We are seeking a band 7 0.6 WTE Psychologist for our Brighton & Hove CAMHS FISS-ASC service.
The small team offer a service to young people who have a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC), their families and networks of support.
The team deliver specialist assessment and interventions, where autistic children and young people are presenting behaviour that challenge and which can cause physical and emotional harm to self or others (which is not driven by comorbid mental health, or a learning disability) and which adversely impacts on their functioning, and risks their access to educational and social opportunities.
The FISS-ASC aims to support keeping children and young people with their families and living in their local communities and improve quality of life therefore improving outcomes for all family members. The service provides early intervention and intensive support to families reaching crisis, with short term interventions which support a step up and step-down approach throughout their care journey.
We are looking for a suitably experienced and skilled Psychology practitioner to be part our multi-disciplinary FISS-ASC team, which includes Educational Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Assistant Psychology, and Admin support.
The team will be providing specialist psychological, functional and behavioural consultation, assessment and direct support to children and young people with autism, their families, and their systems of support, across the local community.
All the clinicians have skills in the assessment and delivery of evidenced based treatment, for understanding and supporting challenging behaviour, alongside skills in working with complex networks and systems.
The team ethos is based on valuing the expertise of the families and professionals who consult to and use the service, and this value remains central to formulation and intervention. In line with a multi-disciplinary approach, support will be offered to children, young people and their families within a holistic framework. As such, clinicians will have the opportunity to draw on a range of models which includes Systemic, Psychological, Trauma, Relational, Occupational, Behavioural, Sensory, and Psychoeducational models.
Interventions include consultation, specialist assessments, behaviour support plans, workshops, groups and individual therapeutic interventions.
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people. We'd love you to join our Trust, rated good overall and outstanding for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree; in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other Key Survey Results
70% highlighting flexible working as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
77% identifying opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Professional development is encouraged through supervision, training, team CPD and wider CAMHS and Trust events. We welcome contact from interested candidates to find out more about the team and the role.
See the attached 'Partnership Perks' document for details about our benefits package.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Zubeida Dasgupta Job title: Senior Practitioner Psychologist Email address:
Fran Boulter
General Manager CAMHS