Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 448-NCYP-6800090-A
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cringleford Business Centre
- Town
- Cringleford
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum, pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/01/2025
Employer heading
Just One Number 0-25 Clinical Psychologist
Band 8a
Driven by our Trust values: Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect; the Trust's vision is to provide high quality care to the diverse communities we serve to make their lives better.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Our cultural diversity, long term conditions and disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ staff networks are a key part of this commitment, creating positive change and helping build an inclusive culture across the Trust.
Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed - our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Options for flexible working are considered for all roles within CCS, including job share opportunities, compressed hours, annualised hours, tailored working patterns and more. If you are interested in flexible working, please talk to the recruiting manager for this vacancy.
Job overview
Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people?
Are you experienced in offering supervision to a variety of clinical and skill mix staff?
Do you have the knowledge and skills to help expand our services that work with children and young people?
We are seeking a highly motivated Clinical Psychologist to join us, supporting our mental health advice, support and access team within Just One Number, our single point of access.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Psychologist in Just One Number, you will work together with the clinical lead to develop and implement a Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP) pathway. This will ensure effective implementation and on-going delivery of pathways and protocols to maintain a continued focus on mental health and wellbeing.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. The post holder will oversee, monitor, mentor and lead on the CAPs day to day work and progression in the workplace. This will include oversight of any triage or Single Session Interventions.
2. Provide and lead clinical group and individual supervision to the Clinical Associate Psychologists in Just One Number as per training programme requirements, working closely with UEA to support the curriculum development and requirements of implementing the CAP workforce/ trainee clinical psychologists
3. To co-lead on supervision and support to the wider Just One Number advice, support and access team through group and individual supervision.
4. To provide advice, support and consultation in matters relating to infant, child or Yong Person’s Mental Health, to the Just One Number team.
5. To provide advice and consultation on psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, parents/carers and other professionals. Preparing, delivering and overseeing staff training, in order to improve the delivery of evidence-based interventions.
6. To work alongside the Just One Number Clinical Lead to lead the mental health front door.
7. To support the team to assist families through a range of methods including text message, virtual and phone contacts to assess the needs of children and young people.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Relevant Degree
- • Clinical Psychology Doctoral or Certificate of equivalence
- • Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- • Leadership qualification
- • Post-doctoral qualification in relevant therapeutic approaches
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Clinical experience in children and young people’s mental health.
- • Experience in providing supervision and consultation to non-psychologist colleagues
- • Demonstrate experience of implementing specialist clinical practice and knowledge and demonstrating effect on clinical outcomes
- • Undertaking a clinical role at a specialist level including multi disciplinary working, safeguarding, undertaking complex assessments, planning and evaluating care packages, and responsibility for the management of a caseload
Desirable criteria
- • Understanding of education pathways for professional development
- • Understanding of the CAPS role
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Assessment, signposting, advice and limited / brief intervention skills
- • Clinical/safeguarding risk assessment skills
- • Ability to analyse and interpret data and information in order to make decisions, provide reports, make recommendations and changes
- • Ability to provide clinical supervision to a range of practitioners
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charmaine Hannant
- Job title
- Just One Number Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07783 885935
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