Overview
Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - CAMHS ADTT
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Are you an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist ready to make a difference to young people struggling with anxiety? Join our CAMHS Anxiety Disorders Treatment Team (ADTT) helping children and young people across Berkshire who are experiencing anxiety, OCD and Tic Disorders. This rare Band 8B position is perfect for an experienced psychologist ready to take their next step in a genuinely collaborative, positive and compassionate environment.
Day to day, you’ll manage a small clinical caseload and will:
Responsibilities
* Provide expert psychological assessment and therapy to children and young people with complex mental health presentations
* Offer clinical leadership, consultation, and supervision to colleagues to enhance the quality of interventions
* Develop and oversee intensive risk management plans, supporting young people who require multi-agency involvement
* Contribute to and lead development initiatives and transformations across the wider CAMHS service
Our Trust is rated Outstanding by the CQC, who highlight our positive, supportive culture where staff feel valued.
As a senior lead in ADTT you’ll have an onsite presence in the team at our base at the University of Reading. There’ll be occasional community travel and options for some homeworking. The role is 30 hours/week with flexibility on days worked.
Applications for this role will be reviewed as they are received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early
Key responsibilities
* Responsible for the delivery of psychological therapy within ADTT, providing expert professional leadership and advice relating to the delivery of psychological therapy for complex presentations requiring multiple interventions, complex or intensive risk management plans and high levels of multiagency working to ensure and develop consistently high quality, safe and cost-effective services for users, working in partnership with key stakeholders internal and external to the Trust.
* As we develop our online offer, to undertake a role in moderating service user activity on the Trust Support, Hope, Recovery On-Line Network (SHaRON) and to participate in online discussions and care delivery via this modality.
* Responsible for expert psychological assessment, case formulation, risk assessment and treatment for a designated number of patients presenting with complex mental health difficulties.
* To support the development and implementation of frameworks and strategies that improve clinical practice, governance, education, learning, performance, management and quality in the service and across the Trust.
* To support the further development and maintenance of support services delivered by the team, including but not exclusive to, the advice and consultation function, CYPF digital services including Young SHaRON and the online resource.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated Outstanding by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
* Flexible working options to support work-life balance
* 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
* Generous NHS pension scheme
* Excellent learning and career development opportunities
* Cycle to Work and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
* Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
* Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
* Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
* Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
* Free parking across Trust site
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dominique Ireland, Job title: Talent Acquisition Partner, Email: dominique.ireland@berkshire.nhs.uk
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