Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist- CAMHS-LD
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £59,490.00 to £66,239.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £59490.00 - £66239.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, HA9 6JE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9333-25-0775 |
Summary
**Please see full job description for further information** To act as care coordinator for a caseload of children and young people with learning disability and autism and significant mental health needs. To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and highly specialist assessment and treatment for children and adolescents with severe/profound learning disabilities and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families. To formulate and implement plans for formal clinical treatment and management of behaviours difficulties based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of these problems employing methods based upon evidence of proven efficacy within modality and with reference to appropriate clinical guidelines and care pathways (e.g. NICE, CEG). In liaison with colleagues and in response to an identified need, to provide specialist systemic psychological and clinical autonomy drawing on a range of models and wherever possible brief intervention. To practice in a way which is inclusive and considerate of the needs of each individual in the system including family members and their varying network. Regularly monitor and evaluate therapeutic interventions and progress using routine outcome measures and include family members as appropriate. To evaluate and make decisions about the treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical, environmental and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.