Clinical​/Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Clinical / Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Navigo Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is a mental health and emotional wellbeing service for children & young people in North East Lincolnshire. The service provides a comprehensive multi-disciplinary community mental health and emotional wellbeing service for children and young people, including those in vulnerable groups. An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in our Core CAMHS team. This post would suit someone who is passionate about providing high quality, trauma informed care and has previous experience of working with children and young people, although there is scope to support the post holder to develop their skills and experience so we welcome applications from trainees who are due to qualify in September 2026.

A preceptorship role band 7 to 8a could also be considered.

This post will support children, young people and their families, open to our Core CAMHS team, delivering specialist assessment, psychological therapy and interventions for young people across the age range and ability range. The post will also deliver consultation, supervision and lead on service development projects in the team. The Core CAMHS team is committed to working with families using a trauma-informed approach.

The team is working towards integration of the Attachment Regulation Competency model as an anchor point for our assessments, support and clinical decision making. Within the Core team we have an established Eating Disorder MDT to offer special support for children, young people and their families presenting with an eating disorder. The Eating Disorder MDT also provides consultation and supervision to Core team Practitioners working with children with disordered eating.

The Core team is also currently developing their Kinship Care pathway, supporting the Kinship Care.

To autonomously manage a caseload of children and young people referred to Core CAMHS.

To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and therapeutic interventions for children and young people in the Core CAMHS.

To offer psychological interventions both individually to children and young people and dyadically to children and young people and their parent/caregivers referred to the team, based on thorough assessment and formulation.

To formulate psychological treatment plans that are specific to each child and family, based upon an analysis of complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes contributing to the presentation, and selectively drawing on appropriate conceptual and theoretical models.

To provide consultation and supervision to partner agencies and services, such as Children’s Social Care Practitioners, School Nurses and Health Visitors, Educational Providers etc.

To deliver evidence based psychological treatments, monitoring outcome and modifying and adapting interventions drawing on a range of theoretical options.

To contribute to complex decision making around the child's emotional wellbeing and mental health needs.

To provide psychological support to children and families who are experiencing (or have experienced) serious emotional trauma, bereavement, or relationship difficulties, and also to provide support to parents, carers and professionals working with such children.

To work autonomously and collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team around the child, providing consultation, advice, guidance, support and teaching to other agencies/professionals such as local authority support workers.

To facilitate multi‑agency consultations and contribute to systemic thinking within complex networks supporting young people with social care needs.

To select and administer highly specialist psychological assessments including specialised psychometric assessment (including skilled manipulation of test material), neuropsychological assessments, self‑report measures, structured observations, clinical interviews, and to interpret and integrate this highly complex data.

To provide written summaries and reports to the multidisciplinary team around the child following assessment and consultation.

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