Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED THU 30 JAN 2025

The role is for a creative and innovative clinical psychologist who is passionate about working with young adults (aged 18-25) who often fall through the gaps. The role involves working with young people, professionals and teams to improve their experiences of the transition between CAMHS and AMHS. You will be part of a newly developed service embedded in the Adult Community Mental Health Teams. You will be interfacing with teams across all of the CAMHS and AMHS, building trusted and therapeutic relationships.

This role will suit someone who wants to develop their skills in how psychologists can contribute to service design as the team continues to embed new ways of working for this age group. We welcome applicants who are committed to meeting the needs of young people and families.

Your main role as a Clinical Psychologist in the Haringey Transitions Pathway is to:

• To work as part of a team and network dedicated to the planning and support of young adults aged 18-25.
• To develop transition plans with and for young people (and their family and caring system’s).
• Drawing on a wide range of psychological approaches such as AMBIT, THRIVE and Community Psychology approaches to service design. This will include recognition and understanding of the impact of race, religion, age disability, gender, class, culture, ethnicity and sexual orientation on individuals, families or groups.
• To support the sharing of knowledge about working with young adults at all levels of the system.
• To co-produce and deliver group and community based interventions with young people experiencing mental health difficulties.
• Supervise Peer Workers and Community Engagement Practitioners.
• To work with the team to co-design the pathway with young people and families. This includes working with the Youth Board in Haringey.
• To work at the interface with teams from CAMHS and AMHS to ensure that young people have transition plans and their needs are met as they transition to adulthood.
  
  

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.
  
  

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Nina Browne Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist (Service Lead) Email address: (Clinical Lead)