Psychologist

WG060 Witherslack Group Ltd; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full induction and on the job training

Full school holidays including bankhol

Clinical development programme

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing tools and employee support

Medical cover and discounts

Beautiful working environments

Friend referral bonus

Job summary

The Witherslack Group is seeking a HCPC-registered psychologist to join our multi-disciplinary clinical team at Felden Hall School in Hemel Hempstead. You will assess and formulate interventions, support living and learning environments, and lead therapeutic activities for children and young people with complex needs.

You’ll provide consultation and training to staff, participate in supervision and clinical development, and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package including full school holidays,

Qualifications

• Be a qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC.
• Specialist with proven skills to assess, formulate and support therapeutic interventions for children and young people with complex needs.
• Be confident, engaging, and effective as a model, guide, leader and trainer.

Responsibilities

• Assess, formulate and support delivery of therapeutic interventions for children and young people with complex needs.
• Provide consultation, workshops, and training to educational and residential teams.
• Collaborate within multi-disciplinary clinical teams to permeate therapeutic support across education and care settings.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Child psychology

Therapeutic interventions

Team leadership

Education

HCPC registered psychologist

Job description

£58,408 - £61,166 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits

Those Huge Small Victories

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

Get out what you put in

This role is based at Felden Hall School, 2-days-per-week. Felden Hall School is an independent, specialist day school providing high quality education for boys and girls. Based in Hemel Hempstead, the school meets the needs of pupils with special educational needs including ADHD, autism, speech, language & communication difficulties and social & emotional difficulties. Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children’s homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present 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 be supporting 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, this ensures that 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.

What we do for you

• 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: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development
• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits here
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high street discounts
• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities - check out our schools here
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time
• Bring your whole self to work

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs - and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves.

The kind of person we’re looking for will:

• 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

Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. You’ll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.

Interested in joining us? Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.