Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

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Our Social Care CAMHS is seeking a highly motivated, skilled and experienced Psychologist to cover maternity leave for one year.   If you are passionate about improving the mental health of young people and working with children and adolescents who are looked after by the local authority or on Child in Need or Child Protections plans, we would like to hear from you.  We are a small but highly valued resource within the local authority, and we work closely with our multi-agency partners to provide an attached and trauma informed service.   

This is an exciting opportunity to work with young people who are struggling with a range of difficulties who may need a more flexible and creative approach to engagement.  The role is varied and includes offering consultations to social workers and foster carers, running groups, providing individual assessments and interventions directly to young people and training social workers.

 

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

 

To discuss the post further please contact either Dr Karen Hathaway (Clinical Psychologist and Wandsworth Social Care CAMHS Professional Lead) on 02035134292

Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

·      Be responsible for the provision of specialist psychological assessments and specialist interventions to children involved with social care or who are looked after and foster carers, as well as offer consultation and support to professionals.

·      Run groups

·      Be involved in service evaluation, audit and service development. 

·      Have opportunities to supervise trainees and other staff members as appropriate

·      Have experience in working with looked after children and young people with complex mental health needs and their families   

·      Have a keen interest in multiagency working and in partnership between Health and Education.

·      You will have professional registration as a clinical or counselling psychologist recognised in the UK   

 

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This advert closes on Sunday 1 Nov 2026