Job summary
Our Social Care CAMHS team is seeking a motivated, skilled and adaptable Psychologist. If you are passionate about young people's mental health and improving outcomes for children who are looked after by the local authority or on Child in Need or Child Protections plans, we would like to hear from you.
We are a valued resource within the local authority and are committed to implementing trauma informed approaches and providing specialist expertise to Social Workers and Families to improve the outcomes for children involved with Social Care.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with young people who are struggling with a range of difficulties in mental health and social care.
In this role you will be a key member of the team and will be involved in offering consultations to social workers and foster carers, running a foster carer's group, providing individual assessments and interventions directly to young people and training social workers. We are a small team who work closely together and have input to a large number of cases.
Main duties of the job
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes.
We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
About us
We offer a number of excellent staff benefits and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance,we support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, compressed hours and working from home.
- Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Subsidised car parking- You can park at any of our sites at a reduced rate of £20/month.
- NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
- Eye examinations
- Looking after your health
- Cycle to work scheme
- Car lease scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
- Free gym membership
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be responsible for the provision of specialist psychological assessments and specialist interventions to children involved with social care or who are looked after and foster carers, as well as offer consultation and support to professionals.
- Run groups for foster carers
- Be involved in service evaluation, audit and service development.
- Have opportunities to supervise trainees and other staff members as appropriate
- Have experience in working with looked after children and young people with complex mental health needs and their families
- Have a keen interest in multiagency working and in partnerships between Health and Education.
- You will have professional registration as a clinical or counselling psychologist recognised in the UK
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be responsible for the provision of specialist psychological assessments and specialist interventions to children involved with social care or who are looked after and foster carers, as well as offer consultation and support to professionals.
- Run groups for foster carers
- Be involved in service evaluation, audit and service development.
- Have opportunities to supervise trainees and other staff members as appropriate
- Have experience in working with looked after children and young people with complex mental health needs and their families
- Have a keen interest in multiagency working and in partnerships between Health and Education.
- You will have professional registration as a clinical or counselling psychologist recognised in the UK
Person Specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Qualified Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC as an applied psychologist,
- Where an applicant is in the final stages of training and has not yet obtained registration, an applicant will only be made an offer conditional upon successful registration within a time-scale that is specified.
Desirable
- Training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach
- Training in DDP/EMDR/CBT-TF or another trauma focused intervention
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working with children and young people in a variety of community settings
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of inter-agency working
- Experience of safeguarding and Child Protection
- Experience of Supervising
Desirable
- Experience of Supervising Trainees
- Experience of leading case reviews
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
- Some leadership experience
Person Specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Qualified Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC as an applied psychologist,
- Where an applicant is in the final stages of training and has not yet obtained registration, an applicant will only be made an offer conditional upon successful registration within a time-scale that is specified.
Desirable
- Training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach
- Training in DDP/EMDR/CBT-TF or another trauma focused intervention
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working with children and young people in a variety of community settings
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of inter-agency working
- Experience of safeguarding and Child Protection
- Experience of Supervising
Desirable
- Experience of Supervising Trainees
- Experience of leading case reviews
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
- Some leadership experience
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
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).
