Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Woodland House Town Cardiff Salary £51,706 - £58,210 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/05/2024 23:59
Band 8a
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 14,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is“Caring for People, Keeping People Well”,and ourvision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal.Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is ourchance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
We are a teaching Health Board with close links to the university sector, together we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals, while working on research that will unlock the cures for today’s illnesses.
OUR REGION:
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital has something for everyone. At its heart sits Cardiff Castle with 2000 years of history. Nearby stands the Principality Stadium, home of the Welsh Rugby Union and host to International sporting events. Cardiff also boasts a variety of theatres and live music venues. Furthermore, there’s CardiffBay with a range of new apartments, bars and restaurants.
The Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline, including the famed Glamorgan Heritage Coast. Cowbridge, Penarth and Llantwit Major are some of the charming neighbouring towns.
Those seeking more culture may find themselves drawn to theNationalMuseum, St Fagans MuseumofWelsh Lifeor the Millennium Centre, home of the Welsh National Opera.
Whether city life or rural living, Cardiffand the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Enfys is an award-winning service currently based in Woodland House in the Heath area of Cardiff. We are a service for children who are looked after (foster care, residential homes), children who are adopted, and children on the edge of care.
We comprise of clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, graduate mental health workers and admin support.
Enfys is a DDP-informed service that draws on a number of psychological and sensory-based approaches to work in a whole systems approach. We work outside of diagnostic labels and embed a trauma-informed approach.
We work in strong partnership with our colleagues in the Local Authority, Education and Health. We use a training and consultation model to upskill the whole-system to better meet the needs of the children and young people we work for and with.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit an experienced Psychologist who is looking to develop their clinical work in child trauma, alongside fantastic leadership, supervisory and service development opportunities. The post-holder will work with families and systems as well as direct work with young people.
The Psychologist will be responsible for leading clinically on the delivery of the service, supervision, training, and creating meaningful and impactful change. This post will sit alongside the current 8b post holder in Enfys and together they will provide the team with the secure base needed to work with trauma.
The post holder would lead on service development alongside the clinical leads and build strong partnerships with other leaders in the wider Child Psychology network and beyond. There will be close working relationships between this post and the equivalent in Enfys' sister service Goleudy (a service that works with the most distressed young people in our region).
This post will be supervised by a Clinical Lead (Clinical Psychologist) in Enfys.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”,and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents
Person specification
Qualifications
* Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS
* Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
* HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist.
Experience
* Experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties in an NHS setting
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
* Experience of teaching/training and/or professional and clinical supervision
* Demonstrable evidence of significant specialist clinical supervision within a scientist-practitioner framework
Skills
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
* Ability to create and maintain effective working relationships
* Ability to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary settings
* Ability to plan and organise a range of clinical or service-related activities and programmes
Special Knowledge
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of Clinical Psychology in relation to forensic and mental health problems
* Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the service
* Evidence of post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated. We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status.We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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