Grenfell CYP Therapist

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

The Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service is recruiting.
Are you a qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, or Psychotherapist who is passionate about working with children, young people , families and communities who have been affected by trauma and grief?
We are looking for a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist or psychotherapist who is able to work effectively with children and young people aged 0-25 from a range of backgrounds, and who works in a creative, community-centred, culturally sensitive way.
Although the role will involve working clinically with children and young people from 0-25 and their families, we are particularly keen to hear from therapists with experience and interest in undertaking community collaboration work, as this will also be a key aspect of the role.
You will provide a valuable liaison role between the team, other agencies (including local CAMHS) and members of the affected community, building and maintenance relationships with local Community groups and organisations along with statutory services also working with the North Kensington community. This will include developing co-produced projects around mental health and wellbeing in partnership with multi-disciplinary colleagues, residents and 3rd sector organisations.
We would particularly welcome applications from people who have lived or worked in the local North Kensington community, and who reflect the diverse local population that we serve. In particular, we are interested in applicants who speak Arabic or Farsi, or are from a Black African/African-Caribbean background. We would also particularly welcome anyone who is trained to work across the lifespan.
Interview date: TBC
GHWS is a specialist NHS service set up in response to the fire at Grenfell Tower in June 2017. We offer an integrated service for children, families and adults, and aim to work sensitively, flexibly and responsively in order to meet the needs of the diverse local community.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
The post holder will have a strong commitment to multi-disciplinary working community and service user involvement. Experience of working with diversity in a multicultural setting is important.
The post-holder will be expected to provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy (1:1 and group) for children and young people. The candidates will be expected to offer advice, training, and consultation to other members of the team and support to other non-professionals.
You will also contribute to the ongoing development of effective treatment models, in particular considering the range of psychological interventions that the team should aim to provide. They will also play an active role in initiatives to optimise psychological therapy resources.

Please refer the Job description for details