Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

NHS; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 79,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

A health services provider in Bracknell is seeking a Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to lead the Family Safeguarding Service. This role includes responsibilities for clinical governance and collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team to enhance parental mental health and child safeguarding. The position offers flexible working arrangements and is part of a commitment to provide outstanding care. Candidates should possess post-graduate qualifications in psychology and experience in managing complex clinical situations. Salary ranges from £79,163 to £90,880 per annum.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days' annual leave

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

'Cycle to Work' scheme

Discounts at retailers and restaurants

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Experienced clinical/counselling psychologist with extensive post-qualification experience.
• Clinical supervision qualification and accreditation required.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for the Family Safeguarding Service.
• Lead the development of the service in alignment with strategy and guidelines.
• Provide evidence-based opinion in multidisciplinary meetings.

Skills

Multidisciplinary working

Holistic understanding of mental health

Evidence-based psychological interventions

Communication skills

Education

Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical/counselling psychology

Registered with Health Care Professional Council

Job description

Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in an innovative service within Berkshire Healthcare- the Family Safeguarding Service. This service forms the mental health component of the multidisciplinary 'Family Safeguarding Model'. It is a collaboration between health services and local authority Children's Social Care services (Bracknell Forest Council and West Berks Council). TheFamilySafeguarding Model isamultiagencyinitiative,wheremental health, domestic abuse practitioners and alcohol and substance misuse recovery workers are co-located within Children's Social Care, to provide a 'whole family' approach to safeguarding children.

The service supports adults, who are experiencing difficulties with their emotional wellbeing and mental health, to meet the needs of their children and to better safeguard them. Improving parental mental health, improves family functioning and the outcomes for children, and contributes to the service aims of keeping families together.

Flexible working is available, with a combination of home visits, on-site appointments and remote working.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract but we will be considering secondment options for internal candidates.

Main duties of the job

Overall responsibility for the Family Safeguarding Service, ensuring that the service has effective clinical, quality and performance governance, including digital systems and processes

Lead the development of the Family Safeguarding Service to maximise its contribution, ensuring developments are aligned with Trust, local systems and national strategy, policy and practice drivers

Work as an integral member of a co-located multi-disciplinary team, which includes children's social workers, domestic abuse and substance misuse specialists, as well as mental health practitioners and clinical psychologists, to safeguard and reduce risks to children

Contribute to the holistic approach, recognising the impact on children where parents have mental health difficulties and limited coping strategies, as well as problems arising from domestic abuse, and parental alcohol and substance misuse

Provide evidence-based opinion on the role of parental mental health and share this with the MDT through review meetings such as Child in Need reviews and Child Protection Case Conferences

Lead the service in undertakingspecialist clinical work to engage clients in expert assessment and formulation based on relevant theory and research. They will provide evidence-based psychological interventions to improve parental mental health and improve outcomes for the most vulnerable children and their families

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Job responsibilities

The must haves for this role:

A team player with experience of multidisciplinary working and working flexibly

A holistic understanding of mental health needs and the intergenerational impact of mental health and trauma upon family functioning

A desire to support families to improve outcomes for parents and their children

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We have identified that this is a role where we have underrepresentation of ethnically diverse colleagues. As part of our commitment to inclusion and Unity Against Racism we offer guaranteed interviews to candidates who meet the essential criteria and identify as: Asian or Asian British, Black or Black British, Mixed and Other Ethnic Groups.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to contact: Catherine Farr, email : [e-mail] or Poppy Law [e-mail] wholl be delighted to help or to arrange a phone call to discuss further.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

We have identified that this is a role where we have underrepresentation of ethnically diverse colleagues. As part of our commitment to inclusion and Unity Against Racism we offer guaranteed interviews to candidates who meet the essential criteria and identify as: Asian or Asian British, Black or Black British, Mixed and Other Ethnic Groups.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

• For Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical/counselling psychology (or approved equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996 or for those who completed their training overseas) which provides eligibility for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Registered with Health Care Professional Council (HCPC)
• Additional accreditations to reflect post qualification specialist training (e.g., BABCP, UKCP, ACAT, BACP, BPS/ACT, EMDR-UK).
• Evidence of post-qualification specialist training to accreditable level in at least two areas of psychological practice directly related to the clinical requirements for this post.
• Evidence of extensive post-qualification training, experience and expert knowledge in psychological models and therapeutic approaches with an evidence base in the area of specialism, appropriate to discipline
• Clinical supervision qualification and accreditation.
• Professional leadership qualification or equivalent level of substantial experience
• Training and/or proven ability in providing effective education, consultation and coaching to develop and support others.

Previous Experience

• Extensive experience working as a qualified (Principal) clinical/counselling psychologist/psychotherapist, including demonstrable post qualification experience at a highly specialist level in the related specialisms.
• Substantial experience of working in evidence-based ways with service users (and their carers and families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the range of care settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and threatening behaviour.
• Extensive experience of managing highly complex situations concerning safeguarding, risk management, clinical governance, complaints and investigations.
• Demonstrable experience of applying professional expertise when leading multidisciplinary teams / in multi-agency environments in a relevant clinical setting.
• Extensive experience of leading services and teams with complex caseloads requiring the application of evidence-based psychological methods, assessments, formulation, and interventions.
• Extensive experience of teaching and professional/clinical supervision as well as experience of developing training and supervisory models
• Evidence of successfully holding responsibility for, delivering and being accountable for services that meet local and national targets

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Able to manage a demanding and complex caseload while supporting junior colleagues.
• High level and well-developed ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within the Trust and across the system.
• Extensive experience of successfully managing complex and challenging discussions with system partners, including where there may be disagreement about responsibility for care.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Teaching and group facilitation skills.
• Exceptional and highly effective interpersonal communication skills with the ability to support, engage and lead patients, clinicians and other stakeholder groups in change, development and improvement.
• Advanced IT skills and the ability to navigate various systems and software packages (such as RiO outlook, databases, MS office and the internet)
• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.

Additional requirements

• Demonstrates the ability to respond to people's needs sensitively particularly regarding all aspects of diversity
• Able to work flexibly as required (including on call where relevant) and to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£79,163 to £90,880 a yearper annum , pro rata ( Incl of HCAS)