Clinical psychologist/counselling psychologist/psychotherapist

Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist/Psychotherapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Thanet Children and Young Persons Mental Health Service (CYPMHS) in the East Kent Directorate.

This post would suit someone who has a genuine interest in working therapeutically with this varied and rewarding client group. An understanding of and ability to work with Children and Young People with severe and complex mental health difficulties is essential.

We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under‑represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

This is a varied and busy post, which will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop invaluable skills, both clinically and organisationally. We look forward to welcoming you to the team.

Whilst driving is not essential for this role, it is desirable as there will be travel required in the Community.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for the systematic provision of a range of evidence‑based psychological interventions to Children and Young People with severe and enduring mental health difficulties referred by the Mental Health teams within the locality.
• To undertake high quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist psychology interventions within the service and taking substantial professional responsibility and exercising autonomous judgement in their professional practice.
• To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development relevant to the service area.
• To be regularly responsible for providing and contributing to training placements for trainee clinical/counselling psychologists and for providing professional support and line‑management to basic/senior psychologists in this specialism

About us

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all‑age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.

Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.

Job responsibilities

Please see Job Description & Person Specification for full details. This is essential reading for all applicants.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to analyse and manage complex multi‑factorial clinical information from a range of sources integrating it into a formulation utilising a variety of psychological perspectives
• Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.
• Ability to organise own workload effectively, prioritising a complex range of tasks and responsibilities to meet agreed deadlines.

Qualifications and Registrations

• Post Graduate Qualification in Counselling or Family Therapy or Clinical Psychology or equivalent Psychotherapy Training
• To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, AFT, ACP)

Experience

• Experience of working in CAMHS
• Experience of working in range of mental health settings with a range of levels of disability and full range of age groups

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.