Highly Specialist Child Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

To exercise full responsibility and autonomy for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people referred to the Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trusts Core CAMHS, and their carers and families, where the presenting difficulties and concerns can be managed as a psychologically based intervention.

To exercise full responsibility and autonomy for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people referred to the Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trusts CAMHS Service, and their carers and families, where the presenting difficulties and concerns can be managed as a psychologically based intervention.

To develop and provide a range of highly specialist clinical psychology assessments and interventions/intervention packages for children and young people and their carers and families referred to the LPFT core CAMHS. Specific areas of expertise to include working with children and young people with complex needs; experience of providing highly specialist developmental assessments, including specialist cognitive assessments and life skills and functioning assessments, to help more fully understand the underlying learning difficulties which may be impacting on a child / young persons presentation at home and at school; providing group interventions to children, young people and their carers.

Expected to consider and cover the needs of Children in Care (CiC). This will include working with the CYP Complex Need Service Clinical psychologists to support new CiC Mental Health link workers to offer excellent in reach mental health support to Lincolnshire County Councils Childrens Homes. This will involve being available to offer joint training and supervision and consultation sessions to the Childrens Homes as appropriate

To lead on overseeing the attachment pathway within CAMHS, offering highly specialist clinical psychology assessments and interventions as appropriate and overseeing agreed group and individual interventions on this pathway.

Experience in and ability to provide at least three of the following highly specialist therapeutic interventions:-

Behaviour Therapy

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

The use of a systemic approach with families

Solution focused interventions

Attachment therapy

The use of creative art therapies in individual and family work

Interventions for post traumatic stress

Relaxation and visualisation techniques

To devise and facilitate therapeutic and educational groups as part of the treatment approach

To exercise full responsibility for communicating on a regular basis with the referral agent and other services and individuals involved with the service user, taking into account guidance on client confidentiality.

To provide highly specialist clinical psychology expertise, knowledge, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals working both within and outside the Health Trust, contributing directly to the formulation of an understanding of a childs / young persons presenting difficulties and the development of an evidence based intervention plan.

To contribute to the decision making process as regards treatment options for individuals and their families where appropriate.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management

Policy and service development.

To provide and assist with the further development of clinical psychology input to LPFT Core CAMHS, attending Core CAMHS team meetings, Service line meetings and meetings for Child Psychological Therapies staff. To propose policy and service changes and developments as appropriate.

Responsible for implementing policies and procedures as set out by the LPFT CAMHS and the Health Trust.

Human Resources

To provide clinical and professional supervision to unqualified and qualified psychologists and therapists working within the Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trusts CAMHS.

To deputise for the Head of Child Psychological Services

Financial and Physical resources

To assist the Head of Child Psychological Services and administrators with ensuring psychology stock is replenished and kept up to date.

Teaching, training and supervision

To provide specialist placements for trainee clinical psychologists and offer pre and post qualification teaching of psychology, specifically offering teaching to the Trent Doctorate Clinical Psychology Course.

To provide appropriate highly specialist clinical psychology advice, consultation and training and supervision to other LPFT CAMHS staff; to other staff within and external to the Health Trust who work with children and young people to assist them with providing psychologically based interventions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BPS accredited honours degree in Psychology
• A Postgraduate Qualification in Clinical Psychology accredited by the BPS and HCPC
• Additional specialist training related to working with children, young people and their families and carers, including additional specialist training in assessment
• Clinical supervision training for doctorate clinical psychology trainees
• Registered member of HCPC
• Eligible for chartered status as a clinical psychologist

Desirable

• Other related academic qualifications to Masters or Doctorate level
• Additional training in systemic therapy

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post-qualification experience of working as a specialist clinical psychologist with children, young people and their carers and families where there are psychological concerns
• Extensive post qualification of working as a specialist clinical psychologist
• Extensive post qualification experience of working with children and young people from pre school age to school leaving age
• Extensive post qualification experience of working with children and young people with a range of disabilities and special needs from mild to extensive difficulties including learning difficulties; physical difficulties; chronic and acute health problems
• Extensive experience of working with looked after children and their carers; with children who have experienced abuse - physical, sexual, emotional.
• Extensive post qualification experience of providing specialist clinical psychology assessments of children and young people in the context of their living situations which may include - living with biological parents; with separated parents; with other relatives; with foster carers; in residential children's homes; in-patient settings; EBD schools - residential or non-residential
• Experience of running therapeutic groups and psycho educational groups for children, young people and carers.
• Extensive post qualification experience of providing specialist clinical psychology advice to parents and carers and staff concerning the care and/or therapeutic provision for children and young people.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of safeguarding and child sexual exploitation issues and procedures

Desirable

• Experience of working with young offenders.
• Experience of working with children and young people who present with sexually concerning behaviours.

Skills

Essential

• Masters or doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
• Knowledge of relevant child protection, safeguarding and mental health legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management when working with children, young people and their families/carers
• Evidence of continuing professional development as dictated by the HCPC and the BPS

Desirable

• Experience of developing and providing a specific psychology service with clear policies and measurement of outcomes. Experience of doing this as sole organiser and in conjunction with other professionals and agencies
• Experience of line managing staff.
• Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.

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.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively 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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Galaxy Suite

Boston West Business Park

Boston

PE21 8EG

Employer's website

https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)