Job summary
Come and join us in North Devon to help improve the lives of Children and Young People! The perfect work life balance - spend your working hours with friendly and supportive colleagues as part of our innovative, integrated children's service then spend your leisure time in this inspiring part of the country, home to a World Surfing Reserve, the renowned UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and beautiful Exmoor!
In line with transformation, we are excited to be advertising a number of
fantastic roles for Band 7 Clinical Psychologists including the
opportunity to work within the highly skilled and innovative multi-disciplinary
Neurodiversity Pathway across Devon.
Its an exciting time of change as we develop
integrated, needs-led pathways under iThrive. We are passionate about our work
and are committed to providing high quality services across Devon to improve
outcomes for children and young people.
We would love to hear from qualifying colleagues and those with
more experience seeking a new role in an innovative service
at an exciting time of change.
We have an opportunity to join our North DevonNeurodiversity Pathway(0.8wte)
Clinical Psychology roles are also being advertised
in other pathways so please view additional CFHD adverts. If you wish to apply
for more than one, please submit one form with your preferences / interest
listed.
Relocation funds may be available
for these roles.
Main duties of the job
As a
Clinical Psychologist, you will offer high-quality psychological input to neurodiverse
children and young people, their families and professional network. This includes
complex assessment and intervention when there are significant and complex
mental health supported by the pathway. You will bring advanced assessment
skills, formulation, and diagnostic thinking to your team. You will collaborate
with other pathways to support the most effective approach for children and
young people to have consistent experiences of care.
There will be CPD opportunities to support you. These may be to
consolidate and develop knowledge and skills or to support you in transferring
skills from another specialism. We provide training for all staff in ADOS and standardised developmental
history tools to support their assessments. We
encourage interest from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences,
both personal and professional.
You will have regular clinical supervision and line management. You will
be supported with a job plan and opportunities to develop supervision, leadership, using research skills, and engage in service development. There is
a strong and friendly network of Clinical Psychologists working across CFHD, enjoying
shared CPD and professional support. We also have excellent links with local
Doctoral courses for teaching and Trainee placements.
We can consider applications for part-time as well as full-time roles,
please note this on your form.
About us
Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.
CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.
Our children and young people say
We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be a qualified Clinical Psychologist with passion for working
with children, young people and families. You will have the knowledge and
skills to undertake complex assessments and deliver evidence-based and outcome
monitored psychological therapies. You will be a reflective practitioner with
strengths to bring to a multi-disciplinary team and consultative work. You will
be committed to service user participation and collaborative working with
children, young people, parents, carers and families. You will have a good
understanding of safeguarding across the lifespan. You will have, or be willing
to develop skills and knowledge to support the development of others, such as
supervision and training, as well as clinical leadership skills to contribute to
quality improvement and service development.
Information regarding the different pathways is detailed below:
The Neurodiversity Pathway is a
developing integrated pathway within CFHD. The Integrated Neurodiversity Team
provides specialist assessment and intervention for children and young people
and their families where the presenting need relates to neurodevelopmental
conditions such as Autism Spectrum Condition, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder and Tics and Tourette Syndrome.
The appointed Clinical Psychologists
will become valuable members of the multi-disciplinary team working with
colleagues including Clinical Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy,
Psychiatry, Occupational Therapy and Mental Health Practitioners from a diverse
range of backgrounds. This provides an opportunity to work in a team with a
strong multidisciplinary ethos as well as collaborating with colleagues in
other pathways and working in partnership with other agencies such as local
Paediatric teams and education providers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be a qualified Clinical Psychologist with passion for working
with children, young people and families. You will have the knowledge and
skills to undertake complex assessments and deliver evidence-based and outcome
monitored psychological therapies. You will be a reflective practitioner with
strengths to bring to a multi-disciplinary team and consultative work. You will
be committed to service user participation and collaborative working with
children, young people, parents, carers and families. You will have a good
understanding of safeguarding across the lifespan. You will have, or be willing
to develop skills and knowledge to support the development of others, such as
supervision and training, as well as clinical leadership skills to contribute to
quality improvement and service development.
Information regarding the different pathways is detailed below:
The Neurodiversity Pathway is a
developing integrated pathway within CFHD. The Integrated Neurodiversity Team
provides specialist assessment and intervention for children and young people
and their families where the presenting need relates to neurodevelopmental
conditions such as Autism Spectrum Condition, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder and Tics and Tourette Syndrome.
The appointed Clinical Psychologists
will become valuable members of the multi-disciplinary team working with
colleagues including Clinical Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy,
Psychiatry, Occupational Therapy and Mental Health Practitioners from a diverse
range of backgrounds. This provides an opportunity to work in a team with a
strong multidisciplinary ethos as well as collaborating with colleagues in
other pathways and working in partnership with other agencies such as local
Paediatric teams and education providers.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
- Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies
- Experience of working with a range of children and young people with complex needs maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal abuse
- Experience of undertaking specialist psychological assessments and providing evidence based interventions, with the ability to work with complex needs and undertake risk assessments.
- Experience in providing teaching and training
- Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring the safety of young people in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
- Experience that evidences an ability to attend to diversity and work in a way that promotes anti-discriminatory practice.
- Experience of managing and processing emotionally distressing information, seeking support as required
Desirable
- Experience in using neuropsychological assessments of cognitive functioning and/or learning disabilities in the context of diagnostic assessments of learning disabilities.
- Experience of the assessment of capacity to consent and providing consultation to capacity assessments across a range of issues
Qualifications
Essential
- A Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent e.g. Masters level qualification in Clinical Psychology if qualified before 1996.
- Active registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
Desirable
- Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people
- Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
- Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies
- Experience of working with a range of children and young people with complex needs maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal abuse
- Experience of undertaking specialist psychological assessments and providing evidence based interventions, with the ability to work with complex needs and undertake risk assessments.
- Experience in providing teaching and training
- Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring the safety of young people in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
- Experience that evidences an ability to attend to diversity and work in a way that promotes anti-discriminatory practice.
- Experience of managing and processing emotionally distressing information, seeking support as required
Desirable
- Experience in using neuropsychological assessments of cognitive functioning and/or learning disabilities in the context of diagnostic assessments of learning disabilities.
- Experience of the assessment of capacity to consent and providing consultation to capacity assessments across a range of issues
Qualifications
Essential
- A Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent e.g. Masters level qualification in Clinical Psychology if qualified before 1996.
- Active registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
Desirable
- Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people
- Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision.
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.
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.
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
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Integrated Childrens Services
Fishleigh Road
Roundswell Business Park
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 3UD
Employer's website
https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
