Job overview This is an exciting opportunity for a Child Psychologist to join our expanding Clinical Psychology team on a full-time, fixed-term basis for 12 months. You will work alongside Community Paediatricians, Speech and Language Therapists and Clinical Psychologists to complete high-quality, evidence-based autism assessments for children and young people in Lincolnshire, focusing specifically on CYP who have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), developmental trauma, attachment difficulties and complex mental health difficulties. You will be joining an established and friendly Psychology Team where the role of Psychology is highly valued and your development is encouraged. We have a strong commitment to supervision, CPD and joint working with a range of other agencies and professionals. The Psychology Team provide a countywide service across sites in Lincoln, Boston, Spalding, Grantham and Louth. The post holder will be expected to travel to other sites in the county as required and will need to have a full driving licence and access to a car. Applicants are welcome to discuss arrangements for the location of the base as this may be negotiated. The service also makes use of digital technology that supports home working, which is appropriate for many aspects of this post. For enquiries regarding the post or to arrange an informal discussion please contact Dr Sarah Wilde [email protected]. OR Dr Chloe Isbister [email protected] Advert You will be involved in social communication assessments for young people who have experienced developmental trauma, significant early life adversity, attachment difficulties and/or complex mental health challenges. The assessments include gathering developmental histories and completing clinical interviews with young people and their families in order to understand the strengths and difficulties of each individual young person. You will also be expected to complete observations of social communication through standardised tools such as the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) or in settings such as schools. Information is also gathered from a range of sources including education and any other agencies involved with supporting the young person. You will be expected to be involved in innovation and service design to support the improvement of services and wait times. The Psychologist will offer consultation and psychology opinion to all members of the MDT and provide a link between community paediatrics, SALT and CAMHS and Healthy Minds Lincolnshire, assisting involved professionals with helping children and young people with identified mental health or emotional wellbeing concerns access services which can address these needs. There are also five Assistant Psychologists in the team so it will be expected that the Psychologist will provide supervision to less experienced psychologists. Working for our organisation Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do. You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this! We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services. This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details We would welcome applications from recently qualified psychologists or those completing training who wish to apply for a full-time band 7 preceptorship post. With a preceptorship position the band 7 post will progress to band 8a subject to the post holder successfully completing identified targets, based upon acquired skills and agenda for change job matching to an 8a job description. This post is currently funded for 12 months although it is expected that further investment will be agreed for this highly valued psychology resource. This post is being advertised as permanent because there will be opportunities for the recruited applicant to move into an alternative psychology role within our Health Trust after 12 months if the funding for this post is not extended. For enquiries regarding the post or to arrange an informal discussion please contact Dr Chloe Isbister (Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist) on 07756872344 or [email protected] As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have UK NHS experience. We reserve the right to withdraw or close a vacancy at any time. We will give priority to employees who are at risk.