Job summary
This post has been created as part of new and exciting service development within Children and Young Person's Community Mental Health Service in CTMUHB.
The aim is to develop and implement two innovative services for children, young people and families who present with complex needs and systems and for those where early, brief intervention is indicated to prevent or reduce the likelihood of longer-term harm.
You will be working across both of these services and alongside two Principal Clinical Psychologists who will be leading the service development.
Within this role you will join a friendly, motivated and growing psychology and psychological professions team and will work into existing regional specialist CAMHS teams and develop new relationships with multi agency partners and the third sector to explore and develop psychological practice with our key stake holders. The ambition of the service is to ensure young people have access to psychological support that is person centred, needs led and at the right time in the right place.
If you share these values and have energy and motivation to drive meaningful change for children, young people and families within the context of their support networks and local communities we would welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
We expect this to be a varied and exciting role with the opportunity to experience all aspects of service development and evolution. This region wide offer will be community based and working with both established CAMHS services and reaching into new areas including community partnership collaborations and multi-agency spaces.
We anticipate that the post holder will offer consultation, supervision and training to, and hold a psychological voice within, multi-disciplinary team meetings; and as the services develop, into multiagency forums and into partnership spaces to support and develop the psychological thinking around the children and young people expressing psychological distress.
The post holder will also be expected to clearly and coherently assess risk, care plan and develop psychological formulations and interventions for complex vulnerable children and families whilst planning and prioritising their caseload in the provision of both indirect systemic practice and direct assessment and therapeutic work.
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 three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but 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
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- Good Honours Degree in Psychology. Postgraduate Doctorate qualification in specialist (Clinical/ Counselling/Forensic) Psychology. Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist. Relevant specialist training/experience or qualification. Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to this client group i.e. adolescents. Awareness and understanding of the requirements of Clinical Governance within the NHS.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children in a relevant setting.
Desirable
- Experience of working in mental health services in the NHS. Experience of working in a multi-cultural framework.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Skills in developing and co-ordinating training packages, consultation for other professionals and appropriate interventions. Highly developed skills in effective communication, orally and in writing, complex and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. In addition to routine CPD and clinical supervision additional training and or supervision in a relevant specialist area e.g. CBT, Family Therapy. Evidence of continuing professional development. Demonstrate ability to organise and prioritise clinical and professional commitments. Ability to work with complex clinical material. Ability to contain work with organisational stress and ability to hold the stress of others. Ability to work with highly distressing clinical material and help others manage this. Ability to work in context of high complexity and ongoing change. Work to professional guidelines. Capable of being guided by principles of policies and regulations.
Values
Essential
- Flexible and personable approach to working in a MDT Service. Demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively within a team as well as independently when required.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel within geographical area in a timely manner. Able to work hours flexibly. Enhanced DBS Clearance.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- Good Honours Degree in Psychology. Postgraduate Doctorate qualification in specialist (Clinical/ Counselling/Forensic) Psychology. Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist. Relevant specialist training/experience or qualification. Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to this client group i.e. adolescents. Awareness and understanding of the requirements of Clinical Governance within the NHS.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children in a relevant setting.
Desirable
- Experience of working in mental health services in the NHS. Experience of working in a multi-cultural framework.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Skills in developing and co-ordinating training packages, consultation for other professionals and appropriate interventions. Highly developed skills in effective communication, orally and in writing, complex and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. In addition to routine CPD and clinical supervision additional training and or supervision in a relevant specialist area e.g. CBT, Family Therapy. Evidence of continuing professional development. Demonstrate ability to organise and prioritise clinical and professional commitments. Ability to work with complex clinical material. Ability to contain work with organisational stress and ability to hold the stress of others. Ability to work with highly distressing clinical material and help others manage this. Ability to work in context of high complexity and ongoing change. Work to professional guidelines. Capable of being guided by principles of policies and regulations.
Values
Essential
- Flexible and personable approach to working in a MDT Service. Demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively within a team as well as independently when required.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel within geographical area in a timely manner. Able to work hours flexibly. Enhanced DBS Clearance.
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).
