Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Conduct specialist trauma-informed assessments for adopted children and young people (aged 4-25) with their families/carers.

• Conduct trauma-informed neurodevelopmental assessments (ADHD, Autism) for children, young people and adults where there is a history of early developmental trauma.

• To develop and formulate childrens presenting areas of difficulty or difference, and effectively communicate this to the child, parent/carer, social worker and other professionals as appropriate by drawing on conceptual and psychological frameworks, commonly using attachment theory.

• Provide therapeutic interventions to support adopted children and their families.

• To work collaboratively with post-adoption social workers, schools, and other professionals.

• Interpret and integrate psychometric measures to assist with assessment, formulation, and evaluation of intervention.

• To support the ongoing evaluation of all interventions provided within the adoption support service through ongoing support and guidance for colleagues around the use and interpretation of psychometric measures.

• Participate in supporting the MDT in reviewing referrals and devising an assessment or intervention proposal for families.

• Produce high-quality assessment and intervention summary reports, written from a strengths-based and formulation driven perspective.

• Where appropriate provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation and treatment plan.

• To participate in regular clinical supervision.

• To participate in service development initiatives.

• To offer clinical supervision to an Assistant Psychologist.

• To maintain accurate case records on Oakdales case management system, including clinical observations, clinical notes, tests and other associated data according to Oakdales operating procedures.

• Be responsible for ensuring that any clinical activity and that of colleagues under your supervision are entering data in a timely and accurate way.

• To provide all clinical assessments and interventions in line with Oakdales policies and operating procedures.

• To maintain adherence to NICE guidelines and Oakdales clinical standards

• Undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.

• The post-holder will provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.

• To prioritise own workload in order to achieve goals agreed and reviewed at intervals with the Clinical Psychologist.

• Any other tasks deemed appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential:
• Postgraduate doctorate qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent)
• HCPC registration as practitioner psychologist
• A working knowledge of child and adult safeguarding legislation
• Experience / knowledge of routine clinical outcomes monitoring
• Experience / knowledge of clinical risk assessment
• An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal and team working skills
• The ability to use a computer competently, with a broad base of IT skills
• The ability to work on your own initiative and prioritise workload
• Strong literacy and report writing skills, with excellent accuracy and attention to detail
• Passion for supporting individuals who have experienced early life trauma and their parents or families

Desirable

• Desirable:
• Knowledge of developmental trauma and in supporting families with children who are looked after/adopted
• Experience of delivering specialist assessments in trauma and attachment, Autism, ADHD, intellectual disabilities, complex needs and/or challenging behaviours
• Experience of managing complex caseloads and applying a range of interventions

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Oakdale Centre CIC

Address

49 Valley Drive

Harrogate

North Yorkshire

HG2 0JH

Employer's website

https://www.oakdalecentre.org/ (Opens in a new tab)