Job summary
There is an exciting opportunity for an 8a Clinical psychologist to join Hull CAMHS LAC. You will be a part of the LAC Service within Hull CAMHS which is a multidisciplinary team consisting of Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Art Therapy, Play Therapy and Systemic Therapy and will be joining a service comprising of 30 Child Clinical and Assistant Psychologists working across Hull & East Riding CAMHS. There will be access to regular supervision and support from an experienced Clinical Psychologist working within the LAC CAMHS Team.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing psychological assessments, support and interventions to CYP and their carers referred in to the team, the role will include providing psychological support and consultations to a number of Hull Local Authority children's residential homes and social workers.
Duties will include: regular consultation to the residential staff teams looking after CYP; Undertaking and delivering therapeutic interventions to the YP as required/needed; offering bespoke training to the residential staff team to support understanding and managing the CYP, and attendance at multi agency meeting such as CLA reviews, core group meetings and meetings with education.
There will be an opportunity to work as part of an innovative Hull City Council 'Edge of Care' project which involves the identification of children who are considered to be on the verge of being taken into the care system (or, in some cases, who are already in care but where there is considered to be the potential for the child to return home).
The successful candidate will hold a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and be eligible for registration with the HCPC. There are strong links with the Hull University Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Course and other local training course including Leeds and Sheffield and there is an expectation that the post holder will offer placements to trainee Clinical Psychologists.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust that delivers care to communities in Hull, East Yorkshire, Scarborough and Ryedale and Whitby. We deliver safe, effective and integrated health services that improve the physical, mental and social health and wellbeing of our patients and service users.
You will join our team of over 2,800 colleagues that work together across our wide geography and specialties to change lives every day. We're extremely proud of our Trust community and we know you can expect to receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need from your new team to get you started.
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development to ensure the delivery of high quality, person-centred and compassionate care to patients. We value our staff and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills and competencies to deliver outstanding care.
Humbelievable Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits to help support a healthy work-life balance and support your overall health and wellbeing.
Including:
- Free on-siteparking
- Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave
- Cycle to work & car leasing schemes
- Extra day off on completion of mandatory training and receiving your flu vaccination
- Wide -range of Health & Wellbeing benefits
- Annual staff awards ceremony
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job and personal specifications for further details regarding this post.
For any queries please contact Vicky Wilson - Clinical team leader
01482 303688
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job and personal specifications for further details regarding this post.
For any queries please contact Vicky Wilson - Clinical team leader
01482 303688
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Completed post-graduate doctoral level of training in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the BPS (or equivalent if qualified before 1996)
- Additional short specialist courses with demonstrable impact on practice.
- To hold and maintain current professional registration in line with HCPC
- Clinical supervision training for doctoral trainees
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Knowledge of and experience in the use of a wide range of psychometric and other objective assessment tools as applied in mental health work
- Skills in co-ordinating programmes of care, and providing consultation and specialist advice to other professional and non-professional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, and application of this to research and development activity within the service area
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more specialised areas of psychological practice relevant to this client group
- Leadership or management qualification
- Advanced/expert understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Broadly based knowledge of the theory and practice of advanced psychological therapies when working with developmental trauma and attachment difficulties: eg: DDP, Theraplay & Filial Therapy.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working as a clinical or counselling psychologist, to include a significant period of working at a senior level in the specific field where the post is held
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups , across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Evidence of advanced practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
Desirable
- A breadth of clinical practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
- Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level
- Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
- Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- oDemonstrate mandatory training and attendance for the management of violence and aggression
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
- Be able to demonstrate leadership/management skills at an advanced level
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Completed post-graduate doctoral level of training in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the BPS (or equivalent if qualified before 1996)
- Additional short specialist courses with demonstrable impact on practice.
- To hold and maintain current professional registration in line with HCPC
- Clinical supervision training for doctoral trainees
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Knowledge of and experience in the use of a wide range of psychometric and other objective assessment tools as applied in mental health work
- Skills in co-ordinating programmes of care, and providing consultation and specialist advice to other professional and non-professional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, and application of this to research and development activity within the service area
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more specialised areas of psychological practice relevant to this client group
- Leadership or management qualification
- Advanced/expert understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Broadly based knowledge of the theory and practice of advanced psychological therapies when working with developmental trauma and attachment difficulties: eg: DDP, Theraplay & Filial Therapy.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working as a clinical or counselling psychologist, to include a significant period of working at a senior level in the specific field where the post is held
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups , across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Evidence of advanced practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
Desirable
- A breadth of clinical practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
- Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level
- Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
- Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- oDemonstrate mandatory training and attendance for the management of violence and aggression
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
- Be able to demonstrate leadership/management skills at an advanced level
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).
