CAMHS YJS Clinical/ Counselling/ Forensic Psychologist | North London NHS Foundation Trust

CAMHS YJS Clinical/ Counselling/ Forensic Psychologist | North London NHS Foundation Trust

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Do you have the ambition and drive to join the team taking CAMHS Youth Justice Service forward in Haringey and Enfield, providing effective clinical interventions that produce positive outcomes for young people, families and communities?

We are seeking a qualified and registered Practitioner Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary Team.

They will be based in LB Enfield's Youth Justice Service based at Thomas Hardy House.

A recognised clinical qualification and registration, and relevant experience working with vulnerable adolescents, children and their families in a justice setting is essential.

As part of a small, supportive, dedicated YJS CAMHS team you will receive peer support, clinical supervision and connect to the wider generic CAMHS team.

The team collaborate closely with the service and clinical leads to lead developments and improvement to the YJS mental health offer.

You will need to be a resilient and experienced clinician who places children and young people and their welfare at the heart of your practice.

You’ll oversee a small case load of complex cases, planning intervention and support in a timely manner and, always, making sure that children and young people’s voices are heard, positively influence your practice, and recorded consistently.

You will also provide clinical consultation for cases open to the service.

Your work will contribute to the provision of the multi-disciplinary youth justice services in Enfield and Haringey in order secure the best outcomes for young people in their care.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

• 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.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme

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.

Job Context

• The post holder reports to the Team Manager in both CAMHS an the Youth Justice Service
• Work directly with children across the Youth Justice Service from pre court, post and in a community of custodial setting
• Assume clinical responsibility for own case list and case management of children, adolescents and families.
• To provide specialist assessments of clients referred to the team, and brief intervention where appropriate
• Make a clinical formulation from a standard CAMHS assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention offer.
• To work autonomously and participate in the delivery and development of patient centred, evidence-based care as appropriate.
• Assess safeguarding issues and refer concerns to Child Protection teams.
• Provide consultation to partners such as police, project Engage team, YJS team on young peoples' mental health and support them in deepening their understanding of trauma-informed practice.
• This advert closes on Monday 10 Aug 2026
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