Lead Psychologist

An exciting opportunity has arisen to for an experienced Principal Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (8b) to lead our Wandsworth YJS and PRU CAMHS team which is a specialist Tier 2 CAMHS provision within Wandsworth which is embedded with the YJS service and PRUs (primary & secondary). We are looking to recruit a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with experience in supervision, leadership and service development and are particularly looking for someone who is passionate about working with children and families who present with complex social and contextual needs, including those with multi-agency involvement, in contact with the Youth Justice System, and/or excluded from mainstream education.

The Professional lead will need to be a driven, innovative leader who can work closely with partner agencies, contribute to strong working relationships and spotlight the needs of the young people served who are marginalised and struggle to access mainstream provisions in health and education., Key aspects of the role include:

Ensuring the safe and effective delivery of psychological therapies within the YJS/PRU CAMHS service including undertaking complex assessments, formulation and interventions for children and young people.

Clinical Governance systems, including; safe and effective delivery of psychological therapies and on overview of the demand and capacity and supervision of staff

Robust interagency working with the relevant staff in YJS, social care, education, local authorities and voluntary sector partners to ensure close multi-agency working.

The Professional lead will be supported and supervised by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist/P&P Lead for Wandsworth and will have the opportunity to join the Wandsworth and LD CAMHS Professional Leads meeting once every two months with the other five Professional Leads within the Wandsworth CAMHS whole service. Also they will be able to join the Wandsworth CAMHS Psychology meeting bi-monthly with other Psychologists across the Wandsworth CAMHS teams.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

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We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

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