- Doctorate qualification in own field of expertise.
- HCPC registration in own clinical speciality.
- Maintain up to date knowledge of Autism Spectrum conditions and learning disabilities in relation to the role.
- Trained in clinical supervision
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
- Working as a qualified applied psychologist within a camhs service
- Exercising full clinical responsibility for young person's psychological care as a care coordination with the MDT
- Research and development
- Quality service improvement and evaluation
- Foundation training in DBT
- Leadership and managerial training qualifications
- Registration with BPS
Principal Applied Psychologist 8b CYPF intensive support team - Oldbury, United Kingdom - Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Black Country Healthcare NHS Trust, within our Children and young person Intensive support team, working with children and young people up to the age of 18 with Autism(ASC) Learning disabilities (LD) and associated mental health needs. We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic individual with a keenness and ability to integrate their current psychological skills and apply them in the Children's Intensive support team, and support the ongoing development of this small and dynamic team.
Main duties of the job
Within this post we are looking to recruit one Applied Principle Psychologist who will support the intensive support team for children and young people to deliver specialist intervention services for children and young people who have LD, ASC, mental health and behaviours that challenge.
The role will involve specialist clinical intervention work. We welcome and encourage enthusiasm and creativity and you will be joining a supportive, forward-thinking team who prides themselves on building positive therapeutic relationships and our strong commitment to the continual improvements in patient care.
Clinical and leadership supervision, and continuing professional development, are highly valued. The post will have active links with, and support from, both the wider CAMHS Services and professionals across the whole of the Black Country healthcare Trust.
About us
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, children's and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
Across the whole of the region, we provide:
? Adult and older adult mental health services
? Specialist learning disability services
? CAMHS
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
This post requires the provision of highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions to children / young people (0-18), families, and parents / carers, as well as supervision, consultation, leadership and training to other professionals and organisations involved with or related to the young persons care. Managerial experience and leadership potential are core to the role.
To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental health difficulties, ASC and learning disabilities.
To promote at all times a positive image of the service and the wider Trust.
In line with the banding of the post and its service context to:
Exercise supervisory/professional responsibility for other psychological therapists
Provide leadership in multi-disciplinary training and development
Provide leadership in service audit and development
Provide leadership in service evaluation and research
Ensure that a psychological perspective is brought to service redesign and cultural change
In line with the banding of the post and its service context to:
Exercise supervisory/professional responsibility for other psychological therapists Provide leadership in multi-disciplinary training and development Provide leadership in service audit and development Person SpecificationEssential and desirable
Essential
Desirable