At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and support young people in crisis, providing intensive psychological care.
- Company: Renowned CAMHS crisis service dedicated to improving mental health for children and adolescents.
- Benefits: Mentorship, training opportunities, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for professional growth and service improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of families facing mental health challenges.
- Qualifications: Experienced clinician with strong leadership and clinical skills in youth mental health.
The predicted salary is between 53755 - 60504 £ per year.
We are looking to recruit a Principal Psychologist to add further senior psychology capacity to the CAMHS crisis service known as CAIST (Crisis and Intensive Support Team). A highly regarded service across Norfolk and Waveney, the team supports children and adolescents who need brief but intensive support to help deal with acute levels of psychological distress.
This post is ideally suited for an experienced clinician who will work well as part of a team and who is both compassionate and resilient. This post will suit an ambitious, experienced, and knowledgeable clinician who has the passion and vision to play a leading role in transforming the quality and effectiveness of services offered to those with mental health difficulties and their families.
Advances in training, clinical practice and research have widened the scope of interventions psychologists now use when dealing with acute distress; the post holder will be expected to contribute to the expanding corpus of knowledge of what works in a dynamic and evolving service.
When working with children and families in crisis, you will decide whom to involve in assessment and intervention, for example, parents, brothers, sisters, or other key professionals. The process can be resource intensive given the range of variables and the different perspectives to be considered. Your formulation may lead to the setting up of training or consultation work with staff as well as, or instead of, direct clinical work with families. Despite the intensity of the work, it is brief in its duration since it is designed to help children, adolescents and families so that the stage that is crisis can pass.
Using the Thrive model, the CAIST team provide episodic care before transfer to core CAMHS or discharge from service. We would like you to possess well developed specialist clinical, supervision and leadership skills, with particular depth of knowledge and experience in young person’s mental health and working successfully with families experiencing complex psychosocial difficulties.
We are looking for people who see challenges as opportunities and can influence, inspire and energise others, as well as work with people’s strengths to strive for service improvement and patient experience. We are looking for a flexible, dynamic, friendly Psychologist to share fully in the leadership and delivery of mental health services which truly meet the needs of young people.
If you are progressing to your first Principal post, you will be offered the opportunity to be mentored and coached. You will be supported with training and development, clinically supervised by the team’s Consultant Psychologist. We want you to come join us to help us lead and develop a team whilst being able to work clinically, using your skills, knowledge and experience as a Psychologist to make a difference to families in Norfolk and Waveney.
