Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Uxbridge

Only for registered members Uxbridge, United Kingdom

3 days ago

£38,000 - £65,000 (GBP) per year *

* This salary range is an estimation made by beBee

Job Overview · This is a Fixed term maternity position for 12 months at Band 7. · Must already have HCPC registration. · We are looking for a highly motivated and innovative Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our friendly and compassionate established multi-disciplinary Te ...

Job description

Job Overview

This is a Fixed term maternity position for 12 months at Band 7.

Must already have HCPC registration.

We are looking for a highly motivated and innovative Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our friendly and compassionate established multi-disciplinary Team.

To join the Multi Agency Psychological Support (MAPS) Service - which is located in the local authority (London Borough of Hillingdon) and is part of an existing NHS service.

The MAPS service comprises of a team of psychologists, providing a service for children, young people and young adults who are in/leaving care and/or adopted or have special guardianship orders, or who are children in need of protection, children in need, or vulnerable children referred to the stronger families service.

We work closely with our Hillingdon CAMHS service.
An additional part of role will be to provide psychological support for the 'Staying Close' project.

Staying Close aims to provide stable accommodation and comprehensive support to care-experienced young people, aged 18+, who are leaving residential or supported living placements.

This will be delivered in partnership with a range of agencies and organisations, including health, education, and employment providers.

The aim is to ensure that young people receive joined-up support that meets their needs and helps them to achieve their full potential as they step out of care and transition into adulthood.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist psychological and/or systemic or psychotherapeutic assessments and interventions whilst interpreting and integrating complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members, foster carers and others involved in the client's care, including frontline workers in health, education, social services and the voluntary sector.

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of children and young people with mental health difficulties, including those children who are looked after and adopted, or are children in need, children in need of protection, young adults leaving care, or vulnerable children who are part of the stronger families teams.

These plans will be based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

To work to prevent placement breakdown, and far more effective rehabilitation of children and young people back into their families where appropriate.

Working for our organisation

CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare.

We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

With us, you will get -A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.

An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holder's professional and service manager(s).

To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in Psychology and Psychotherapy across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology, systemic psychotherapy child and adolescent mental health and related disciplines.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro-psychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies development psychology as accredited by the BPS.

OR A registered qualification in health care at graduate level in nursing, social work or allied health profession PLUS post- graduate qualification (diploma equivalent) i.e.

, cognitive behaviour therapy
To be registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) or equivalent i.e., BACP

Desirable criteria

Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of specialist psychological assessment and formulation of complex mental health presentations including Trauma presentations.
Experience of working psychologically with people who have complex mental health problems, including trauma and personality disorder
Experience of teaching, training and supervision of staff
Experience of skills in group work.
Experience of work with care - givers/families
To be able to conduct routine assessments of IQ and memory screening.

Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.

Experience of working in MDT settings in particular the demonstrated ability to work jointly in assessment interventions with multidisciplinary team members .

Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Experience in the use of risk assessment and the management of risk and crisis

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in an NHS community mental health settings in secondary and tertiary care.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessment and intervention for people with mental health presentations

Well developed skills in the ability to work and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and to other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.

Knowledge of current developments and policies relevant to mental health services.
Ability to work under pressure.
Sound time management skills
Sound IT skills to manage an electronic case record.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of legislation and NICE guidance in relation to this client group
Knowledge of clinical caseload management within a team setting
Skills in providing consultation and supervision to other professional and non - professional groups and assistants.

Key Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

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