Principal Psychologist

Change Grow Live; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A charitable organization in healthcare is seeking a Principal Psychologist to lead psychological services in Knowsley. This part-time, permanent role involves working within multidisciplinary teams to deliver evidence-based psychological interventions and support recovery for individuals facing various challenges. Ideal candidates should be registered psychologists, with a strong commitment to social justice and quality service delivery.

Qualifications

• Registered Psychologist with appropriate competencies and experience.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in delivering evidence-based interventions.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams to deliver specialised interventions.
• Support recovery through psychology services.
• Engage in peer support and reflective practice.

Job description

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The best people have one thing in common.

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At Change Grow Live we care deeply about social justice and the work that we do. If you do too and you have the necessary experience and passion for this post, we encourage you to apply for this innovative leadership position. We are looking for a registered Psychologist who has the appropriate competencies and experience to lead our services.

We are looking for a registered Psychologist to become our Principal Psychologist (Clinical/Counselling/Forensic). In this role you will develop our service and psychosocial interventions offer.

We want all of our services to be Psychologically Informed. We support people experiencing difficulties associated with a range of challenges, most frequently including drug and alcohol use. We want to focus our Psychology resources to support equity and assure quality and delivery of evidence-based interventions as outlined in Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management 2017.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

• Location – covering Knowsley
• Based from a local delivery hub
• Contracted Hours – 15 hour, part time
• Category – Clinical/Managerial
• Type of contract – Permanent

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

You will work as part of multidisciplinary teams and your focus will be the excellent delivery of recommended specialised interventions. These form the primary Job Plan for all Psychology positions, contributing to supporting recovery and are detailed within our Job Descriptions.

This is a very exciting time for the organisation and Psychology within it, we will need you to see the bigger picture and support us to adapt our models to meet people’s needs. For you to bring your very best to this role you will need to be open-minded and willing to lead Psychology and Psychological Therapies to develop in this way.

You will be joining a brilliant national team of Psychologists and qualified counsellors; we also have a range of highly committed and passionate staff who deliver psychosocial interventions – whether on a 1-1 basis or in groups. Regular clinical supervision will be from a Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist. Our teams are vibrant, diverse, and multidisciplinary – you would be starting in a good place!

You will have the opportunity to work with your peers, engaging in formal and informal peer support, reflective practice, research and CPD opportunities.

If you are compassionate, authentic, inspiring and you want to make a difference, working in an environment where you can use your clinical skills and creativity to achieve the best for people, we would encourage you to read our job description.