8a) postgraduate qualified psychological practitioner in the local CAMHS team. The post holder will offer extensive expert consultations across the CAMHS team. The post holder will be accountable for their own professional actions and will work within professional ethics & Trust Policies as a specialist.

The post-holder will establish and maintain excellent working relationships with wider mental health and wellbeing services and ensure adherence to evidence-based treatments by all clinical staff across the B&D CAMHS team.

Our Values 2025 - 2

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.

• 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
• 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 highly specialist clinical work, urgent assessment work, parenting support and specialist cases.
• To provide extensive expert supervision and consultation on CAMHS cases to other multidisciplinary staff within CAMHS, including junior medical staff.
• 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 CAMHS and the Trust’s policies and procedures
• To clinically supervise, and line manage the (8a) post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner in the local CAMHS team.
• The post holder will offer extensive expert consultations across the CAMHS team.
• The post holder will support other pathways in the absence of other pathway leads.
  
  

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 in 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. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement - London

This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum).

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Bibi Chummun Job title: Head of CYP Emotional & Mental Health Service Email address: Telephone number: