Job summary
This is a part time position (21.6 hours a week) salary advertised will be calculated pro-rata.
The Emotional Health Service (EHS) is a dynamic and progressive multi-disciplinary team of Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Art Psychotherapists. We have teams at Richmond (Twickenham base), and Kingston (Chessington base) and work closely with our colleagues in Early Help and Social Care. As a CAMH service we have a strong sense of team and work together to support children and young peoples emotional wellbeing. We also work to prioritise the wellbeing of the staff team. As a Forensic Psychologist and Clinical Specialist in the Youth Offending Service you will be passionate about improving the mental health of these vulnerable children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will be part of a team of clinicians working in social care teams and be afforded many different opportunities to use your skills, including undertaking assessments, delivering treatments, working alongside schools and partner agencies and delivering training.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Specialist in the Youth Offending Service you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will be embedded in the Youth Justice Team and be afforded many different opportunities to use your skills, including providing professional consultations and reflective space, assessment and therapeutic direct work with young people and their families, supervision and line management. We welcome creative and innovative ways to deliver services. In addition to individual supervision and line management, you will have access to many exciting development opportunities including established links to the South London FCAMHS.
If you would like to find out more about this exciting opportunity, please contact Jo Steer Consultant Clinical Psychologist onjo.steer@achievingforchildren.org.uk
About us
Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government.
We are responsible for the entire range of childrens education, health and social care services in all three boroughs. We use a Signs of Safety practice model and approach which ensures the voice of the child is at the heart of everything we do. Theres never been a better time to join AfC, we are growing our workforce, implementing new flexible working arrangements and have increased our virtual wellbeing offer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role is 3 days / week (21.6hours). As a Clinical Specialist in the Youth Offending Service you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will be embedded in the Youth Justice Team and be afforded many different opportunities to use your skills, including providing professional consultations and reflective space, assessment and therapeutic direct work with young people and their families, supervision and line management. We welcome creative and innovative ways to deliver services. In addition to individual supervision and line management, you will have access to many exciting development opportunities including established links to the South London FCAMHS.
This post is permanent and for 3 days a week and will be based in Kingston although travel throughout Kingston and Richmond is part of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role is 3 days / week (21.6hours). As a Clinical Specialist in the Youth Offending Service you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will be embedded in the Youth Justice Team and be afforded many different opportunities to use your skills, including providing professional consultations and reflective space, assessment and therapeutic direct work with young people and their families, supervision and line management. We welcome creative and innovative ways to deliver services. In addition to individual supervision and line management, you will have access to many exciting development opportunities including established links to the South London FCAMHS.
This post is permanent and for 3 days a week and will be based in Kingston although travel throughout Kingston and Richmond is part of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Forensic Psychologist
- Active HCPC registration and proven evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Supervisors qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with youth offending services and with children with mental health difficulties including ADHD and ASD.
- Knowledge and experience in delivering evidenced-based treatment for a range of mental health difficulties both individually and in groups.
- Experience of providing consultation and training to a wide range of professionals.
- Proven ability to undertake assessments of emotional well-being and risk assessments.
- Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their
- families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with.
- Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, presentations, written updates to a range of stakeholders.
- Knowledge, and experience of, using safeguarding procedures and statutory legislation and national policy drivers that will affect childrens services and your role.
- Ability to provide high quality supervision and line management.
- Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Forensic Psychologist
- Active HCPC registration and proven evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Supervisors qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with youth offending services and with children with mental health difficulties including ADHD and ASD.
- Knowledge and experience in delivering evidenced-based treatment for a range of mental health difficulties both individually and in groups.
- Experience of providing consultation and training to a wide range of professionals.
- Proven ability to undertake assessments of emotional well-being and risk assessments.
- Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their
- families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with.
- Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, presentations, written updates to a range of stakeholders.
- Knowledge, and experience of, using safeguarding procedures and statutory legislation and national policy drivers that will affect childrens services and your role.
- Ability to provide high quality supervision and line management.
- Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
