CAMHS Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist
| Posting date: | 30 January 2026 |
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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: | 12 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, W92NW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9333-26-0135 |
Summary
Provide specialist psychological assessments for children and young people referred to the Emotional Disorders team, working collaboratively with young people and their families throughout the assessment process. Formulate and implement evidencebased psychological treatment and management plans for a broad range of mental health difficulties, using a psychologically informed framework that promotes shared understanding and collaborative goalsetting with young people and families. Deliver specialised cognitive behavioural interventions, including CBT and thirdwave approaches (ACT, CFT), for clients presenting with severe, complex, or enduring psychological difficulties, both individually and in group formats. Develop and implement a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, drawing on multiple explanatory models and maintaining flexible, evolving formulations that respond to changing clinical needs. Act as case manager for an agreed caseload, coordinating care across the network. Evaluate and make informed decisions about treatment options, integrating theoretical and therapeutic models while considering complex historical, developmental, and systemic factors influencing the child, family, or group. Use Routine Outcome Measures (ROMs) in a meaningful and collaborative way to support the young persons therapeutic journey and inform clinical decisionmaking. Undertake risk assessment and risk management for children and young people, and provide guidance to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk. Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients whose difficulties are managed through psychologically informed care plans. Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to colleagues and the wider MDT, contributing directly to formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planning for children and young people. Contribute to the development and maintenance of a psychologically informed framework of understanding and care across the service and partner agencies.Act as care coordinator where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating, planning, and reviewing psychological care plans with young people, families, carers, referrers, and the wider network. Refer clients to other statutory and nonstatutory services as appropriate to their needs. Communicate complex and sensitive information regarding assessment, formulation, and treatment plans in a skilled and compassionate manner, and monitor progress throughout uni and multidisciplinary care.