London - Assistant Psychologist | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Community CAMHS is part of Community Services at Homerton University Hospital. The Hackney Ark is a specialist multi disciplinary service for children and young people with developmental delay and disabilities in Hackney and the City of London.
The First Steps service provides an early intervention community psychology service to children and young people with mild-to-moderate emotional, behavioural and relationship difficulties. Children of all ages are referred to the service from a diverse range of backgrounds.We work in an integrated way with other CAMHS providers to ensure children and families experience an open door to all CAMHS services at the point of referral and Community CAMS are responsible for overseeing the work of the CAMHS Single point of Access.
We are recruiting into 1 Assistant Psychologist' posts at Band 4 within Community CAMHS, as our current Assistant Psychologist is moving onto other roles.
Graduate Psychologists with experience working in the NHS, with a desire to go on to Clinical Psychology training to apply. Flexible working arrangements can be negotiated.
The post holder will support the clinical work of the First Steps and SPA team by providing support to process new referrals in the Single point of access team, including liaising with referrers, families and other agencies; through outcomes collection and data management together with other CAMHS services as part of the City & Hackney CAMHS Alliance; They will also be involved in managing self-referrals that come into the service.There will also be an opportunity to co-run workshops and parenting groups within the service.
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per weekInterview date: TBC
***Closing date is indicative only and this vacancy may close early without notice when sufficient applications have been received.***
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.”
This advert closes on Monday 17 Feb 2025