Job summary
We would like to invite applications from Clinical Psychologists with experience of working with children and young people to join our hardworking, multi-disciplinary team. The Starfish Team delivers a countywide service offering assessment and intervention for children aged 5-18 with a diagnosed learning disability who are experiencing significant behavioural and/or mental health difficulties.
The person will be passionate and enthusiastic in their approach to service delivery and committed to improving the lives of children and young people.
You will work alongside experienced Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, Lead and Specialist Childrens Learning Disability Nurses, Specialist Family Support Workers, an Occupational Therapist, a Speech & Language Therapist, a Systemic Family Psychotherapist, a Communication and Therapy Assistant Practitioner, a Clinical Coordinator and other professionals involved in the assessment and planning of interventions for children and their families.
There will be opportunities to contribute to the supervision, teaching and training of other professionals within the team.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to use a range of assessment skills, interviews with parents and carers, and observations in a range of settings, to inform the assessment and diagnostic process as well as the planning and provision of interventions. See attached Job description for further details
About us
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust as an organisation has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details please see attached Job Description and Person Specification
If you have any further queries please contact Laura Wetton, Starfish Clinical Lead via 01603 272319 for more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details please see attached Job Description and Person Specification
If you have any further queries please contact Laura Wetton, Starfish Clinical Lead via 01603 272319 for more information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence.
- Training in the supervision of clinical psychologists (inc. trainees)
Desirable
- Chartered Clinical Psychologist
- Training in diagnostic assessment of Autistic Spectrum Disorders e.g., DISCO, ADOS & ADI).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of children and young people across a range of care settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different contexts.
- Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical psychologist or an alternative agreed by the Head of Speciality.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Experience in the processes for safeguarding vulnerable children
- Experience in assessment and process for Domestic Violence
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, psychological formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. This requires the use of highly developed analytical and judgement skills
- Skills in family work, individual and group work and in programme planning
- Planning and organising skills for caseload management.
- Skills in self management, including time-management
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information, including contentious and highly distressing information, to children and their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Good understanding of other professionals' theoretical perspectives of children and young people.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- Ability to teach and train others using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional, and academic settings.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in children with ASD, LD and severely challenging behaviours and mental health problems
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Children and the Childrens Act 2004
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Children and The Children's Act 2004.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling formation of networks with professionals within the Trust and from other agencies to promote effective team working
- Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from children and their families
- Able to contain and work with organisational stress
- Interpersonally calm and able to defuse difficult, volatile situations.
- Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions in situations of incomplete information.
- Ability to exercise appropriate levels of self-care and to monitor own state, recognising when it is necessary to take active steps to maintain fitness to practice.
- Good organisational skills
- Motivated towards personal and professional development with a strong CPD record
- Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Other
Essential
- Full driving licence and access to vehicle
- Able to speak English language
- Enhanced DBS Check
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence.
- Training in the supervision of clinical psychologists (inc. trainees)
Desirable
- Chartered Clinical Psychologist
- Training in diagnostic assessment of Autistic Spectrum Disorders e.g., DISCO, ADOS & ADI).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of children and young people across a range of care settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different contexts.
- Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical psychologist or an alternative agreed by the Head of Speciality.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Experience in the processes for safeguarding vulnerable children
- Experience in assessment and process for Domestic Violence
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, psychological formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. This requires the use of highly developed analytical and judgement skills
- Skills in family work, individual and group work and in programme planning
- Planning and organising skills for caseload management.
- Skills in self management, including time-management
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information, including contentious and highly distressing information, to children and their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Good understanding of other professionals' theoretical perspectives of children and young people.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- Ability to teach and train others using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional, and academic settings.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in children with ASD, LD and severely challenging behaviours and mental health problems
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Children and the Childrens Act 2004
- Knowledge of Safeguarding Children and The Children's Act 2004.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling formation of networks with professionals within the Trust and from other agencies to promote effective team working
- Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from children and their families
- Able to contain and work with organisational stress
- Interpersonally calm and able to defuse difficult, volatile situations.
- Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions in situations of incomplete information.
- Ability to exercise appropriate levels of self-care and to monitor own state, recognising when it is necessary to take active steps to maintain fitness to practice.
- Good organisational skills
- Motivated towards personal and professional development with a strong CPD record
- Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Other
Essential
- Full driving licence and access to vehicle
- Able to speak English language
- Enhanced DBS 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).
