Band 7 CAMHS Clinical Psychologist - Rowan, Weston-super-Mare

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established NHS mental health service is seeking a qualified Clinical Psychologist to join their Community CAMHS Team in Weston-super-Mare. In this role, you will provide vital mental health support to children and young people, collaborating within a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will possess a Doctoral qualification in clinical psychology, and experience in delivering evidence-based therapies. Our commitment to diversity and employee well-being makes this a fulfilling environment to develop your clinical skills.

Qualifications

• Qualified and registered Clinical Psychologist.
• Experience in working with children and young people in CAMHS.
• Ability to deliver evidence-based therapies.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation, assessment, and treatment to young people and their families.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and processes.
• Supervise Assistant Psychologists and trainees.

Skills

Autonomy in clinical work

Assessment and management of young people

Ability to work with diverse backgrounds

Education

Doctoral clinical psychology qualification

Job description

Job overview

We have an opportunity to join our experienced and established team of Clinical Psychologists within our multidisciplinary Community CAMHS Team.

You will have be qualified and registered as a Clinical Psychologist. You will also have experience of working with children and young people, preferably within a community CAMHS service.

Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon are thriving seaside towns within easy commuting distance to Bristol and Taunton. The M5 motorway is within easy access. Weston-super-Mare is a growing multi-cultural area with numerous amenities and has access to the beautiful coastline and also the Mendip Hills. The area is ideal for those who like an active outside lifestyle but also who want to be within each reach of Bristol and Taunton. There are a number of outstanding Ofsted rated schools within the area.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be offering consultation, assessment and treatment to young people with mental and emotional health difficulties alongside their families The team have a senior psychologist who will support your professional development. There are other professionals with a variety of skills and knowledge from a diverse range of backgrounds. You should be passionate about working within a multi professional team in order to meet he needs of young people.

As a service and team we would be keen to help you develop your areas of clinical interest.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

Working for our organisation

CAMHS is a supportive, experienced and progressive multi-disciplinary team. We offer individual, family and group interventions which may be time limited or longer term therapies according to need. We have radically transformed in recent years including improved staff retention; fantastic team skill mix and opportunities for innovative practice. For example producing a series of professionally filmed videos to provide an online group and resources for young people experiencing emotional dysregulation. We also strive to provide compassionate leadership as we recognize the importance of staff well-being. You will receive regular clinical, peer and management supervision and access to continued professional development.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a clinical psychology service to the specified Team/Service
• To assess and treat a specialist workload of clients and maintain associated
records
• Participate in CPD and other developmental activities
• Undertake R & D and clinical audit
• Clinically supervise Assistant Psychologists, other professionals and trainee Clinical Psychologists

Please see attached Job description for more details

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

• Doctoral clinical Psychology qualification or equivalent
• Maintenance of appropriate professional registration (HCPC)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post qualification of delivering evidence based therapies to young people and families in CAMHS
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and ability to contribute to team meetings and processes.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of providing specialist assessments/interventions eg Autism assessments (ADOS), Eating Disorders or specialist CBT

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to work with children, young people and families from a wide range of social, cultural and minority ethnic backgrounds.
• Ability to work autonomously, and organise and prioritise workload
• .Experience of assessing and managing young people who are suicidal and young people who present a risk to self and others

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Clinical supervision/consultation - junior colleagues or other staff

We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,- we are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

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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.

Application numbers

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