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Job summary

Main area
Teesside Children and Young People Community Eating Disorder Service
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
346-TSC-046-24
Employer
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Glades, Acklam Road Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 pro rata, per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust logo

Trainee Psychologist (Counselling)

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job overview

This post offers an exciting opportunity for a fixed term 12 month contract within The Teesside Children and Young people Community Eating Disorders Service.

The Trainee Counselling Psychologist will be working primarily within our community team which is based at Acklam Road Hospital in Middlesbrough.  We have close links with our colleagues in paediatrics and within locality CAMHS teams.  The team is responsible for assessment and treatment of children and young people with an eating disorder up to the age of 18.  The team provides direct therapeutic work (both individual and family), physical monitoring, consultation, liaison, advice, and training, and works with young people and families affected by eating disorders as well as local partners in the community including schools and primary care.

We are seeking to appoint someone who is currently completing Doctoral training as a Counselling Psychologist, in their second year of training and has experience in working with Children, Young people and their Families and has an interest in eating disorders. The person would work alongside qualified psychologists/Psychological therapists in the team. On completion of their Doctoral course the person would be eligible to apply for a Band 7 role in the Trust, though this would need to be via an open recruitment process.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work independently but under the guidance of a clinical supervisor. The role will help the post holder develop their skills in providing specialist eating disorder psychological assessments as well as a therapeutic, consultative, and advisory services in relation to children and young people with eating disorders, their families, and carers, according to identified clinical need. 

Applicants would ideally have experience in working within Children's Mental health Services and will need to show strong patient-centred values.  The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, motivated, and demonstrate a commitment to delivering excellent mental health care and evidence-based interventions.

Working for our organisation

The Service has links with all other psychology specialisms across the Trust.  There are also strong links to the local Doctoral Programmes in Clinical and Counselling Psychology.  There are excellent opportunities for peer support/ supervision, CPD, teaching/ training, research, and audit.

Opportunities to develop special interests and co-work will be supported, as will opportunities to become involved in service development activities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Specialist knowledge of Applied psychology acquired through relevant prior experience, undergraduate teaching and/or clinically supervised practice, and the potential to build upon and extend such knowledge through training.
  • A foundation of undergraduate-level knowledge of research design and methodology
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of basic statistical procedures employed within the field of psychology (including multivariate data analysis)

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • First degree in Psychology, or an equivalent qualification, which confers eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society
  • Evidence from undergraduate and any postgraduate study of a capacity to undertake study at a Doctoral level, as indicated by a good upper-second degree or its equivalent, or by postgraduate study in a field related to Clinical Psychology
  • Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Communicate complex and highly sensitive information effectively, to a wide range of people
  • Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions in mental health for clients with communication difficulties / learning disabilities.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Must be registered on a BPS approved Doctorate in Counselling Psychology Programme.
  • Experience of paid or voluntary work in a clinical, community or clinical-academic setting with exposure to client groups and service settings directly relevant to clinical psychology e.g. NHS or University settings, the voluntary sector or organisations affiliated to the NHS. A variety of pre training roles of relevance include: Assistant Psychologist, Research Assistant, Graduate Primary Care Worker, Healthcare Assistant etc
  • Previous experience working with children and or young people
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of learning from supervision of clinical practice.
  • • Experience working with eating disorders

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employer

Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Charlie Dalton and Jennifer Scott
Job title
Team Manager / Consultant Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 529676
Additional information

Jennifer Scott- Consultant Psychologist -  Email:  [email protected]

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