Specialist Applied Psychologist

States of Guernsey; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental healthcare organization in the UK seeks a Psychologist for the Reparative Care Team within Children and Family Community Services. The ideal candidate will provide specialist psychological assessments and therapies to children, support foster and adoptive families, and supervise social work professionals. Essential qualifications include a doctoral degree in Psychology and HCPC registration. Join a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to high standards of care and professional practice.

Qualifications

• BPS recognized doctoral qualification in Psychology is essential.
• HCPC Registration as a practitioner psychologist is required.
• Member of British Psychological Society is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Undertake specialist complex psychological assessments.
• Deliver psychological therapies to children with trauma-related issues.
• Provide clinical supervision to social work colleagues.

Skills

Recent clinical experience with looked after and adopted children

Experience with neurodiversity including ASD and ADHD

Teaching/mentoring experience

BPS recognized doctoral qualification in Psychology

Job description

Job Summary

The States of Guernsey are looking for a Psychologist to join the Reparative Care Team within Children and Family Community Services. The Reparative Care Team is a service based in Children and Family Community Services for the care of young people who are in residential, foster or adoptive care, and their carers and families. This team provides a professional and supportive service, following best practice guidelines, and using evidence-based approaches.

Job Responsibilities

The work will include undertaking specialist complex psychological assessments and delivering psychological therapies to children (often with trauma and attachment related issues, challenging behaviours and mental health difficulties). There is a significant training and support role for carers and colleagues in other teams. There is also a lead clinical supervisory role in supporting the delivery of therapeutic interventions by social work colleagues. This will require providing regular clinical supervision to other professionals. The psychologist will offer specialist consultation and training to the rest of the service alongside other social work and therapeutic practitioner staff within the team. The post is in a large multi-disciplinary team, alongside a clinical psychologist. The psychologists provide the Reparative Care Team with a psychological resource within an equality and human rights framework. The psychologist contributes to senior management decision making and exercise delegated management responsibilities where appropriate. You would be expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise shared responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team/service.

Training

• To participate with other psychologists in the development, delivery and evaluation of specialist training across HSC in respect of relevant specialty related skills.
• To participate in clinical supervision and appraisal.
• To continue to develop expertise in the area of training and clinical supervision.
• To seek the advice of the Lead Clinical Psychologist within the team regarding professional development needs/plans.

Service Development

• To observe codes of practice of the British Psychological Society (BPS) which relate to professional practice, ethics, record keeping, team working and all other guidelines relevant to clinical psychologists.
• To work within appropriate competences and experience and professional self-governance.
• To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from appropriately experienced Clinical Psychologists and if appropriate other senior colleagues in accordance with BPS practice guidelines.
• To ensure articulation of best practice in psychology by exercising skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular supervision and appraisal.
• To ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice through active upkeep of CPD training programmes as annually identified and as relevant to service provided.
• To maintain active engagement with professional colleagues and developments in the general field of Clinical Psychology through participation in service wide psychology programs where relevant.
• To ensure the highest standards of record keeping be they manual or electronic in accordance with BPS and HSC policies and procedures, and to promote and ensure highest standards of report writing.

Person Specification

Qualifications
Essential

• BPS recognized doctoral qualification in Psychology
• HCPC Registration as a practitioner psychologist

Experience
Essential

• Member of British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Practicing Psychologist with recent clinical experience working in the field of looked after and adopted children
• Recent clinical experience working in the field of neurodiversity, including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
• Teaching/mentoring experience within the multidisciplinary team setting

Other Requirements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to be made to the DBS to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details: States of Guernsey, Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Le Vauquiedor, St. Martin, Guernsey, GY4 6UU. Employer's website: https://www.gov.gg/