Job summary
Are you enthusiastic, well motivated and want to add value and make a difference to the lives' of children and young people?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, dynamic and suitably qualified professional to join us as an Band 8a Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist to work in our community CAMHS service in Bridgend.
Our vision is to provide excellent psychological care both in specialist psychological approaches and in supporting our multidisciplinary teams to provide psychologically informed care. We value working in partnership across disciplines & agencies to understand children and young people holistically and in the context of their experiences, circumstances, strengths and potential. We wish to provide whole systems approaches, aligning with best practice. Our stance is hopeful, compassionate, enabling, inclusive and respectful.
You will bring expertise in the psychological care of children and young people and their families, delivering services with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency partners. You will be a values-centered professional who has children's best interests at the heart of your practice and be supportive and enabling of colleagues.
We are a small and growing psychological team who are welcoming, friendly & supportive. You and your professional development will be valued and nurtured. You will be part of a thriving wider cross specialty psychological workforce in the Health Board.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a specialist clinical psychology service to the Bridgend locality CAMHS service. CTM UHB is also commissioned to provide CAMHS services to the Swansea Bay and Neath Port Talbot geographical area.
The post holder will deliver clinical psychological interventions through direct assessment and therapeutic work.
The post holder will provide clinical supervision, consultation, complex case discussion, day to day management and work within the multi-disciplinary team.
The delivery of interventions required will be holding a strong psychological voice within the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and to assist and develop the thinking around complex children and young people accessing the CAMHS service. Delivery of a range of specialist psychological therapies will be required of the post holder.
The post holder will be expected to be able to clearly and coherently assess risk, care plan, and develop psychological formulations and interventions for complex vulnerable children and families. The post holder will manage a caseload and provide leadership within the service within the multi-agency approach.
The post holder will be required to provide specialist consultation and teaching to other members of the MDT, to multiagency colleagues and to other psychology professionals as required.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450, 000 people living in the Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil ad Rhondda Cynon Taf area.
We live and work to our core values :
- We listen, learn, and improve.
- We treat everyone with respect.
- We all work together as one team.
We are a proud employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but also of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills/Qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree in Psychology, giving eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Professional qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology at doctoral level (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Current HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to children and young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- 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 and HCPC.
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Excellent IT skills
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in working children with mental health conditions / experiencing psychological distress
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and mental health.
- Strong ability to formulate using a developmental, contextual and systemic model, and having a strong appreciation of attachment and trauma upon development & presentation
Experience
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Experience of working in multi-professional teams.
Desirable
- Experience of supervising Psychologists and Psychological Therapists from other professions (e.g. nursing, occupational therapy)
Values
Essential
- Is enthusiastic, self-motivated and able to work independently
- Recognition of the need to communicate well with children & young people and families and also as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Respect, sensitivity and inclusivity to aspects of difference such as race, ethnicity, gender, ability and class.
- Committed to children's rights and especially to hearing children & young people's voices and working in collaboration with them
- Able to demonstrate a high level of commitment to the role.
Other
Essential
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- Competence in keyboard skills and using a range of software.
- Demonstrates good interpersonal skills
- 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 material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to be mobile within the Health Board and wider
Desirable
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills/Qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree in Psychology, giving eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Professional qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology at doctoral level (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Current HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to children and young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- 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 and HCPC.
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Excellent IT skills
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in working children with mental health conditions / experiencing psychological distress
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and mental health.
- Strong ability to formulate using a developmental, contextual and systemic model, and having a strong appreciation of attachment and trauma upon development & presentation
Experience
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Experience of working in multi-professional teams.
Desirable
- Experience of supervising Psychologists and Psychological Therapists from other professions (e.g. nursing, occupational therapy)
Values
Essential
- Is enthusiastic, self-motivated and able to work independently
- Recognition of the need to communicate well with children & young people and families and also as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Respect, sensitivity and inclusivity to aspects of difference such as race, ethnicity, gender, ability and class.
- Committed to children's rights and especially to hearing children & young people's voices and working in collaboration with them
- Able to demonstrate a high level of commitment to the role.
Other
Essential
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- Competence in keyboard skills and using a range of software.
- Demonstrates good interpersonal skills
- 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 material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to be mobile within the Health Board and wider
Desirable
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
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
Children's Centre, Princess of Wales Hospital
Coity Road
Bridgend
CF31 1RQ
Employer's website
https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)
