Clinical Psychologist - CAMHS Early Years' Service

jobs24.co.uk; Burton-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated Clinical Psychologist to join their CAMHS Early Years' Service. This role focuses on providing specialized emotional wellbeing services to pre-school children facing emotional and behavioral challenges. You will conduct complex assessments, develop intervention plans, and deliver group parenting programs. The position offers a chance to enhance your skills through supervision and training, while contributing to the emotional wellbeing of young children and their families. Join a diverse and inclusive organization that values career development and offers extensive support for its employees.

Benefits

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave

Extensive Health & Wellbeing support

Mileage reimbursement

Lease car options

Free car parking

Free flu vaccinations

Citizens Advice support

Qualifications

• Expertise in providing psychological assessments and interventions for pre-school children.
• Strong skills in developing care plans and conducting complex assessments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver psychological assessments and interventions in the CAMHS Early Years' Service.
• Provide supervision and support to team members and psychologists in training.

Skills

Psychological assessments

Intervention planning

Research skills

Supervision and support

Child attachment interventions

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Relevant training in child psychology

Job description

In this role, you will be responsible for the provision of a specialised emotional wellbeing service for pre-school children presenting with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. This role will provide a service predominantly across East Staffordshire (Burton, Lichfield & Tamworth). This role will incorporate complex assessments leading to psychotherapeutic formulations of distress; interpretation of assessment instruments, forming intervention plans, and the delivery of interventions to this population.

You will provide supervision and clinical support to team members and clinical supervision to Psychologists in training as required. Supervision and support will be arranged as per Trust guidance and professional requirements.

You will participate in the development and delivery of the CAMHS Early Years' Service provision.

There will be an expectation to utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development, and research within the area served by the team/service.

The Clinical Psychologist will provide psychological assessments and interventions in the CAMHS Early Years' Service to pre-school children meeting service criteria.

This role will deliver a service across East Staffordshire (Burton, Lichfield & Tamworth areas) of the CAMHS Early Years' Service, but may include work across the South Staffordshire area, as required. This role will involve complex assessments leading to psychological formulations, development of care plans, the delivery of interventions to this population, and use of Outcome Measures to evaluate service effectiveness.

Interventions will include delivery of group parenting programmes. The post-holder will be expected to participate fully in the delivery of such programmes and to undertake training as required to support such delivery. The post-holder will be expected to accept any opportunities, as required, to develop specialised supervision skills so that they may ultimately supervise colleagues in the delivery of the parenting programme.

The CAMHS Early Years' Service pays close attention to parent-child attachments. The post-holder will deliver interventions, as appropriate, to support child attachment and thereby improve functioning.

The post-holder will support the development of relevant skills and knowledge of service colleagues and other professionals through training, supervision, and consultation to further address the emotional wellbeing needs of young children.

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) provides a range of support that can be accessed by their employees:

1. Supporting your career development and progression
2. Excellent NHS Pension scheme
3. Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
4. Options for flexible working
5. Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) pro rata, and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
6. Extensive Health & Wellbeing support and resources
7. Mileage reimbursement for community teams
8. Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rates
9. Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage is paid at business rates
10. Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
11. Free car parking at all Trust sites
12. Free flu vaccinations every year
13. Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.