Clinical Psychologist - children/young people & learning disabilities

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking NHS Trust as a Clinical Psychologist, specializing in supporting children and young people with learning disabilities. This exciting role offers the opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team, providing evidence-based clinical interventions and support to families. With a commitment to professional development and a focus on inclusivity, this position is perfect for those passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and their families. Enjoy a supportive environment with flexible working options, competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package. If you are ready to take on this rewarding challenge, we encourage you to apply!

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Lease car scheme

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Health and well-being programmes

Qualifications

• Qualified Clinical Psychologist with experience in child mental health.
• Experience in providing risk assessment and therapeutic interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialised CAMHS assessment and therapeutic interventions.
• Manage a case load with clinical responsibility for complex cases.

Skills

Clinical Psychology

Mental Health Assessment

Therapeutic Interventions

Case Management

Risk Assessment

Multi-disciplinary Collaboration

Education

Qualified in core profession (e.g., Clinical Psychologist)

Post qualification study in mental health

Degree level health & social care qualification

Job description

Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type NHS

Site Alder Hey - based at Innovation Park and Alder Hey main site

Town Liverpool

Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata

Salary period Yearly

Closing 20/02/2025 23:59

Band 7

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trust's values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

B7 Clinical Psychologist

Permanent - 37.5 Hours

We expect applicants to be a clinical psychologist with experience of working with children and young people with a learning disability.

We welcome clinical psychologists from underrepresented or disadvantaged communities.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist specialising in supporting children and young people with a learning disability to join the Liverpool Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will be a member of the specialist, multi-disciplinary service and will have case management responsibility for their case load, however, they will be supported through supervision by a senior member of the team on a regular basis. The post holder will provide a range of appropriate, evidence-based clinical interventions informed by assessed individual need. The post holder may be required to provide support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person.

Further training in positive behaviour support would be an advantage. We are looking for individuals who have skills and experience in engaging families who are from communities that may be at increased risk of social exclusion or marginalisation.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job: to provide highly specialised CAMHS assessment and therapeutic interventions and to offer advice and consultation to other professionals across a range of agencies including: primary care, social care, and education. The post holder will have clinical responsibility for complex therapeutic and risk management work with children and young people with a learning disability who have been assessed to require specialist CAMHS intervention.

Working for our organisation

The services comprise of several multi-disciplinary teams including staff from varied backgrounds, including psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing and psychotherapy. In addition, our team members are trained in a wealth of different therapeutic interventions and approaches, making the teams truly multi-disciplinary.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Maintain comprehensive clinical notes and consultation records in accordance with trust policies and procedures.

Contribute to the development, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the Service Group’s operational policies and procedures.

Participate in MDT and multi-agency meetings.

Share responsibility with other team members, as appropriate, for implementing service developments.

Contribute to the management of workloads of appropriate staff within the framework of the Service Group policies and procedures.

Person specification

Education and Training

• Qualified in core profession such as Mental Health Nurse (RMN/RLD), Mental Health Practitioner, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or creative therapies e.g. Art Therapy – with evidence of relevant professional registration.
• Alternatively a recognised degree level broad based health & social care qualification which will require completion of The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Knowledge Skills and Attributes.
• Post qualification study in chosen mental health field.
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in other fields of child and adolescent mental health, research methodology, staff training.

Experience

• Experience of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
• Working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Working collaboratively with other agencies in a variety of venues.
• Must be experienced in providing risk assessment of self-harming behaviour.
• Must be experienced in analysing presenting problems and able to demonstrate ability to work autonomously utilising a range of therapeutic perspectives and modalities, depending on the needs of the client.
• Must be experienced in and able to demonstrate ability to provide case management supervision for lower banded team members, students and other service group/team professionals as required.
• Must demonstrate ability to be self-reflective and to organise own supervision appropriately. Must be able to demonstrate ability to develop and evaluate consultation and training to other professionals and to staff groups.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.
• Experience of teaching, training or supervision.
• Experience of the application of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of working with children and young people in a range of clinical settings.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the evidence base in their practice.
• Must demonstrate understanding of child development and psychosocial influences.
• Must demonstrate a working understanding of systemic, psychodynamic and cognitive theories along with recognition of when each approach is appropriate.

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.