Clinical Psychologist

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Hailsham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Part time

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Practitioner Psychologist for Lansdowne Children's Home, Hailsham, East Sussex. The role focuses on assessment and therapy for children/young people who have experienced trauma and have complex mental health needs.

You will integrate within the Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service, supervise junior psychology staff, and collaborate with care, education, and health professionals to deliver trauma-informed care.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
• Experience with children/young people.
• Familiarity with trauma-informed approaches.

Responsibilities

• Assess and provide therapy to children and young people.
• Consult and train the care and education staff.
• Supervise Assistant/Trainee Psychologists when applicable.
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary health team.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Assessment

Therapy

Staff training

Education

Clinical Psychology Doctorate

Job description

Are you a Practitioner Psychologist with a clinical or forensic background and a passion for working with children and young people who have experienced early adversity and have complex mental health difficulties?

Are you motivated by a role where you can make a huge difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable individuals in the community?

If so, our Practitioner Psychologist position at Lansdowne Children's Home in Hailsham, East Sussex may be just the role for you!

Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home is a 12 bedded social care provision for young people aged 12-17. The young people have complex needs and are described as ‘high need/high vulnerability/high risk’.

The health team's focus is informed by the Framework for Integrated Care (also known as SECURE STAIRS). This aims to support trauma-informed care and formulation-driven, evidence-based, whole-systems approaches to creating change for young people within the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate (CYPSE).

You will be joining our Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service (IHEWS) at Lansdowne Secure Children's Home in Hailsham, East Sussex. We are a small and welcoming multi-disciplinary health team whose role is to support both the young people and the residential staff within the centre.

Your main duties will involve being responsible for the assessment of, and some therapy with, the young person; consultation to, and support and training of, the care and education staff group; including supervision of other Psychological Professional staff when applicable (e.g., Assistant Psychologist and Trainee Psychologist). You will work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary health team and will receive supervision from a Principal Practitioner Psychologist within SPFT CAMHS.

As part of your recruitment to the post we would include discussion around supporting attendance in training in Level 1 Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP).

This is a 30 hours per week role working days will ideally include Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Discussion take place on appointment.

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we’ll do our best to make it happen.

We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other Key Survey Results

• 70% highlighting flexible working as a key point for satisfaction at work
• 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
• 77% identifying opportunities to show initiative in their roles

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Flora Farmar Job title: Operations Manager Email address: [e-mail]