Highly Specialist CYP Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

NHS Jobs; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in London seeks a Highly Specialist CYP Clinical/Counselling Psychologist. You will deliver specialist psychological services to children and young people who have experienced trauma, coordinate forensic interviews, and create care pathways with local services. Successful candidates will have a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and expertise in crisis intervention and trauma therapy.

Qualifications

• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Experience working with children and adolescents in psychological settings.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions.
• Lead and coordinate forensic interview services.
• Develop care pathways for clients.

Skills

Expertise in psychological assessments

Crisis intervention skills

Knowledge of CBT and trauma therapy

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Highly Specialist CYP Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

To contribute to the systematic provision of a highly specialist psychology service to children, young people and their families attending the Havens. To support intake and referral meetings and safeguarding meetings. To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients in the CYP Psychology Service including: Specialist assessment and clinical formulation of children and adolescents who have experienced sexual assault, rape or who have been sexually exploited. To include psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured / semi-structured and unstructured observations and interviews with the client, family members and others involved in their care. Specialist evidence-based brief interventions for children and adolescents who have experienced sexual abuse / exploitation, monitoring outcomes and modifying / adapting intervention as required and drawing on a range of theoretical options, and supporting their transition to local services after 6-20sessions, as required. Undertake liaison psychology with The Havens and borough services, including: advocates; local borough CAMHS teams; local charity and third sector services; local early support services; and local IAPTS and school counsellors. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans. To provide both general and specialist advice on psychological aspects of risk identification and management to the clinical team. To formulate plans for psychological treatment and/or management, drawing upon an appropriate conceptual framework and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy and including CBT models of PTSD and complex trauma. Adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of patients from the Havens Psychology Service, ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation and interventions, communicating with the referral agent and others involved with the patients care including the MPS and CPS on a regular basis. To complete training in delivering highly specialist psychology led forensic interviews with children and young people reporting sexual abuse or exploitation, if this has not already been completed. To operationally lead on the service development, coordination and delivery of a highly specialist psychology led forensic interview service, in collaboration with the Metropolitan police, for children and young people reporting sexual assault, abuse or exploitation. To undertake visually recorded forensic interviews (VRI) in collaboration with the Metropolitan police, following receipt of specialist training by the Metropolitan Police. To develop, co-ordinate and ensure an effective care pathway between CYP Therapies Service and London Sector CSA hubs / Child House(s), to promote coordinated, safe and effective client care and client choice. To communicate skilfully, complex and sensitive information with clients, parents, carers, and colleagues taking account of sensory, developmental and cultural barriers to communication. To prepare written reports, including court reports as a professional witness . When necessary, provide crisis intervention for those suffering severe emotional and psychological reactions to sexual assault and those who are expressing suicidal thoughts or harm related to others or themselves. To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of patients and to monitor and evaluate progress. To provide an environment that is non-judgemental, sensitive and confidential and to ensure the integrity of the psychologist/patient relationship by being a member of a professional organisation e.g. HCPC abiding by their Code of Ethics. To attend regular clinical supervision.