Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Practitioner Psychologist (Counselling, Clinical or Forensic)

Job Title:

HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist Forensic / Counselling / Clinical

Salary:

£55,363

Hours:

37.5 Hours

Location:

Branas Isaf Corwen (North Wales) or Bromyard (Hereford)

Reports to:

Clinical Operations Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

ROLE OF DEPARTMENT

The clinical team work within the wider integrated team of professionals at Branas Isaf, applying psychological knowledge and expertise to service users and professionals within the group (e.g. education and care staff). Primarily, the clinical team support children and young males aged 10-18 who present with a number of complex interpersonal, emotional and behavioural issues a number of the young people within our care have experienced significant trauma.

The clinical team are responsible for:

Providing a specialist psychology service for all clients of the service. Providing psychologically informed consultation to teams, training and assisting with service development. Conducting psychometric and risk assessment and developing formulations. Providing and evaluating individual and group-based interventions (including Dialectical Behavioural Therapy). Providing specialist psychological research expertise to the service.

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Desirable

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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.

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

Caretech Community Services Ltd

Address

Worcester

WR6 5AH

Employer's website

https://www.caretech-uk.com/ (Opens in a new tab)