Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic clinical or counselling psychologist to establish and develop a new community paediatric psychology service, in collaboration with the Head of Child Psychology. The community paediatric psychology service will work across the two children's centres in Swansea Bay UHB, providing a psychological service for children and families with additional needs accessing the children's centres. Funding has currently been secured for the lead post, an Assistant Psychologist and admin support.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for establishing the psychological needs within community paediatrics and for children and families with additional needs. They will develop a plan for delivering a psychology service across the two childrens centres in Swansea Bay UHB and lead on the delivery of this service, providing the psychology service to one of the children's centres, ensuring systems are in place to measure outcomes and demonstrate the value of the service. It is anticipated that the community paediatric psychology service will deliver both direct and indirect psychological interventions, including working with the network around the child, providing psychological consultations and team formulation work, as well as teaching and training and an element of staff support eg facilitating psychological debriefs.
About us
The Child Psychology department in Swansea Bay is a small but growing, friendly and supportive group of psychologists. Psychology is valued and well used by our multi-disciplinary colleagues and there is support for the service to develop. The post holder will join the group of psychologists working with children and will be an active member of this group. As a group we undertake joint reflective practice and CPD as well as working together on service wide projects. There are robust systems in place for supervision, including peer supervision.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A detailed job description and details of the main responsibilities of the post can be found attached to this job advert
Job description
Job responsibilities
A detailed job description and details of the main responsibilities of the post can be found attached to this job advert
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate Qualifications and a range of post qualification training
- Training in supervision
Desirable
- Research record and/or publications
Experience
Essential
- Substantial supervised experience working as a qualified psychologist
- Experience of working with children and families
- Experience of working with children with additional needs
Desirable
- Experience of supervising and managing qualified psychologists and others
Aptitude
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary colleagues
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate Qualifications and a range of post qualification training
- Training in supervision
Desirable
- Research record and/or publications
Experience
Essential
- Substantial supervised experience working as a qualified psychologist
- Experience of working with children and families
- Experience of working with children with additional needs
Desirable
- Experience of supervising and managing qualified psychologists and others
Aptitude
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary colleagues
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
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).
