Enfield HEART (children in care) Clinical/ Practitioner PsychologistNHS
Job summary
We are looking for psychologists passionate about working cross agency to support our most vulnerable children, to join our CAMHS Enfield HEART team. The Health, Education, Access and Resource Team (HEART) offers a range of services to improve the emotional wellbeing of Enfield looked after children (LAC). This includes assessment and treatment for emotional difficulties, consultation for carers and professional staff, and support to therapeutic fostering services. HEART is a wider local authority-led team for LAC, with a commissioned CAMHS component provided You would be joining a small, dedicated team based on site with the local authority in Enfield.
Main duties of the job
Enfield HEART CAMHS clinical team provide assessment intervention and consultation for children, adolescents and young adults looked after by the London Borough of Enfield up to the age of 25 years.
Job description
To provide a highly specialist psychological therapy interventions, as well as undertaking consultation to non-clinical colleagues and other non-professional carers; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures Looked After Childrens Team (HEART)
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- 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.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
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
- Excellent internal staff network
The post holder will be aligned with our values:
- We Are Kind
- We Are Respectful
- We Work Together
- We Keep Things Simple
- We Empower
- We Are Proudly Diverse
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.