NHS AfC: Band 8b
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
Are you a Clinical Psychologist with a passion for supporting children and young people who have experienced early adversity and have complex presentations that transverse mental health, neurodiversity, and experiences of developmental trauma?
Would you welcome working alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team to make a difference to adopted children (10+ years) whose placement with their parents may be at risk?
If so, we have an our Principal Psychologist position with the SWIFT CAT team (East Sussex Children’s Services) may be just the role for you!
This is an exciting opportunity to take a lead on the mobilisation of a multi-disciplinary assessment model (to include psychology, psychiatry, SALT and OT) for adopted children and young people (aged 10 +) who have complex presentations and whose placement with their adoptive family may be at risk.
This is an exciting opportunity to enhance outcomes for adoptive children.
Main duties of the job
Working alongside friendly colleagues in the integrated multi-disciplinary SWIFT CAT team, you will lead on Post Adoption clinical assessments of complex presentations in young people. You will coordinate and offer specialist clinical assessment that considers the impact of experiences of developmental trauma, mental health needs and neurodevelopmental diagnosis on the presentations and needs of adopted children and adolescents. Supported by an Assistant Psychologist, you will be responsible for the overarching liaison with families, coordinating with multi-disciplinary colleagues in the team to create a bespoke assessment offer, and the provision of an overarching report that collates findings into a formulation of need and recommendations.
You will be supported by an 8C Clinical Psychologist who has overarching responsibility for the governance of SPFT Psychologists working in ESCS Specialist Family Services - Child teams.
Working for our organisation
You will be joining the supportive, creative multidisciplinary SWIFT CAT (Children’s Assessment and Treatment) team which offers assessments and interventions to children who live in complex high-risk families. Our core business includes assessing children's mental health, including attention to risk management and care planning, and working with families as well as the wider systems that support them.
The team is part of SWIFT Specialist Family Services (SWIFT), a well-established integrated multi-agency service between East Sussex Children’s Services and SPFT.
Although located in ESCS you will be supported to retain your link with the wider NHS context and your identity as a psychological lead through your participation in the quarterly SPFT Psychological Professions Forum, Psychological Practice Networks and will also be eligible for development programmes such as SPFT’s Psychological Professions Leadership Development Programme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS :See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
In order to be a successful Principal Psychologist Practitioner in our team you will be:
-Registered with HCPC with a core professional qualification as a Clinical Psychologist.
-Experienced working in mental health with Children and Young People who have experienced adverse childhood experiences.
-Have post-qualification band 8A experience (or equivalent).
-Enjoy working autonomously.
-Feel confident in a leadership position.
This is a part time role of 4 days. Part-time hours can be considered but would require commitment of a minimum 22.5 hrs per week.
An informal discussion is strongly recommended, and you are welcomed to contact Rachel Swann, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, to discuss - rachel.swann@eastsussex.gov.uk .
Person specification
Qualifications
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK] as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
* Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC)
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
* Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Knowledge/Experience
* Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group.
* Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
#J-18808-Ljbffr