Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologist
Childhood Obesity Service / Enhanced Healthy Living
Hours:
Part- time (10.5 hours/week)
Salary:
Circa £43,000-£46,000 per annum (pro rata)
Depending on experience
Length of contract:
Fixed term 19 months
(with the possibility of extension depending on funding)
Closing date:
14th April 2025
Location:
To work mostly remotely
Main base is Brandon Centre, 26 Prince of Wales Road, London NW5 3LG. Some travel across London may be required.
Reports to:
Clinical Lead of the Enhanced Healthy Living Service
Accountability:
To the Council of Management of Brandon Centre
Through the Clinical Lead of Training and Consultancy and the Chief Executive Officer.
Main duties of the job
The main function of this role is to work with colleagues in the Enhanced Healthy Living Service who support families where children are overweight or obese. You will mainly assist with delivering the Families, Food and Feelings parent programme both as a group and one-to-one, carrying out pre-group assessments and post group reviews with parents.
You will have the opportunity to deliver quarterly webinar trainings to professionals and offer consultation to other services. You will do some joint assessments with external MDT colleagues. Also supporting the Assistant Psychologist with some data input, scoring outcome measures and admin tasks related to the monthly childhood obesity MDT.
About us
The principal objective of Brandon Centre is to maintain and develop an accessible and flexible professional service in response to the psychological, medical, sexual and social problems of young people aged under 25 years to relieve distress, mobilise personal resources and facilitate growth in adolescents towards responsibility and self-fulfilment.
Brandon Centre’s service extends to support young people presenting with a range of difficulties and is based on a developmental model of adolescence. There is particular medical provision for contraceptive, pregnancy and psychosexual difficulties.
The Enhanced Healthy Living service started as a pilot service in 2017 and is jointly funded by Camden and Islington public health and NCL Islington and Camden directorate CCGs. The aim of the service is to work systemically to reduce the physical and mental health risks of childhood obesity and overweight. The service does this by working with parents to ensure a healthy home environment and healthy modelling, working with professional networks around the family and training professionals on topics related to obesity.
If you are interested in this great role, please visit the link & apply by the closing date of 14th April 2025.