Overview
Clinical Psychologist Band 7-8a Developmental Post in CAMHS Children in Care Team, North Lincolnshire (RDASH CAMHS). We welcome applications from newly qualified, or soon to be qualified, Clinical Psychologists, and from more experienced Clinical Psychologists looking to take the next step in their career. The successful candidate will have experience and knowledge of working with Care Experienced young people and of trauma-informed models of care and intervention. Training in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and/or Theraplay would be useful, but we would also accept applications from individuals with experience of these approaches and those who would be willing and able to attend further training in these areas. The post holder will join an established multidisciplinary team. The service model in North Lincolnshire CIC CAMHS includes providing consultation to adults supporting children and young people, assessment, formulation and therapeutic interventions for children and young people, and training to foster carers.
We welcome conversations about the post. Please contact Dr Sarah Watson, Principal Psychologist, on 01724 408460 for more information.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide specialist psychological assessment of children and young people with complex presentations and histories of trauma, loss and attachment disruption. Interpret and integrate information from a variety of sources.
* As an autonomous clinician, provide consultation to families, schools, social workers and other professionals in a young person’s care network.
* Identify and report concerns regarding safeguarding of children who may be at risk.
* Undertake risk assessments and risk management plans for individual young people; provide specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
* Formulate plans for specialist psychological therapy and/or support of a young person’s mental health conditions based on an evidence-based framework; negotiate implementation of agreed plans with young people, carers and others in the care network.
* Implement a range of specialist psychological therapies for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations as required.
Qualifications
Essential
* Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS or core professional qualification with psychotherapy training to doctorate level;
* Relevant professional registration as a Psychological Professional;
* Post-qualification training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological therapies practice;
* Experience in care co-ordination;
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
* Additional post-doctoral training in working with psychosis;
* Training in clinical supervision and supervision of doctoral trainees.
Experience
Essential
* Working as a psychological professional within the designated service, including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across care settings.
Desirable
* Project management;
* Experience of working with people with psychotic conditions.
Other Information
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and you may be required to submit to a Disclosure to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants may need to present a criminal record certificate from each country where they resided for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found at the Criminal records checks for overseas applicants page. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. See NHS Careers for details.
Employer: Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS FT, St Nicholas House, Shelford Street, Scunthorpe, DN15 6NU. Website: https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/
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