Band 7 CAMHS Clinical Psychologist - Bristol
We have an opportunity to join our experienced and established multidisciplinary Community CAMHS Team on a 12 month maternity cover basis as one of our Clinical Psychologists.
You will have be qualified and registered as a Clinical Psychologist. You will also have experience of working with children and young people, preferably within a community CAMHS service.
North Bristol is an area of significant disparities in health, wealth and access. We are committed to working in a manner which is inclusive and anti-oppressive, and invite applications from staff who share these values.
Main duties of the job
The key elements of the role include, but are not limited to:
Completing assessments of young people with complex emotional and mental health needs;
Completing 1:1 interventions for a variety of clinical presentations, drawing on techniques including: CBT-informed work, DBT-informed work, systemic work and creative therapies;
Care and safety planning, in partnership with young people, families and carers, and other professionals;
Multi-professional and multi-agency working, including close working with social care, schools, primary care and acute hospital trusts;
Proactively safeguarding young people who may be experiencing abuse or who are at risk of abuse;
Utilising your own clinical supervision, reflective practice and caseload management to work in an evidence-based manner and in a way that is sustainable for your own wellbeing.
About us
CAMHS is a supportive, experienced and progressive multi-disciplinary team. We offer individual, family and group interventions which may be time limited or longer term therapies according to need. We have radically transformed in recent years including improved staff retention; fantastic team skill mix and opportunities for innovative practice. For example producing a series of professionally filmed videos to provide an online group and resources for young people experiencing emotional dysregulation. We also strive to provide compassionate leadership as we recognize the importance of staff well-being. You will receive regular clinical, peer and management supervision and access to continued professional development.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
Job responsibilities
To provide a clinical psychology service to the specified Team/Service
To assess and treat a specialist workload of clients and maintain associated records
Participate in CPD and other developmental activities
Undertake R & D and clinical audit
Clinically supervise Assistant Psychologists, other professionals and trainee Clinical Psychologists
Please see attached Job Description for more details, or contact Hazel (Clinical Service Manager) on 0117 354 6800 to discuss further.
Person Specification
Qualification
* Doctoral clinical Psychology qualification or equivalent
* Maintenance of appropriate professional registration (HCPC)
Experience
* Post qualification of delivering evidence based therapies to young people and families in CAMHS
* Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and ability to contribute to team meetings and processes.
* Experience of providing specialist assessments/interventions eg Autism assessments (ADOS), Eating Disorders or specialist CBT
Skills
* Ability to work with children, young people and families from a wide range of social, cultural and minority ethnic backgrounds.
* Ability to work autonomously, and organise and prioritise workload
* .Experience of assessing and managing young people who are suicidal and young people who present a risk to self and others
* Experience of Clinical supervision/consultation - junior colleagues or other staff
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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