Clinician Opportunity in Greenwich

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the London Borough of Greenwich. We are looking for a motivated and committed Clinician to join the enthusiastic and dynamic Integrated Clinical Team.

We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds and support flexible and agile working arrangements.

About the Role

This is an exciting role to join a clinical service within Children’s Services in Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG). The post offers the opportunity to combine direct clinical work with children and families, training and consultation to support teams across children’s services in working with children, young people and their families, building the capability of the workforce in supporting children with complex social, emotional and mental health needs.

Psychological professions are highly valued within Oxleas, and the successful candidate can expect an inclusive and supportive context within which to develop your career and contribute to the development of our CAMHS offer.

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will deliver high quality, evidence-based, psychological service to children, young people and their families, carers and professional networks in keeping with iThrive principles.
• The post holder will provide mental health services to children, young people and families in the borough who are experiencing mental health, emotional, or behavioural difficulties and who are known to Children’s Services.
• The post holder will contribute to the development of therapeutic provision within Children Services and offer a range of individual, parent and family, evidence-based interventions.
• This will include providing a service to children and young people presenting with a range of emotional, psychological and mental health difficulties who are under a Child in Need or Child Protection plan, adopted, in foster care or living in special guardianship arrangements.
• The post holder will also use the elements and concepts of the Greenwich Practice Framework to achieve positive change for children, young people and their families. The Greenwich Practice Framework was developed in partnership with staff at all levels and brings together a range of complementary and evidence-led concepts drawn from Systemic and Compassionate Mind theory and practice into the domains of individual, family, contextual and wider systems using areas of Mattering, Doing, Reflection and Compassion.
• The post holder will share their time between offering direct work, consultation, training and service development.