Core Team Psychologist - Clinical/ Counselling or CBT Practitioner inIslington inIslington PUBLISHED 9 MAY 2024
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To offer teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision - including managing and supervising assistant psychologists, Clinical Associate Psychology Apprentices or other assistant practitioners/staff as appropriate.
Job summaryThese are newly created posts, where the post-holder will be part of a team providing extended assessments, formulations and brief interventions (individual and group) to those presenting with severe mental health problems in the London Borough of Camden or Islington. As there are two roles at band 7 level, one postholder will be based in Islington Core teams and one postholder will be based in Camden Core teams.
Main duties of the job
These roles will provide interventions at the interface between Core teams and the Complex Depression, Anxiety and Trauma (CDAT) service and the Personality Disorder service. The aim of the service is to increase the number of people whose mental health support is appropriately managed in line with the community framework for mental health using a population health approach. The post-holder will act as a fully integrated member of the Core team providing a specialist psychological perspective to support the transformation and development of the service.
About us
Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation and investment. Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust are at the forefront of this transformation, developing a more holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocial approach to supporting people with Mental illnesses, in partnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector. The aim is to build support systems that reach the whole mental health population with a focus on prevention and sustained recovery delivered by multi-agency collaboration. Each population unit is based on the footprint of a Primary Care Network, bringing together NHS, voluntary sector, peer support and community organisations. These relationships will be central to the new community mental health model.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will offer:
- Work as an integrated member of the Core psychology team to offer psychological assessment/formulation, consultation and intervention for complex common mental health problems and stable severe mental health presentations being managed exclusively in primary care or core teams.
- Provide advice and support to primary care teams for patients who have been stepped down to primary care or core teams from intensive community mental health services.
- Work at the interface of Core teams and intensive services for complex emotional needs.
- Effectively communicate with and support primary care colleagues.
- Offer multi-disciplinary working - offering clinical input and promoting respect for all professional groups and focusing upon coherent and integrated teamwork.
- Triage input, including consultation, information and advice to patients and partners.
- To engage with local service user participation models.
- Supporting wider service developments.
- To offer teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision - including managing and supervising assistant psychologists, Clinical Associate Psychology Apprentices or other assistant practitioners/staff as appropriate
- To undertake appropriate research, audits and service evaluations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will offer:
- Work as an integrated member of the Core psychology team to offer psychological assessment/formulation, consultation and intervention for complex common mental health problems and stable severe mental health presentations being managed exclusively in primary care or core teams.
- Provide advice and support to primary care teams for patients who have been stepped down to primary care or core teams from intensive community mental health services.
- Work at the interface of Core teams and intensive services for complex emotional needs.
- Effectively communicate with and support primary care colleagues.
- Offer multi-disciplinary working - offering clinical input and promoting respect for all professional groups and focusing upon coherent and integrated teamwork.
- Triage input, including consultation, information and advice to patients and partners.
- To engage with local service user participation models.
- Supporting wider service developments.
- To offer teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision - including managing and supervising assistant psychologists, Clinical Associate Psychology Apprentices or other assistant practitioners/staff as appropriate
- To undertake appropriate research, audits and service evaluations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training (or equivalent) in clinical/counselling psychology or PG DiP in CBT/CBT accreditation
- Registration with HCPC (or agreed eligibility if trainee at doctoral level)
- Doctoral level training (or equivalent) in clinical/counselling psychology or PG DiP in CBT/CBT accreditation
Essential
- Experience of multi-model psychological assessment, formulation and intervention across levels of complexity and settings
- Experience of providing evidence-based interventions (group or individual) for people with personality difficulties or complex trauma.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision
- Experience of consultation (to families/carers, GPs, networks etc)
Essential
- Ability to draw on multi-theoretical psychological models
- Knowledge of DBT, SCM and/or other evidence-based models for complex emotional needs
- Experience of MDT working
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training (or equivalent) in clinical/counselling psychology or PG DiP in CBT/CBT accreditation
- Registration with HCPC (or agreed eligibility if trainee at doctoral level)
- Doctoral level training (or equivalent) in clinical/counselling psychology or PG DiP in CBT/CBT accreditation
Essential
- Experience of multi-model psychological assessment, formulation and intervention across levels of complexity and settings
- Experience of providing evidence-based interventions (group or individual) for people with personality difficulties or complex trauma.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision
- Experience of consultation (to families/carers, GPs, networks etc)
Essential
- Ability to draw on multi-theoretical psychological models
- Knowledge of DBT, SCM and/or other evidence-based models for complex emotional needs
- Experience of MDT working
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Camden and Islington Foundation Trust
Camden and Islington
NW1 0PE
Employer's website
Job summary
These are newly created posts, where the post-holder will be part of a team providing extended assessments, formulations and brief interventions (individual and group) to those presenting with severe mental health problems in the London Borough of Camden or Islington. As there are two roles at band 7 level, one postholder will be based in Islington Core teams and one postholder will be based in Camden Core teams.
Main duties of the job
These roles will provide interventions at the interface between Core teams and the Complex Depression, Anxiety and Trauma (CDAT) service and the Personality Disorder service. The aim of the service is to increase the number of people whose mental health support is appropriately managed in line with the community framework for mental health using a population health approach. The post-holder will act as a fully integrated member of the Core team providing a specialist psychological perspective to support the transformation and development of the service.
About us
Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation and investment. Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust are at the forefront of this transformation, developing a more holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocial approach to supporting people with Mental illnesses, in partnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector. The aim is to build support systems that reach the whole mental health population with a focus on prevention and sustained recovery delivered by multi-agency collaboration. Each population unit is based on the footprint of a Primary Care Network, bringing together NHS, voluntary sector, peer support and community organisations. These relationships will be central to the new community mental health model.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will offer:
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will offer:
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Essential
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Essential
Essential
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Camden and Islington Foundation Trust
Camden and Islington
NW1 0PE
Employer's website
These are newly created posts, where the post-holder will be part of a team providing extended assessments, formulations and brief interventions (individual and group) to those presenting with severe mental health problems in the London Borough of Camden or Islington. As there are two roles at band 7 level, one postholder will be based in Islington Core teams and one postholder will be based in Camden Core teams.
Main duties of the job
These roles will provide interventions at the interface between Core teams and the Complex Depression, Anxiety and Trauma (CDAT) service and the Personality Disorder service. The aim of the service is to increase the number of people whose mental health support is appropriately managed in line with the community framework for mental health using a population health approach. The post-holder will act as a fully integrated member of the Core team providing a specialist psychological perspective to support the transformation and development of the service.
About us
Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation and investment. Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust are at the forefront of this transformation, developing a more holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocial approach to supporting people with Mental illnesses, in partnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector. The aim is to build support systems that reach the whole mental health population with a focus on prevention and sustained recovery delivered by multi-agency collaboration. Each population unit is based on the footprint of a Primary Care Network, bringing together NHS, voluntary sector, peer support and community organisations. These relationships will be central to the new community mental health model.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will offer:
- Work as an integrated member of the Core psychology team to offer psychological assessment/formulation, consultation and intervention for complex common mental health problems and stable severe mental health presentations being managed exclusively in primary care or core teams.
- Provide advice and support to primary care teams for patients who have been stepped down to primary care or core teams from intensive community mental health services.
- Work at the interface of Core teams and intensive services for complex emotional needs.
- Effectively communicate with and support primary care colleagues.
- Offer multi-disciplinary working - offering clinical input and promoting respect for all professional groups and focusing upon coherent and integrated teamwork.
- Triage input, including consultation, information and advice to patients and partners.
- To engage with local service user participation models.
- Supporting wider service developments.
- To offer teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision - including managing and supervising assistant psychologists, Clinical Associate Psychology Apprentices or other assistant practitioners/staff as appropriate
- To undertake appropriate research, audits and service evaluations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will offer:
- Work as an integrated member of the Core psychology team to offer psychological assessment/formulation, consultation and intervention for complex common mental health problems and stable severe mental health presentations being managed exclusively in primary care or core teams.
- Provide advice and support to primary care teams for patients who have been stepped down to primary care or core teams from intensive community mental health services.
- Work at the interface of Core teams and intensive services for complex emotional needs.
- Effectively communicate with and support primary care colleagues.
- Offer multi-disciplinary working - offering clinical input and promoting respect for all professional groups and focusing upon coherent and integrated teamwork.
- Triage input, including consultation, information and advice to patients and partners.
- To engage with local service user participation models.
- Supporting wider service developments.
- To offer teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision - including managing and supervising assistant psychologists, Clinical Associate Psychology Apprentices or other assistant practitioners/staff as appropriate
- To undertake appropriate research, audits and service evaluations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training (or equivalent) in clinical/counselling psychology or PG DiP in CBT/CBT accreditation
- Registration with HCPC (or agreed eligibility if trainee at doctoral level)
- Doctoral level training (or equivalent) in clinical/counselling psychology or PG DiP in CBT/CBT accreditation
Essential
- Experience of multi-model psychological assessment, formulation and intervention across levels of complexity and settings
- Experience of providing evidence-based interventions (group or individual) for people with personality difficulties or complex trauma.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision
- Experience of consultation (to families/carers, GPs, networks etc)
Essential
- Ability to draw on multi-theoretical psychological models
- Knowledge of DBT, SCM and/or other evidence-based models for complex emotional needs
- Experience of MDT working
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training (or equivalent) in clinical/counselling psychology or PG DiP in CBT/CBT accreditation
- Registration with HCPC (or agreed eligibility if trainee at doctoral level)
- Doctoral level training (or equivalent) in clinical/counselling psychology or PG DiP in CBT/CBT accreditation
Essential
- Experience of multi-model psychological assessment, formulation and intervention across levels of complexity and settings
- Experience of providing evidence-based interventions (group or individual) for people with personality difficulties or complex trauma.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision
- Experience of consultation (to families/carers, GPs, networks etc)
Essential
- Ability to draw on multi-theoretical psychological models
- Knowledge of DBT, SCM and/or other evidence-based models for complex emotional needs
- Experience of MDT working
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Camden and Islington Foundation Trust
Camden and Islington
NW1 0PE
Employer's website
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