Clinical Psychologist

Bidvane; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is recruiting a Clinical Psychologist to join the health and wellbeing team at Swanwick Lodge Secure Children's Home in Hampshire. The role is a 30-hour post at Band 7 with a route to Band 8a, and regular supervision.

HCPC registration, or progress toward it, and systemic practice training are required. You will provide individual psychological work with young people, embed the SECURE STAIRS framework, deliver staff training, and contribute to multidisciplinary

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in applied psychology
• Systemic practice training equivalent to the foundation year, or working towards it
• HCPC registration, or working towards it

Responsibilities

• Carry out individual psychological work with young people in the home
• Embed and champion the SECURE STAIRS framework within the integrated team
• Offer wellbeing support to the wider home team
• Deliver training to staff
• Provide reflective spaces for staff
• Support the integrated team to develop formulations for the young people
• Work as part of the multi-disciplinary health and wellbeing team

Education

Doctoral level training in applied psychology

Systemic practice training equivalent to the foundation year

Job description

This Clinical Psychologist post sits in the health and wellbeing team at Swanwick Lodge Secure Children's Home, a Hampshire County Council home for up to 10 young people on welfare placements, and works alongside separately commissioned care and education staff. The core of the work is individual psychological work with the young people, and embedding the SECURE STAIRS framework across the integrated team through training, reflective spaces and formulation support. It is a 30-hour, band 7 post for a recently qualified psychologist, with a route to band 8a and regular supervision. Fit depends on HCPC registration, or working towards it, and systemic practice training.

What the job involves

• Individual psychological work with young people in the home
• Embedding and championing the SECURE STAIRS framework with the integrated team
• Offering wellbeing support to the wider home team
• Delivering training to staff
• Providing reflective spaces for staff
• Supporting the integrated team to develop formulations for the young people
• Working as part of the multi-disciplinary health and wellbeing team

What’s required

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in applied psychology
• Systemic practice training equivalent to the foundation year, or working towards it, including DClinPsy courses where systemic therapy is a core model

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration, or working towards it if qualifying this year

Experience

• Specialist psychological assessment and treatment in clinical mental health settings
• Working with service users with complex psychological needs
• Engaging and sustaining work with ambivalent clients
• Clinical responsibility for psychological care within multidisciplinary teams and care plans, with liaison with other health professionals
• Teaching and training
• Supervision of staff

Nice to have

• Post-doctoral training in one or more specialised areas of psychological practice
• Qualification in systemic practice or family therapy
• Post-qualification experience in secure, inpatient, forensic or other relevant clinical settings
• Experience of applying clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
• Experience of delivering group programmes
• Experience of working with young people across the full range of clinical severity

What’s offered

• Regular supervision, training and hands-on development
• Clear development pathway to band 8a
• Peer support with Clinical Psychologists in the Trust and across the Secure Accommodation Network
• Local and national networking events
• Training relevant to the role
• Flexible working requests discussed at interview
• Salary pro rata for part-time hours