Job summary
About the Role:
Are you a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with extensive experience of working with children and young people in care, care leavers or those who have experienced trauma or attachment insecurity? Are you looking for an opportunity to join a passionate, creative and innovative team, to shape service delivery, pursue specialist interests and influence system change.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our highly skilled multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, therapists and therapeutic social workers, commissioned by Derbyshire and Derby City Councils and Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board, to develop, and deliver, a specialist trauma and attachment service for Children in Care and Care Leavers.
You will have access to external training and model specific supervision in attachment and trauma models such as Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), Theraplay and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and will support the team in the delivery of their targets around case work, training, reflective practice, and consultation. As part of the clinical psychology team, you will take a lead on aspects of service delivery; having an opportunity to develop and influence system change for children in care, as well as having opportunities to impact on AFC's Growth Strategy around mental health services and trauma informed psychological practice.
Main duties of the job
You will make a difference by:
- Providing clinical supervision and oversight to a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team
- Supporting the assessment, formulation, and intervention of complex case work, including delivery of highly specialist psychological assessments and co-delivery of trauma and attachment interventions to children, young people, carers and those in the professional network.
- Developing, piloting and co-facilitating training/ group work / reflective practice sessions to professional teams.
- Supporting Action for Childrens growth strategy around mental health/ residential services and trauma informed psychological practice.
- Leading on aspects of service delivery and contributing to audit and evaluation.
You will need:
- Doctorate or equivalent in Clinical or Counselling Psychology.
- Registered as a qualified practitioner Psychologist by the HCPC.
- Experience supervising and in delivering highly specialist risk and psychological assessments.
- Experience of working therapeutically with children, young people and families including delivering interventions targeted at addressing complex trauma and attachment.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
- Experience of delivering workshops/training/group-work/reflective practice.
About us
Vulnerable children in the UK need your help.
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
At Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood.Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. We work to ensure their voices are heard and we campaign to bring lasting change to their lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1.
Demonstrate a commitment to Action for Childrens defining statement,
safe and happy childhood, and promote and incorporate Action for Childrens
Participation Standards as appropriate to your role.
2. Achieve
the highest standards of safeguarding, whether through direct care provision or
support activities to the children and young peoplewho come into contact with
our services, or by appropriatelyreporting
concerns about any child or young person.
3.
Promote our equality and diversity strategy locally, including linking
with local equality and diversity frameworks to ensure best practice and to
inform and develop appropriate action plans.
4.
Demonstrate a
willingness and ability to operate within a constantly changing environment and
as such work priorities and targets may change.
5.
Recognise that
management reserves the right to make reasonable changes to the job purpose and
accountabilities.
6.
Undertake such
other duties that occasionally arise, which will
always ensure that children across the country have a safe and happy childhood
and the foundations they need to thrive.
7.
Work with other departments and countries to ensure that Action for
Childrens values (passionate, ambitious, collaborative and inclusive) are
delivered.
8.
Be familiar and
compliant with health, environmental and safety policies and procedures. In the
event of any serious risk, take immediate action to reduce this risk and inform
senior management.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1.
Demonstrate a commitment to Action for Childrens defining statement,
safe and happy childhood, and promote and incorporate Action for Childrens
Participation Standards as appropriate to your role.
2. Achieve
the highest standards of safeguarding, whether through direct care provision or
support activities to the children and young peoplewho come into contact with
our services, or by appropriatelyreporting
concerns about any child or young person.
3.
Promote our equality and diversity strategy locally, including linking
with local equality and diversity frameworks to ensure best practice and to
inform and develop appropriate action plans.
4.
Demonstrate a
willingness and ability to operate within a constantly changing environment and
as such work priorities and targets may change.
5.
Recognise that
management reserves the right to make reasonable changes to the job purpose and
accountabilities.
6.
Undertake such
other duties that occasionally arise, which will
always ensure that children across the country have a safe and happy childhood
and the foundations they need to thrive.
7.
Work with other departments and countries to ensure that Action for
Childrens values (passionate, ambitious, collaborative and inclusive) are
delivered.
8.
Be familiar and
compliant with health, environmental and safety policies and procedures. In the
event of any serious risk, take immediate action to reduce this risk and inform
senior management.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience supervising and in delivering highly specialist risk and psychological assessments.
- Experience of working therapeutically with children, young people and families including delivering interventions targeted at addressing complex trauma and attachment.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
- Experience of delivering workshops/training/group-work/reflective practice
Desirable
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
- Experience of delivering workshops/training/group-work/reflective practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate or equivalent in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
- Registered as a qualified Practitioner Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with the UK Health Care Professions Council
Desirable
- Registered as a qualified practitioner Psychologist by the HCPC.
- Experience of working with children in a clinical setting and in the community and a clinically orientated multi-disciplinary and multi-agency mental health setting. Through this experience to apply knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions, to include complex trauma, parenting interventions and systemic models
- Experience of highly specialist risk and psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings: inpatient, residential and community.
- Experience of supervising clinical staff and assistants, including conducting group work
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience supervising and in delivering highly specialist risk and psychological assessments.
- Experience of working therapeutically with children, young people and families including delivering interventions targeted at addressing complex trauma and attachment.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
- Experience of delivering workshops/training/group-work/reflective practice
Desirable
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
- Experience of delivering workshops/training/group-work/reflective practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate or equivalent in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
- Registered as a qualified Practitioner Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with the UK Health Care Professions Council
Desirable
- Registered as a qualified practitioner Psychologist by the HCPC.
- Experience of working with children in a clinical setting and in the community and a clinically orientated multi-disciplinary and multi-agency mental health setting. Through this experience to apply knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions, to include complex trauma, parenting interventions and systemic models
- Experience of highly specialist risk and psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings: inpatient, residential and community.
- Experience of supervising clinical staff and assistants, including conducting group work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
