Adults Clinical Psychologist

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care organization in Birmingham is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join their new clinical team. The successful candidate will facilitate multi-disciplinary teamwork and ensure quality assurance while working with adults with intellectual disabilities. Essential qualifications include a doctoral degree in Psychology, HCPC and BPS registration, and relevant experience. This role offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme with options

Mental health support services

Flexible Benefits Platform

Cycle to Work Schemes

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults with intellectual disabilities.
• Substantial post-qualification experience with adults and children.
• Full valid UK driving license and access to a car.

Responsibilities

• Join the clinical team to facilitate MDT working.
• Support services in future development and ensure quality assurance.
• Collect and analyze data for service delivery and project work.

Skills

Supervision of Assistant Psychologists

Collaborative working

Conflict resolution

Data management skills

Education

Post-graduate doctoral qualification in Psychology

Registered with HCPC and BPS

Job description

About the role

The post is located within Care First – Pheasey, Walsall area. You will be joining a new clinical team to facilitate MDT working, consisting of Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy. The clinical team is embedded into the structure of the provision which enables positive and effective multi-disciplinary working across the education services, in order to maximise clinical outcomes for the adults. Outcomes First Group support the clinical CPD in the North Region which facilitates supervision and training opportunities in order to deliver interventions that are strong in research evidence base.

You will be working within the overall framework of the service policies and procedures and within existing MDT and Clinical Governance structures to support the services in future development and ensuring quality assurance.

Our clinical teams help to develop empowering environments where our adults can flourish. Always putting them at the forefront of everything they do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and the adults we support are heard, respected and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible.

When it comes to looking after the adults in our care, we strive for excellence. With this in mind, we are looking for a Clinical Psychologist who shares our vision; to build incredible futures.

Location: Care First – Pheasey, Walsall area, Birmingham

Essential Criteria:

Post-graduate doctoral level qualification in Psychology (clinical, counselling, forensic).
Registered with the HCPC and BPS.
Experience in supervising Assistant Psychologists
Previous experience working with adults with intellectual disabilities
Ability to work collaboratively with a range of key partners
Able to work sensitively with people and resolve conflict effectively
Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the setting
Substantial and relevant post-qualification experience with adults and children.
Full valid UK driving licence and access to a car
Skills in the management of data are also important as the role includes collecting and analysing data to inform various pieces of service delivery, development and project work.
For further information on this role please refer the Job Description and Person Specification attached. To discuss this role in more detail, please contact: [e-mail]

What’s in it for you?

You will be working with an ambitious and driven service that’s really going places, supported by an exceptional team of likeminded individuals who are keen to learn from you. This is an opportunity to enrich the lives of the people we support and make a positive difference, in a role where you have autonomy.

We offer a friendly and inclusive working environment where our adults are heard, respected and hugely valued. We want our employees to come to work with energy, determination and most importantly we want them to be happy in their work. We are well aware that it is our highly skilled teams that make Outcomes First Group the success it is, and we want this to continue. This is why we provide a range of benefits designed to support you, not just in your work life but also on a personal level too. We want you to be the best you can be and offer genuine opportunities for career development and progression.

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

Life Assurance
Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
“Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit
Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
Cycle to Work Schemes
Electric Car Purchase Scheme
Critical illness cover
And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

At Outcomes First Group we are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS

Vacancy ID: 281322

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.