Roles in CAMHS
Youth intensive psychological practitioner
About the role...
Youth intensive psychological practitioners (YIPP) provide psychological assessment and psychologically informed interventions support for young people (aged 13-17 years old) with severe mental health needs. Based in inpatient and intensive home treatment services, the role is supporting young people towards recovery and helping them to live fulfilling lives.
The role is supervised by and work closely with clinical psychologists and spend much of the time working with other health and care professionals as part of the multidisciplinary team. Assessment, engagement and formulation (making a map of current difficulties and what keeps them going) are part of the role. Using these skills, this role supports the young person with psychologically informed interventions and active risk management, as well as strategies for daily living and self-care.
What qualifications do I need?
You must hold a Psychology degree and follow a youth intensive psychological practitioner training programme which is open to applicants with the right aptitude to learn how to work collaboratively in a mental health team.
What experience do I need to bring?
Most importantly, you’ll need to be able to demonstrate a willingness to work in a hopeful and productive way with young people with severe and complex mental health needs. You'll train on a one-year, salaried postgraduate certificate training programme. Most of your training will be spent gaining practice skills under supervision in both in-patient and intensive community treatment settings. You’ll need to be able to study at postgraduate certificate level so you will need to either have: a first degree in psychology at a minimum level of 2:2 and which confers eligibility for graduate basis for chartered membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Or completed a qualifying course which confers graduate basis chartered membership of the BPS.