Senior Psychologist

Witherslack Group; London; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Rejoignez un groupe d'excellence dans l'éducation spécialisée! En tant que Psychologue Clinique, vous impacterez la vie d'enfants ayant des besoins particuliers, tout en bénéficiant d'une formation continue et d'un excellent package d'avantages. Profitez d'une structure au sein d'une équipe pluridisciplinaire et contribuez à l'amélioration de l'expérience éducative de nos jeunes. Vous aurez un rôle clé dans la création d'environnements d'apprentissage et de vie enrichissants.

Benefits

Formation et développement clinique

Congés scolaires payés

Assurance médicale

Avantages divers

Bonus de recommandation

Qualifications

• Psychologue clinique enregistré auprès de l'HCPC.
• Expérience dans l'évaluation et les interventions thérapeutiques auprès de jeunes.
• Capacité à former et à guider des équipes.

Responsibilities

• Fournir un soutien thérapeutique aux jeunes avec des besoins complexes.
• Collaborer avec les équipes éducatives pour améliorer l'environnement d'apprentissage.
• Offrir des formations et des ateliers au personnel éducatif.

Skills

Expertise en évaluation clinique

Compétences en formation

Organisation

Capacité à travailler en équipe multidisciplinaire

Education

Docteur en Psychologie (clinique, éducative, judiciaire ou conseil)

Job description

£67,764 - £71,362 (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 Greenholm School, 2 days a week.

Having joined Witherslack Group in 2022, Greenholm School is an independent, specialist day school providing high quality education based in South West London. The school meets the needs of pupils with autism and additional needs such as ADHD, speech and language difficulties, sensory issues and associated behavioural difficulties - and was recently rated Good by Ofsted.

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 andbreadth 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 Senior 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

We know you're going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you'll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you'll get:

• 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 (paid) 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

• 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

• Be a member of a multi-disciplinary team, receiving regular supervision and supported in your CPD

• Have lengthy sector experience and a background in team supervision are all vital

• Be a car driver, as there's some travel involved

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future.Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered thesupport, 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.

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