Psychologist

The Witherslack Group; Coventry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An education and care provider in Coventry seeks a qualified Psychologist to join their multi-disciplinary team. This role involves providing therapeutic support to young people with complex needs, ensuring high-quality interventions in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in clinical assessment and a passion for making a positive impact on young people's lives. Flexible benefits and professional development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Full school holidays

Clinical learning and development

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing tools

Medical cover

Beautiful working environments

£1,000 referral bonus

Qualifications

• Registered with the HCPC.
• Proven experience working with children and young people with complex needs.
• Experience in supporting living and learning environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapeutic living and learning environments.
• Consult and train educational and residential teams.
• Engage in clinical assessment and formulation.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Therapeutic interventions

Team collaboration

Initiative-taking

Training and guidance

Education

Qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist

Job description

Overview

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people. This role is based at Avon Park School, 3-days-per-week. The school has recently achieved an Outstanding Ofsted rating and operates with a strong ethos of high expectations and aspirations for every child. All staff work in a truly collaborative way to ensure each pupil develops academically, emotionally and personally. Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND, across all specialist schools and children's homes, providing broad clinical support to young people with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs. As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will support educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people. Our Psychologists work collaboratively within our schools and children\'s homes to ensure therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.

Responsibilities

• Be a qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC
• Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to assess, formulate and support the delivery of therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs
• Have experience of supporting the team around a child or young person to provide clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences
• Be a confident, engaging and effective model, guide, leader and trainer
• Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative
• Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people

Benefits

• Training: A full induction and on the job training
• Holiday: You\'ll work hard at WG, so you\'ll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays
• Clinical Development: A leading programme of clinical learning and development
• Flexible benefits: increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance
• Wellbeing: A host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover: You can claim back costs such as opticians or dentist appointments and access to discounts
• Beautiful working environments with excellent facilities
• A recommended friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus