Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

The Retreat York are recruiting a Clinical Psychologists to join our highly skilled multi-disciplinary Children and Young Peoples Therapy team.

We are a dynamic, forward-thinking organisation looking for a clinician who can bring a high level of experience working with neurodiverse people. As part of a multi-disciplinary team you will deliver diagnostic assessments, mainly ASD, completing standardised assessments and also offer post-diagnostic support, therapists will also carry a psychological caseload so you must have good team working skills and experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.

We are looking for someone who has excellent communication skills, understands the specific communication needs of neurodiverse individuals, and adopts an approach which creates positive therapeutic relationships.

The Retreat is a world-renowned mental health clinic based in York and Manchester working with clients across the UK. We have a long and distinguished reputation for being innovators and world leaders in the field of modern mental health care providing high quality, sustainable services for both adults and children, including neurodevelopmental conditions, stress, depression, anxiety, eating disorders and obsessive compulsive disorders.

In addition to privately funded therapies, we offer some services free at the point of delivery through contracts with NHS partners and through charitable funding.

Main duties of the job

Your work will make a real difference to the lives of your clients. You will have the opportunity, time, and space to deliver a tailored, high-quality service and have the support of other clinicians to offer truly holistic care.

Our Quaker heritage and values underpin everything that we do, and our team are committed to our core values of compassion, collaboration, and community, enabling people to gain hope and encouraging resilience.

You will be supported both personally and professionally with consideration taken to your own wellbeing and development. We actively support the development of our team through monthly supervision and encouraging career advancement. You will receive comprehensive administrative support enabling you to concentrate on your clinical role.

Remuneration and benefits:

• £44,000 - £50,000 dependent on skills & experience
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata part-time)
• An extra days leave on your birthday and an extra day at Christmas in addition to the bank holidays
• Flexible hours
• Hybrid working
• Paid professional registration fees
• Funded clinical supervision
• Protected CPD time
• Mentoring support
• Monthly or bimonthly management supervision
• Dedicated service administration team
• On site free car parking

If you're driven by excellence, achievement, recognition, and the reward that comes from making a positive difference, we would like to hear from you.

About us

The Retreat was founded by Quakers in York in 1792 and for over 200 years it has been a source of hope, comfort, support, and care for people with mental health difficulties.

Founders William Tuke and his family took an innovative and compassionate approach which led to major legal reforms in the care of mental health in the UK and beyond. Every textbook on the history of mental illness mentions the unique part played by The Retreat in the reshaping of attitudes. This approach of innovation and humane care endures to this day and is something which we feel privileged to continue.

If you are interested in the role and would like more information or just an informal chat, please contact Lucy Baldwin, Head of Service on 01904 412551 or email lbaldwin@theretreatclinics.org.uk