Assistant Psychologist | North London NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£33,262 - £36,027 per annum including HCAS
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Haringey, N13 3TH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	3 Aug 2026
Closing date:	2 Sept 2026

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Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist within the Adolescent Outreach Team (AOT), a community-based CAMHS service working with young people aged 12–18 who present with increased risk of harm to themselves or others, often following a recent mental health crisis.

The post holder will provide psychologically informed intervention under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist and as part of a multidisciplinary team. The role involves jointly holding a caseload of young people, contributing to assessment, formulation, intervention, risk management and care planning, alongside wider service development and operational tasks.

The role requires the ability to build therapeutic relationships with young people who may experience difficulties with engagement, trust in services, or emotional regulation. The post holder will work closely with carers, schools and wider professional networks to support continuity of care and coordinated intervention.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.

• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme

• Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

The duties of the post holder will include:

· Delivering psychological interventions to young people and carers under supervision.

· Contributing to assessment, formulation, risk management and care planning.

· Liaising with schools, social care and other agencies involved in young people’s care.

· Supporting psychology provision within MDT discussions and formulation meetings.

· Contributing to audit, service evaluation, and service development initiatives.

· Contributing to the psychology discipline within the wider service, including attending appropriate meetings.

· Supporting administrative and operational tasks that facilitate timely access to care and continuity of support.

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

This advert closes on Monday 17 Aug 2026

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