Job summary
The postholder will provide highly specialist clinical psychology services within the Doncaster CAMHS Intellectual Disabilities Team, working with children and young people who have a learning disability and/or neurodevelopmental condition, and who present with complex emotional, behavioural, or mental health needs.
The postholder will deliver expert psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention, and provide clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary team (MDT). They will contribute to service development, training, supervision, and the promotion of psychologically informed and trauma-aware practice across the ID CAMHS pathway.
Main duties of the job
The role will provide specialist psychological assessment and intervention for children and young people with complex needs, drawing on a wide range of evidence-based tools and integrating information from multiple sources to develop clear, developmentally informed formulations. The post-holder will be responsible for recognising and responding to safeguarding concerns, including any indicators of harm, abuse, neglect, or poor clinical practice, and will take appropriate action in line with statutory and organisational requirements. They will undertake comprehensive risk assessment and contribute expert psychological perspectives to inform safe, effective risk management across the multi-disciplinary team. The role will involve formulating and delivering individual, family, and group psychological interventions, adapting approaches as needed and evaluating progress to guide ongoing care. The post-holder will also provide specialist consultation, advice, and psychological insight to colleagues involved in assessment, formulation, and intervention planning. They will support collaborative decision-making by helping map pathways and identify appropriate treatment options or service responses. Where required, they will lead multi-disciplinary planning processes, ensuring intervention plans are implemented consistently and that progress is monitored to promote safe, coordinated, and high-quality care for children, young people, and their families.
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://ptracaccpublic.blob.core.windows.net/docs-employer/340/2515/Main_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
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
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Additional leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings.
- Experience of working in multi-agency teams and with a wide variety of client groups which reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and the threat of physical abuse
- Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Offering clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team.
- Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies.
- Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.
- Research and development.
- Active participation in quality and service improvement initiatives.
Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Skills in evidence based psychological interventions.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to Knowledge and experience of working within the context of child protection settings
- Communicate ffectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and therapies
- Leadership skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research A/I design and complex multivariable data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Evidence of CPD
- Able to work effectively in a team setting
- Articulate the value added by psychological provision within the context of multidisciplinary mental health healthcare provision.
- Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems
- Utilise psychometric tests competently.
- Provide effective teaching, training and clinical supervision for the multidisciplinary team.
- Identify, provide and promote appropriate interventions / means of support for carers and staff exposed to highly distressing
- Utilise appropriate clinical governance mechanisms within own work.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills
- The capacity to tolerate frequent exposure to unpredictable working conditions including demanding, verbally and possibly physically aggressive clients
- Ability to contain and work with A/I organisational stress and to maintain high quality clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and stressful conditions
- Ability to take care of oneself (and others) in a pressured work with minimal supervision in an environment with difficult clients and high stress job demands
- Able to work in accordance with the Staff Compact and Trust Values and Behaviours.
- Able to engage with vulnerable people and work effectively in highly distressing and challenging circumstances.
- Able to work flexibly and co -operatively as part of a team
- Able to use own initiative and make decisions independently
- Committed to continual quality and service improvement Self -aware and committed to professional and personal development.
- Able to accept and respond positively to feedback
Desirable
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive behaviour.
- Ability to administer accurately and speedily complex psychometric test materials
- Capacity to concentrate intensely for clinical work
- Access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical area
- This post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
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
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Additional leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings.
- Experience of working in multi-agency teams and with a wide variety of client groups which reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and the threat of physical abuse
- Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Offering clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team.
- Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies.
- Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.
- Research and development.
- Active participation in quality and service improvement initiatives.
Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Skills in evidence based psychological interventions.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to Knowledge and experience of working within the context of child protection settings
- Communicate ffectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and therapies
- Leadership skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research A/I design and complex multivariable data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Evidence of CPD
- Able to work effectively in a team setting
- Articulate the value added by psychological provision within the context of multidisciplinary mental health healthcare provision.
- Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems
- Utilise psychometric tests competently.
- Provide effective teaching, training and clinical supervision for the multidisciplinary team.
- Identify, provide and promote appropriate interventions / means of support for carers and staff exposed to highly distressing
- Utilise appropriate clinical governance mechanisms within own work.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills
- The capacity to tolerate frequent exposure to unpredictable working conditions including demanding, verbally and possibly physically aggressive clients
- Ability to contain and work with A/I organisational stress and to maintain high quality clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and stressful conditions
- Ability to take care of oneself (and others) in a pressured work with minimal supervision in an environment with difficult clients and high stress job demands
- Able to work in accordance with the Staff Compact and Trust Values and Behaviours.
- Able to engage with vulnerable people and work effectively in highly distressing and challenging circumstances.
- Able to work flexibly and co -operatively as part of a team
- Able to use own initiative and make decisions independently
- Committed to continual quality and service improvement Self -aware and committed to professional and personal development.
- Able to accept and respond positively to feedback
Desirable
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive behaviour.
- Ability to administer accurately and speedily complex psychometric test materials
- Capacity to concentrate intensely for clinical work
- Access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical area
- This post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
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).
