Job summary
We are delighted to be able to recruit to this new 8b clinical psychology post within Rochdale CAMHS, building on our continued ambition to deliver high quality, responsive and effective interventions for young people and families in our community. The post-holder will provide clinical leadership within our core CAMHS team for the delivery of psychological therapies for young people presenting with complex moderate to severe mental health difficulties. The post-holder will have oversight of pathways for mood and emotional disorders and emotional and behavioural dysregulation, driving forward a re-modelling of these pathways to align with i-thrive and to meet the changing needs of the service.
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CAMHS is a high-performing and dynamic child and adolescent mental health service, working closely with commissioners and with our partners in Children's Services, education and the VCSE sector to develop models of care within the principles of the i-thrive framework. CAMHS has a broad offer locally which includes our Early Attachment service, Mental Health Support Team (schools), #Thrive (emotional well-being service for children and families), and as a partner working within Our Place, an integrated multi-agency team supporting children and adolescents with complex needs on the edge of care or cared for. Clinical psychology is highly valued and integral to our core CAMHS provision.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will coordinate and lead on psychological therapies provision within core CAMHS particularly for young people presenting with moderate to severe mental health difficulties who require care for mood and emotional disorders and/or emotional and behavioural dysregulation. To be responsible for the overall management and development of these psychological therapies pathways within CAMHS, in line with evidence-based practice and NICE guidelines.
To provide highly developed specialist assessments of children and young people, and to undertake a range of highly specialist and complex psychological therapeutic interventions, drawing on a range of psychological models and employing a range of modalities.
To provide clinical supervision and consultation, and advise on psychological formulation and treatment for children and young people with complex needs.
To act as a lead specialist within the service alongside the consultant psychologist, and to propose and implement policy changes and service/ team/ pathway developments in collaboration with the wider management team, including workforce development to continue to strengthen our psychological therapies provision to meet future needs.
About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details of the post.
Key Requirements of the Person Specification:
Registration with the HCPC and previous CAMHS experience is essential for this role. The successful candidate will need to be an excellent communicator and enjoy team and multi-disciplinary working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details of the post.
Key Requirements of the Person Specification:
Registration with the HCPC and previous CAMHS experience is essential for this role. The successful candidate will need to be an excellent communicator and enjoy team and multi-disciplinary working.
Person Specification
education/ qualifications
Essential
- post graduate doctoral training in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS
- HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist
- completed post-qualification training in specific modalities eg CBT, DBT, CAT
- formal training in supervision of trainee psychologists
Desirable
- leadership training
- formal training in supervision of other professionals and / or trained to an accreditable level in the supervision of a specific psychological modality
Experience
Essential
- experience of working with cyp with full range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse etc
- experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological care and treatment as an autonomous practitioner with complex and challenging service users within multi-disciplinary care plans.
- experience of cross-sector working (eg 3rd sector, children's services, youth justice)
- substantial experience of providing clinical leadership within a defined service area
Desirable
- provided line management of psychological therapies staff
- experience of establishing new services/ piloted new ways of working
- experience of teaching and training qualified psychological therapists and non-psychology staff
knowledge
Essential
- well-developed skills in communicating effectively highly technical and clinically sensitive information to children, families and other professionals
- ability to communicate effectively in highly emotive, antagonistic or hostile atmospheres and overcome barriers to acceptance/ psychological resistance
- use of complex methods of psychological assessment and intervention for children and families, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- highly developed skills in consultation and complex clinical and professional supervision
- knowledge of contemporary legislation and of professional issues in psychology and psychological therapies
Desirable
- knowledge of theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies
skills and abilities
Essential
- ability to work under pressure and manage complex processes and communications
- ability to be self-reflective whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- commitment to quality improvement in psychological services through multi-professional evaluation and audit of services
- ability to contain and work with organisational stress and to "hold" the stress of others
Desirable
- published research / review academic or professional journals or books
Person Specification
education/ qualifications
Essential
- post graduate doctoral training in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS
- HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist
- completed post-qualification training in specific modalities eg CBT, DBT, CAT
- formal training in supervision of trainee psychologists
Desirable
- leadership training
- formal training in supervision of other professionals and / or trained to an accreditable level in the supervision of a specific psychological modality
Experience
Essential
- experience of working with cyp with full range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse etc
- experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological care and treatment as an autonomous practitioner with complex and challenging service users within multi-disciplinary care plans.
- experience of cross-sector working (eg 3rd sector, children's services, youth justice)
- substantial experience of providing clinical leadership within a defined service area
Desirable
- provided line management of psychological therapies staff
- experience of establishing new services/ piloted new ways of working
- experience of teaching and training qualified psychological therapists and non-psychology staff
knowledge
Essential
- well-developed skills in communicating effectively highly technical and clinically sensitive information to children, families and other professionals
- ability to communicate effectively in highly emotive, antagonistic or hostile atmospheres and overcome barriers to acceptance/ psychological resistance
- use of complex methods of psychological assessment and intervention for children and families, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- highly developed skills in consultation and complex clinical and professional supervision
- knowledge of contemporary legislation and of professional issues in psychology and psychological therapies
Desirable
- knowledge of theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies
skills and abilities
Essential
- ability to work under pressure and manage complex processes and communications
- ability to be self-reflective whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- commitment to quality improvement in psychological services through multi-professional evaluation and audit of services
- ability to contain and work with organisational stress and to "hold" the stress of others
Desirable
- published research / review academic or professional journals or books
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).
