Job summary
To be responsible for providing comprehensive clinical psychology services within the MOSAIC service. This includes carrying out assessments and undertaking clinicalintervention, with individuals, families, carers, groups and other professionals.
The post holder will also provide consultation to Mosaic team members and external agencies inrelation to the work of the team.The post holder will be an active member of the department of Clinical Psychology and to provide teaching, training and supervision at post-graduate level.
Main duties of the job
1.To hold a caseload of direct work and consultative work.2.To work as a clinician within CAMHS to work with children, young people and their families and specifically with children and young people with disabilities, providing an advanced, highly specialist clinical psychology service.3.To provide specialist psychological assessments of children, young people and their families, using individual, parent and family interviews, formaldevelopmental, psychometric and other assessment methods as appropriate.4.To formulate and devise psychological treatment and management plans for children, young people and their families and to provide psychological treatment, using cognitive-behavioural, systemic, psychodynamic and solution focussed, and other specialist psychological interventions as appropriate to the presenting problems and consistent with the child's psychological development.5.To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals within CAMHS and to other health, local authority and voluntary sector child professionals6.To assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of clients.7.To provide reports and communication in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.
*Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
About us
The Psychology Discipline in the Child & Family Department includes full-time and part-time psychologists. There are also professional and academic tutors to the MSc in Educational Psychology, jointly appointed with LEA's. Some members of the discipline have a background in clinical psychology and some in educational psychology. The child psychologists make a major contribution to clinical to clinical work, training, consultancy and research in the department.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS/TRAINING/EDUCATION
Essential
- Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Desirable
- Eligible for registration as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with the British Psychological Society
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
Essential
- Experience of working with Children with Disabilities and their families.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of working in a multi-professional team.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Knowledge and understanding of all aspects of clinical governance and its relevance to the work of the team.
- Clinical skills in working with disabled children and their families across the full age range
- Ability to support and promote multi-disciplinary casework with complex cases through one-to-one and team discussion.
- Knowledge of national and local policies concerning disabled children and their families.
Desirable
- ADOS training
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies
- Evidence of continuing professional development
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- Interest and ability to contribute to multi-agency service development, delivery and evaluation.
- Ability to articulate clearly the role of psychology in multiprofessional services, based on a good understanding of NHS and national professional policies.
- Able to prioritise, work independently and on own initiative
- Able to multitask and set goals for completion
- Flexibility, creativity, and preparedness to be innovative in a developing organisation
- Ability to demonstrate commitment to own personal development
- Ability to form good working relationships with others and to work with others in a multi-professional context.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance and audit to support and maintain clinical practice.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS/TRAINING/EDUCATION
Essential
- Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Desirable
- Eligible for registration as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with the British Psychological Society
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
Essential
- Experience of working with Children with Disabilities and their families.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of working in a multi-professional team.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Knowledge and understanding of all aspects of clinical governance and its relevance to the work of the team.
- Clinical skills in working with disabled children and their families across the full age range
- Ability to support and promote multi-disciplinary casework with complex cases through one-to-one and team discussion.
- Knowledge of national and local policies concerning disabled children and their families.
Desirable
- ADOS training
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies
- Evidence of continuing professional development
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- Interest and ability to contribute to multi-agency service development, delivery and evaluation.
- Ability to articulate clearly the role of psychology in multiprofessional services, based on a good understanding of NHS and national professional policies.
- Able to prioritise, work independently and on own initiative
- Able to multitask and set goals for completion
- Flexibility, creativity, and preparedness to be innovative in a developing organisation
- Ability to demonstrate commitment to own personal development
- Ability to form good working relationships with others and to work with others in a multi-professional context.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance and audit to support and maintain clinical practice.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
