Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Job overview

Due to the expanding Forensic CAMHS service in our area we are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to join the team on a fixed term contract!

The forensic CAMHS team is a small specialist community service for young people under 18 about whom there are mental health concerns and who show high risk behaviours towards others. Young people may or may not be in contact with the youth justice system or care system.

The service has strong links with many agencies working with young people both within the Thames Valley (the area we cover - Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire) and beyond. It includes different professionals such as psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses and forms part of wider mental health services for children and young people (CAMHS).

We can offer a number of services to support professionals as well as supporting access other teams within CAMHS provision such as;

• Advice
• Case consultation
• Assessment (joint or otherwise)
• Case supervision
• Training
• Specialist interventions

Main duties of the job

The role with work with colleagues in the team for support the provision of the service across the Thames Valley. This will include working within the service model (consultation based) and supporting the service to increase the amount of direct clinical assessment and intervention. In particular the role will work with the clinical lead and consultant psychologist to support psychological thinking to the consultation, assessment and treatment of clients referred to the team. There is an assistant psychologist in the team and working with them and offering supervision will be part of the role.

This role has been funded to support the increasing level of complex neurodevelopmental needs with which our client group is presenting. As a result we anticipate the role will take a lead on supporting with neurodevelopmental testing and assessment (cognitive such as WISC/WAIS and other NDC focused assessments ) and developing pathways for this client group across the service patch and so experience of these areas is desirable.

The successful applicant will have excellent interpersonal and clinical skills which will enable them to thrive within a multi-disciplinary team context and in working with this complex patient group and their families. If you have interests you wish to develop, then please discuss with us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.