Clinical Psychologist for CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPOA)

Contribute to the day to day running of the SPOA team, including screening new referrals and allocating these to the access clinicians. Manage and maintain clear waiting lists for the clinical teams that sit within the CAMHS SPOA.Manage and maintain a clear duty Rota for the SPOA.

Complete telephone triages/screening for young people who are referred to our service, making contact with families, professionals involved in their care, and the young person themselves.

Complete over the telephone risk assessment and management plans.

To provide some specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.

To support with the planning of evidence-based psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based on formulation.

Where appropriate, to implement a range of brief psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

Engage in risk assessment and management as required for new referrals and those waiting for treatment, and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.

To attend multi agency meetings to support the referral and assessment of children and young people to specialist CAMHS.

Work alongside admin colleagues to ensure a smooth and timely response/screening for all new referrals into the CAMHS Division.

Ensure the safe delivery of Key KPIs and access to treatment standards.

Comply with the service requirements for the completion of routine outcome measures.

To be noted

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the postholder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.