General Clinical Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - Hackney Borough Council

Hackney Borough Council

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London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

You are invited to join our clinical team in Hackney, working in an innovative and integrated way within Children and Families Services.

In this role, you will be supporting specialist assessments, therapeutic interventions to children, young people and their families and providing consultation and clinical expertise to professionals.

As a team we are currently in a period of change and growth and looking for clinicians committed to social justice and anti-racist practice in their work with families, professionals and communities.

Clinicians within our service represent a range of disciplines, including Clinical Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapy, Child Psychotherapy, Forensic Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Art Therapy and Couples Therapy.

They deliver high quality assessments and multi-modal, evidence-based interventions to children who have a wide range of presenting needs in relation to their emotional health and wellbeing, family lives and wider systems.

Clinicians also provide complex assessments of children funded by the Adoption Support Fund. We offer assessments within the Public Law Outline and for the Youth Courts.

Training provided by our Clinicians includes AFT-accredited postgraduate Systemic training, as well as training for foster carers and consultation to professionals from a range of disciplines.

You will have the opportunity to join and be supervised by a rich team of diverse clinicians. Hackney Children and Families Services holds a commitment to Systemic practice.

You will also have the opportunity to be part of innovative service developments, such as the Open Dialogue approach to assessments.

Hackney's clinical service is well-established and has a strong learning culture as well as ongoing ties to local and national partners in developing best practice.

You will have the opportunity to work across Children's Social Care, Youth Justice, Early Help.

As a clinical practitioner you will have the opportunity to be supervised by a Specialist Clinical Practitioner to deliver evidence-based assessments and deliver family and group interventions.

Clinical supervision and line management is provided within the service in line with professional governance requirements.

An enhanced DBS check is required.

The recruitment process is anonymous. Therefore, we do not accept supporting statements or CVs.

Interview date: 14 March 2023

We are passionate about equal opportunities and welcome applicants with a broad diversity of talent and those who are interested in flexible working arrangements.

Our vision is that Hackney is a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved.

In order to achieve this, we look for people who are:
Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

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