CAMHS Assistant Psychologist (N&S FCAMHS)

The post-holder will assist Practitioner Psychologists within the Forensic CAMHS team to deliver a high-quality service to young people and their families across South London. The key responsibilities and duties are outlined below:Research and Development To contribute to research proposals and funding bids for the service. To support the service in the organisation, planning, delivery, and evaluation of scientific research and systematic reviews, including data collection and analysis, literature reviews, statistical analysis, and write up, under the close supervision of a Practitioner Psychologist. To contribute to the dissemination of the teams research and service evaluation findings (e.g., written and oral presentations, posters, published articles). To support the team to carry out relevant service evaluation and audit projects (e.g., patient experience, Tendable audit). To support the team to develop innovative and high-quality projects to improve service development. To champion Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) by collaborating with Experts by Experience (EbE) to co-produce and co-facilitate service-related research. This includes ensuring that the voices of young people and their families directly inform project design, service development initiatives, and the dissemination of findings to ensure our clinical pathways remain responsive to young peoples needs. Teaching and Training To support Practitioner Psychologists, deliver specialist workshops for local borough partners, focusing on the practical application of forensic risk assessment and formulation frameworks. The post-holder will also co-deliver training programmes for professional groups and contribute to the teams academic partnership with the IoPPN through teaching and student supervision support. To participate in demonstrating work methods to newly recruited Assistant Psychologists and to support their development of necessary skills.Clinical Care To co-facilitate and document specialist consultations with professional networks regarding high-risk behaviours. This involves synthesising complex information to support multi-agency colleagues in risk management and formulation. To support the team in the clinical triage of new enquiries and referrals. You will be responsible for gathering background information, presenting cases to the MDT, and managing communication with referrers from receipt to discharge. To assist Practitioner Psychologists in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of standardised forensic risk assessments (e.g., AIM3, SAVRY, FARAS, SERAF) and psychometric tools to inform clinical formulations. To organise and co-facilitate consultations with professionals around high-risk behaviours and concerns, under the close supervision of a Practitioner Psychologist. To attend and contribute to clinical meetings with professionals (e.g., social workers, teachers, placement staff, mental health professionals). To support the team in their coordination of referrals and discharges, including the presentation of cases and leading on the communication with professionals. To participate in regular clinical supervision with a Practitioner Psychologist. To assist in clinically related administration as required (e.g., meeting minutes, arranging contact with families and professionals). To provide a small, discrete amount of direct specialist assessment and intervention for young people known to the service who are unable to access this support elsewhere. This work will be co-facilitated and under close supervision and is tailored to the specific needs of the individual.Team Expectations and Contributions Attending and contributing to the weekly team meeting (e.g., updating team members on known risk information and/or any clinical concerns). Attending and contributing to team reflective practice. Attending and contributing to team consultation (e.g., bringing self/young people for discussion, recording meeting minutes). To actively engage in and contribute to the teams ongoing commitment to anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice, ensuring these principles inform all research, evaluation, and consultation activities. Attending and contributing to case presentation meetings. To champion a psychologically safe environment that empowers staff, service users, and carers from diverse and minoritised backgrounds to thrive and flourish.Information and Clinical Governance To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures. Under the supervision of the Practitioner Psychologist, to maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry. To maintain any service databases through the regular inputting of data, as well as performing appropriate data analysis and producing reports as required. To support the team to maintain good clinical governance across their work (e.g., notifying and supporting in the completion of risk assessments, care plans, outcome measures, and other data quality indicators). To support the Teams Clinical Governance Champion in the production of weekly activity reports and communicating the findings and subsequent actions that are required by the team.