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Are you a qualified or soon to qualify Clinical / Counselling Psychologist who is passionate about working with people with Learning Disabilities?
Are you looking for a role that can offer flexible working to coincide with your home life as well as paying HCAS?
Due to internal promotions within the Trust we are looking for a new band 7 Clinical /Counselling Psychologist to join our team based at Erlegh House in Reading.
This is a rare opportunity to join a well-established psychology service where Psychologists work closely with other multi-disciplinary professionals to offer high-quality care to adults with learning disabilities both in a community setting and in an inpatient unit.
We are an innovative team who are passionate about improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and are looking for someone who shares these values. We work with clients with complex needs, drawing on a variety of psychological models, and are looking for psychologists who are keen to continue to develop their therapeutic skills, who are good communicators and are creative in finding ways to engage with people.
As a service we are big on staff development and “grow your own” and can offer you both internal and external training and development opportunities. You will also be supported to develop your clinical leadership and change management skills, while continuing to develop your supervision, consultation, training and governance skills to enhance patient and staff well-being.
* To provide highly specialist and expert psychological assessments of clients referred to the Learning Disabilities Psychology Service, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex data from a variety of sources.
* To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis.
* To formulate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing expert methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
* To make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
* To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical the therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
* Flexible working options to support work-life balance
* 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
* Generous NHS pension scheme
* Excellent learning and career development opportunities
* ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
* Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
* Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
* Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
* Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
* Free parking across Trust site
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Sarah Walden Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: sarah.walden@berkshire.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07890395584
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