Psychotherapist, Practitioner Psychologist & Psychological Therapist

We are delighted to be advertising this Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or psychotherapist within our Lewisham CAMHS Core Tier 3 Team (Horizon). This will be a 12month secondment only, You will provide intervention to a caseload of CYP, participate on the team's duty, assessments and MDT meetings.

This role would suit someone who would like to gain experience working at Band 7 level for a years secondment.

We welcome applications from final year Trainee Psychologists and CBT Therapists with provisional accreditation with the BABCP where it looks likely they will achieve their full accreditation within the year (please see person specification)., To provide specialist interventions according to discipline including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes. To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment. To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate. To promote service evaluation, audit and research. To work as an autonomous professional within registration body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor

Lewisham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) provides a diagnostic, assessment, treatment, advisory and consultative service for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural disorders, including those at high risk or those with more severe and persistent problems. The service's Specialist Multidisciplinary Teams include: Horizon (generic); Neuro Developmental Team; Symbol (Looked After and Adopted CYP); LYPS (severe and enduring mental health problems); ARTS (at risk forensic); Paediatric Liaison Service; MHST (Mental Health in Schools); CWP (Child Wellbeing Practitioners); Intake; and Crisis. Lewisham CAMHS focuses on providing high quality mental health support to young people locally. We continually identify and address any potentially barriers or inequalities in regards to access to, and input from, our service, as well as continually improving areas of staff wellbeing and equality within the staff group.