Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Practitioner Psychologist to join our new Hillside Secure Children's Home In reach MDT as part of Swansea Bay CAMHS. This post is graded at 8a, but newly qualified or soon to qualify psychologists are encouraged to apply and can be appointed to a band 7-8a preceptorship.The Hillside MDT will be professionally led by a Consultant Practitioner Psychologist and include AHP, Medicine and Systemic Family Therapy provision alongside this position. The expectation is that each child will have a psychological formulation and care and treatment plan, and the team will work with Hillside staff to ensure plans are applied in practice in a trauma informed way.
There will therefore be opportunity for direct and indirect working to ensure that staff are well supported and enabled to meet the needs of the children and families linked to Hillside. The post holder will also have opportunity to deliver direct psychological interventions as per Matrics Plant.We have a strong and thriving professional Child Psychology network within Swansea Bay University Health Board, led by a well-respected Professional Lead Psychologist, alongside Consultant CAMHS and Paediatric Psychology positions with Psychologist posts at all career grades working together to meet the needs of the Swansea Bay population.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work alongside the MDT providing into the Hillside Secure Children's Home, and will be supervised and supported by the Consultant Psychology lead for the team.
They will be expected to provide psychological assessments, develop formulations with children, families, Hillside Staff and the MDT to feed into care and treatment plans. They will be expected to deliver evidence based psychological interventions as per formulation.
This opportunity will afford them direct and indirect clinical work, allowing them to offer a range of psychological interventions to the children, young people, their families and networks. They will be expected to partner with Hillside staff and the MDT to ensure that the care plans are applied in practice and that staff are robustly supported and enabled to meet the children and young people's needs to the best of their ability and manage the emotional context in which they work.
The postholder will have opportunities to utilise their research and evaluation skills in helping to ascertain the nature and quality of the provision to help inform continued service development.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The post is an 8a post but newly qualified, or soon to qualify, psychologists are also encouraged to apply and can be appointed to a Band 7 in a preceptorship role. This means the post holder would be paid on a Band 7 salary and would have a development plan in place to progress to having the competencies required for the 8a post. They would be supported to develop their competencies, and evidence this, and would then be appointed to the 8a.
The exact details of the role will evolve in collaboration with the post holder, the Lead Hillside Psychologist and the needs of the service, alongside developments across the MDT.
You will be able to find a generic Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post is an 8a post but newly qualified, or soon to qualify, psychologists are also encouraged to apply and can be appointed to a Band 7 in a preceptorship role. This means the post holder would be paid on a Band 7 salary and would have a development plan in place to progress to having the competencies required for the 8a post. They would be supported to develop their competencies, and evidence this, and would then be appointed to the 8a.
The exact details of the role will evolve in collaboration with the post holder, the Lead Hillside Psychologist and the needs of the service, alongside developments across the MDT.
You will be able to find a generic Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Good honours Degree in Psychology
- Eligibility for British Psychological Society Chartered status.
- Post-graduate Doctorate/Qualification in specialist area of (Clinical/Counselling/Forensic) Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or for those trained overseas, as accredited by the British Psychological Society or its equivalent allowing registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Clinical supervision training for Doctoral Trainee Practitioner Psychologist.
- Doctoral level/ advanced knowledge of practitioner psychology theory and practice, psychological therapies and their application, neuropsychological and psychometric assessment and interpretation.
Desirable
- Postdoctoral/qualification training courses in specific areas of practitioner psychology (Clinical/Forensic/Coun selling).
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-totreat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses and people with additional disabilities).
Experience
Essential
- Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified practitioner psychologist, normally including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills.
- Demonstration of further specialist training / experience through having received extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision of working as a practitioner psychologist or an alternative agreed by the Head of Psychology.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of practitioner psychology in diverse cultural contexts.
Aptitude and Ability
Essential
- Adhere to and can demonstrate SBU Values & Behaviours
- The ability to demonstrate a high level of competence to work within the designated speciality
- Skills in the supervision of other staff including Trainee Practitioner Psychologists.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel within geographical area and work hours flexibly.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Capable of maintaining a high degree of professionalism and safe clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- The ability to identify and provide appropriate means of support to line-managed staff who deal with highly distressing situations, severely challenging behaviours and other stressors.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Good honours Degree in Psychology
- Eligibility for British Psychological Society Chartered status.
- Post-graduate Doctorate/Qualification in specialist area of (Clinical/Counselling/Forensic) Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or for those trained overseas, as accredited by the British Psychological Society or its equivalent allowing registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Clinical supervision training for Doctoral Trainee Practitioner Psychologist.
- Doctoral level/ advanced knowledge of practitioner psychology theory and practice, psychological therapies and their application, neuropsychological and psychometric assessment and interpretation.
Desirable
- Postdoctoral/qualification training courses in specific areas of practitioner psychology (Clinical/Forensic/Coun selling).
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-totreat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses and people with additional disabilities).
Experience
Essential
- Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified practitioner psychologist, normally including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills.
- Demonstration of further specialist training / experience through having received extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision of working as a practitioner psychologist or an alternative agreed by the Head of Psychology.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of practitioner psychology in diverse cultural contexts.
Aptitude and Ability
Essential
- Adhere to and can demonstrate SBU Values & Behaviours
- The ability to demonstrate a high level of competence to work within the designated speciality
- Skills in the supervision of other staff including Trainee Practitioner Psychologists.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel within geographical area and work hours flexibly.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Capable of maintaining a high degree of professionalism and safe clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- The ability to identify and provide appropriate means of support to line-managed staff who deal with highly distressing situations, severely challenging behaviours and other stressors.
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).
