Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated Consultant Psychologist to join Durham Children and Young Peoples Service in-house therapeutic team - The Full Circle, based in Annfield Plain, County Durham.
The Full Circle's focus is to support children and young people who have experienced developmental trauma due to experiences of neglect and abuse. The team works in close partnership with children looked after, children in need, residential, fostering and adoption services and has close links with partnership agencies including Education and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services within Durham. The post holder will have theopportunity to develop boththeir clinical and leadership skills and be an integral member of a strong leadership team. The Full Circle team is committed to providing a trauma informed approach and supporting wider children and young people services to understand and respond to children's trauma in the most helpful way.
Main duties of the job
The post involves offering clinical support and guidance to the team which consists of therapeutic social workers, a clinical nurse specialist and an existing consultant clinical psychologist. It also includes consultation and training to social workers and other professionals working across CYPS along with support to foster carers, parents and residential services. The post involves working with children complex needs requiring collaboration and partnership working with a range of systems. It is anticipated that part of this role will be to support the development of a programme of support across residential services and working in innovative and creative ways to support the most complex young people in Durham's care.
About us
The Full Circle are proud of their Investing in Children Membership Award(TM) status, which recognises and celebrates examples ofimaginative and inclusive practice with children and young people. Ofsted have also recognised how valuable Full Circle Support is "The therapeutic service provided by Full Circle is invaluable. Using evidence-based research, the service is making a real difference to children who have been traumatised by adverse childhood experiences, as well as supporting their carers." (September 2019). At their more recent inspection, Ofsted said of children, young people and families, "They receive tailored and highly effective support with their emotional needs from the specialist therapeutic Full Circle team. Foster carers and adopters are well supported by social workers and Full Circle in the transition and continuing care of children placed with them." (May 2022)
Applied Psychology is highly valued within the Trust with good professional support and strong links with local doctoral training courses. There is a well-established and supportive Psychological Professions Network within the wider child and adolescent mental health service supported by a highly motivated team of senior managers and clinical leads. The Trust is a strongly value based, person centred organisation which has taken a strategic approach to continued service improvement, the modernisation of clinical roles and the use of care pathways embedded within a functioning system of governance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide a range of consultant level roles and responsibilities as detailed within the job description. This will include the delivery of highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions to children and their carers with complex needs through direct clinical work, offering clinical supervision and multiagency consultation, staff training alongside leading on service development and evaluation.
Candidates should be significantly experienced clinicians with excellent interdisciplinary working skills and interested in developing and delivering an innovative service. A proven track record of consultancy, clinical leadership and supervisory experience in the field of community child and adolescent mental health including with children who are looked after is essential.Leadership skills and behaviours are integral to the recruitment process.
Service development and evaluation are key aspects of the role which involves the continued support, development and review of established processes, such as trauma informed care and clinical pathways. Contributions to service planning, new initiatives and liaison with commissioners as needed will also be part of this consultant role. The post requires a high degree of professional autonomy and critical judgement providing highly effective clinical leadership within an established multidisciplinary service and in collaboration with partnership agencies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide a range of consultant level roles and responsibilities as detailed within the job description. This will include the delivery of highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions to children and their carers with complex needs through direct clinical work, offering clinical supervision and multiagency consultation, staff training alongside leading on service development and evaluation.
Candidates should be significantly experienced clinicians with excellent interdisciplinary working skills and interested in developing and delivering an innovative service. A proven track record of consultancy, clinical leadership and supervisory experience in the field of community child and adolescent mental health including with children who are looked after is essential.Leadership skills and behaviours are integral to the recruitment process.
Service development and evaluation are key aspects of the role which involves the continued support, development and review of established processes, such as trauma informed care and clinical pathways. Contributions to service planning, new initiatives and liaison with commissioners as needed will also be part of this consultant role. The post requires a high degree of professional autonomy and critical judgement providing highly effective clinical leadership within an established multidisciplinary service and in collaboration with partnership agencies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Trained in care co-ordination
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings.
- Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.
- Project management of quality and service improvement initiatives.
- Providing clinical and professional leadership to other qualified and non-qualified members of the profession.
- The care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour.
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Research and development
Skills
Essential
- Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions in mental health for clients with communication difficulties / learning disabilities.
- Articulate the value added by applied psychology services within the context of multidisciplinary mental health and learning disability healthcare provision.
- Provide effective teaching, training and clinical supervision for the multidisciplinary team.
- Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems
- Provision of effective clinical and professional leadership
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to use own initiative and make decisions independently
- Committed to continual quality and service improvement
- Able to work flexibly and co-operatively as part of a team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Trained in care co-ordination
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings.
- Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.
- Project management of quality and service improvement initiatives.
- Providing clinical and professional leadership to other qualified and non-qualified members of the profession.
- The care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour.
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Research and development
Skills
Essential
- Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions in mental health for clients with communication difficulties / learning disabilities.
- Articulate the value added by applied psychology services within the context of multidisciplinary mental health and learning disability healthcare provision.
- Provide effective teaching, training and clinical supervision for the multidisciplinary team.
- Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems
- Provision of effective clinical and professional leadership
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to use own initiative and make decisions independently
- Committed to continual quality and service improvement
- Able to work flexibly and co-operatively as part of a team
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Full Circle
Morrison Busty Depot (Building 1), Annfield Plain
County Durham
DH9 7XW
Employer's website
https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
