Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Psychological Therapist
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £56,276.00 to £63,176.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £56276.00 - £63176.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE5 8AZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9334-25-0825 |
Summary
The postholder will work within the Orchids Team and in close partnership with AID-IIT to provide assessment, intervention and support as part of a multi-disciplinary team including: To provide specialist psychological interventions to children under the age of 13 who are at high risk of a CAMHS inpatient admission in the context of a diagnosis of (or suspected diagnosis of) autism or intellectual disability, 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 contribute to care planning of young people by attending CETRs, CPAs and other professional/network meetings. To use routine outcome measures and 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 To be active in the provision of staff support within their area, including but not limited to Critical Incident Staff Support and Reflect-Support-Resolve. To participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate. To work flexibly as needed across settings offering outreach work when needed for example seeing young people in inpatient settings, family homes, community settings across London as required.