Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist Camden Young People's Service inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 13 AUG 2024

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.
Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Camden Young People's Service


We are seeking an energetic, innovative, and skilled Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with a passion for community psychology approaches to join the trust's newly developing Young People's Service, specialising in working with young adults (18-25), providing assessment, treatment and consultation around Young Adults' mental health. Core Team Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation and investment over the next 3 years. 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 Young People's Service mission is to reach young people who find mainstream mental health offers to be out of reach. The post holder will work flexibly to provide accessible, consistent, and boundaried relational support to young people who have often lost trust in services.


The Role


  • Specialising in working with young people aged 18-25 who find mental health support hard to access, the post holder will work to re-build trust with these young people - using a relational model and goal-based outcome monitoring to co-produce what positive progress is with each young person.
  • Providing a combination of consultation, liaison and advice to other professionals including youth workers, GPs, mental health practitioners to help them better engage with young adults supported by the YPS.
  • The post holders will be one of the providers of psychological formulation and work closely with YPS colleagues as well as leaning on support within the wider core team MDTs.
  • The post holders will provide specialist psychological assessment and make recommendations for intervention using the evidence base and NICE Guidance.

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 Richard Grove Job title: Operational Lead for Young People Services Email address: Telephone number:
Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Camden Young People's Service

We are seeking an energetic, innovative, and skilled Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with a passion for community psychology approaches to join the trust's newly developing Young People's Service, specialising in working with young adults (18-25), providing assessment, treatment and consultation around Young Adults' mental health. Core Team Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation and investment over the next 3 years. 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 Young People's Service mission is to reach young people who find mainstream mental health offers to be out of reach. The post holder will work flexibly to provide accessible, consistent, and boundaried relational support to young people who have often lost trust in services.

The Role

  • Specialising in working with young people aged 18-25 who find mental health support hard to access, the post holder will work to re-build trust with these young people - using a relational model and goal-based outcome monitoring to co-produce what positive progress is with each young person.
  • Providing a combination of consultation, liaison and advice to other professionals including youth workers, GPs, mental health practitioners to help them better engage with young adults supported by the YPS.
  • The post holders will be one of the providers of psychological formulation and work closely with YPS colleagues as well as leaning on support within the wider core team MDTs.
  • The post holders will provide specialist psychological assessment and make recommendations for intervention using the evidence base and NICE Guidance.

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 Richard Grove Job title: Operational Lead for Young People Services Email address: Telephone number:


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