CAMHS Acute Senior Practitioner Psychologist

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Haywards Heath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A public service organization is seeking a Senior Practitioner Psychologist to conduct specialist psychological assessments and implement treatment plans for clients with complex mental health issues. The role requires expertise in adjusting interventions according to the clients' needs along with a thorough understanding of psychological data. Candidates should be prepared to provide assessments and interventions for various cognitive impairments.

Qualifications

• Specialist psychological assessments based on complex data.
• Formulating and implementing psychological treatment plans.
• Implementing psychological interventions across teams.

Job description

CAMHS Acute Senior Practitioner Psychologist

1. To carry out specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the service, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care, in order to reach a psychological formulation of the clients difficulties. 2. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. 3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To provide specialist assessments of clients presenting with cognitive impairment due to a variety of causes or organic conditions, including pre-assessment counselling and neuropsychological and functional assessments, and to be able to adjust psychological interventions to work effectively with people presenting with complex needs due to cognitive impairment and organic disorders