Overview
Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist role at Strategic Advocacy (ABL Health). This is a hybrid position covering two services: Intensive Personalised Support (IPS) and Be U Wirrals Children Looked After (CLA). The role provides clinical leadership across IPS and Be U Wirral, with a focus on preventative and responsive work for individuals facing complex life challenges.
Be U Wirral provides therapeutic support to CLA and their carers. The service oversees referrals, assesses emotional wellbeing needs, and develops and monitors tailored therapeutic programmes, working with social workers, foster carers, and residential workers to deliver therapeutic programmes and enhance the support network around the CLA.
Responsibilities
* Referral Oversight: Clinically review incoming referrals in collaboration with the Service Lead, assess suitability and identify key risk factors or missing information early in the process.
* Case Load: Manage own caseload delivering a high-quality targeted emotional support service to children looked after; ensure assessments are provided in settings suitable to client needs.
* Clinical Leadership: Assign a clinician to each accepted IPS case, maintain overall clinical responsibility; oversee and guide assistant psychologists and PBS practitioners to ensure safe, effective, and person-centred intervention.
* Clinical Reporting: Provide supervision and quality assurance for clinical reports; ensure robust reporting systems and high-quality care records.
* Assessment, Formulation & Intervention Planning: Supervise development of tailored assessment, formulation and intervention plans; carry out complex assessments or interventions directly when necessary.
* Clinical Supervision: Deliver robust clinical supervision (written work and direct practice) to clinical teams across both services.
* Training & Development: Identify training needs and deliver bespoke clinical training to both teams and the wider service; maintain and evolve the training matrix.
* MDT Leadership: Chair internal MDT meetings and support clinicians in setup; contribute to divisional MDTs for multi-agency collaboration.
* Clinician Development: Promote CPD and skills growth among supervisees; recommend internal or external training opportunities.
* Integrated Working: Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate assessments and interventions; uphold clear, ethical communication around consent, capacity, and safeguarding.
* Consent & Capacity: Champion high standards around consent and capacity practices; support policy development and case-level application.
* Outcome Measurement: Oversee collection, analysis, and reporting of routine outcome measures to ensure interventions are impactful and measurable.
* Governance & Service Improvement: Contribute to governance processes, progress reviews, and safety-improving forums; support the evolution of clinical models and processes across ABL.
* Risk Management: Contribute to clinical risk assessments and maintain proactive client safety approaches.
* Complex Case Guidance: Provide high-level clinical input to teams supporting clients with complex behavioural and psychological needs.
* Innovation & Service Improvement: Stay informed about emerging models in complex case management and integrate them into services.
* Communication: Maintain clear, respectful, and timely communication with clients, colleagues, and partner agencies; manage follow-up actions.
* Service Evaluation: Lead or support service improvement initiatives focused on systems and approaches that drive better outcomes; maintain knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for practice.
Qualifications
* HCPC-registered Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist.
* Experience supervising assistant psychologists and/or PBS practitioners.
* Experience working with children, young people, or adults with complex behavioural, emotional or psychological needs.
* Understanding of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), formulation-led practice, and trauma-informed approaches.
* Skilled in multi-agency work with families, education, social care, and health systems.
* Ability to contribute to organisational development and service improvement.
* Note: We are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.
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Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Mental Health Care
Note: This description consolidates the core responsibilities and qualifications for the Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist role within IPS and Be U Wirral; it excludes non-essential postings and repetitive boilerplate while preserving the essential job information.
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