Practitioner Psychologist - Bridgend, United Kingdom - Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

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Bridgend, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Forensic Adolescent Consultation and Treatment Service (FACTS) is a national Tier-4 service that provides specialist assessment and consultation for children (aged deemed high risk to others and who present with significant complexity.

The post holder will be instrumental in the roll out of Enhanced Case Management (ECM) - a trauma informed approach to supporting children known to youth justice.

This approach has been evaluated and is now being rolled out across all 17 YOT's in Wales.

The role involves co-facilitating team formulation meetings alongside Youth Offending Team (YOT) practitioners and the provision of supervision for YOT caseworkers.

You will also contribute to further service developments including the development and facilitation of a training package for all staff in YOTs and smaller reflective groups.

The role will also involve the provision of advice and consultation to CAMHs' services for children who present with a high level of complexity and significant risk to others.

You will provide comprehensive risk assessment and advice and consultation regarding risk management. Training in the administration of structured risk assessment can be provided on appointment. You will also be supported in other areas of training and interests relevant to this post.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.

Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs:
Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

We listen, learn and improve
We treat everyone with respect
We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.