Overview
Job Title: Practitioner Psychologist
Location: Underley Gardens School – Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2DZ
Salary: Up to £70,000 (pro rata, DOE) plus £3000 Welcome Bonus. Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, overlapping with core school hours. Contract: Permanent (term time only, or flexibility around full-time contract can be discussed). This role offers opportunities for growth and development within a friendly multidisciplinary team in an education setting, with potential to work 4 days a week with full pay subject to probation and policy. The employer has been awarded a “Great Place to Work” for the 5th year running.
The role involves delivering psychological assessment and intervention to pupils who may have experienced developmental trauma, be neurodivergent, or have SEMH needs, and working collaboratively with the education team within the OFG Psychological Practice Ways of Working. You will hold a psychological caseload with support from your clinical supervisor and site lead, contribute to school development, staff training and consultation, and be part of developing an enhanced psychological therapy offer to apprentices, students and therapy assistants.
Responsibilities
* Deliver psychological assessments and interventions to pupils within an education setting.
* Work collaboratively with the education team and adhere to the OFG Psychological Practice Ways of Working.
* Hold a psychological caseload with supervision and guidance from a designated clinical supervisor and site lead.
* Contribute to school development, staff training and consultation as required.
* Support the growth of apprentices, students and therapy assistants as part of service development.
* Participate in research projects, special interest groups and wider psychological therapy networks that meet regularly for training and development.
* Develop and deliver training to different cohorts and contribute to multi-disciplinary, cross-agency collaboration.
* Maintain accurate clinical records, observations, reports and intervention plans; use evaluation tools to demonstrate service effectiveness and outcomes.
* Demonstrate independent clinical decision-making when necessary and manage time and competing demands effectively.
Qualifications
* HCPC registration.
* Doctoral level degree in Clinical/Counselling/Forensic/Educational Psychology (or equivalent if qualified prior to Doctorate introduction).
* Relevant experience in related settings or with related client groups.
* Experience of effective multi-disciplinary working with clinical and non-clinical staff, internal and external agencies.
* Experience communicating with families, carers, and working within different organisational systems (service development, group and individual levels).
* Experience using a model of assess-plan-do-review and using consultation as a service delivery method.
* Adequate competence in core areas of psychological practice and knowledge of trauma-informed practice and neurodiversity.
* Ability to develop formulations to inform intervention plans and recommendations for others; ability to write coherent clinical records and reports.
* Excellent communication skills and IT literacy; ability to work with a range of professionals and to prioritise multiple work demands.
* Ongoing CPD and ability to use evaluation tools to demonstrate and improve service outcomes.
Benefits
* Health and wellbeing benefits, including first-class mental health support services and physical health checks.
* £2,000 training allowance, life assurance, pension scheme with options to increase contributions.
* Wellbeing resources and discounts, cycle to work, electric car purchase scheme, critical illness cover.
* Family Growth Support with enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support.
* £3,000 welcome bonus.
* Social safeguarding measures: successful applicants will undergo enhanced DBS and relevant checks.
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