Job summary
BeeU is the CAMHS services in Telford, Shropshire and Wrekin. BeeU is made up of several pathways; a core mental health team, community eating disorder teams, Learning Disabilities, ADHD, Crisis and Home Treatment, Mental Health Support Team and an Autistic Spectrum Condition diagnostic service.
This post is to provide psychological support for children and young people with Learning Disabilities and their families.
Other posts are currently available in BeeU and split posts between specialisms will be considered.
The applicant will be a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (or equivalent) and registered with the HCPC.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the provision of a therapeutic psychological/mental health service to children and young people with a Learning Disability and their families. This role will incorporate complex assessments leading to psychotherapeutic formulations; the interpretation of assessment instruments and the forming and delivery of intervention plans to this population. The role will also require provision of consultation and advice to colleagues across the BeeU service, particularly around psychological formulation and will involve providing highly specialist knowledge and advice as part of joint assessments for complex cases in the Getting Help part of our model when required.
The role will entail offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures. In doing so, you will be responsible for adhering to relevant Trust policies and professional ethics and standards and will be accountable for professional and clinical actions.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist psychological assessments for children and young people with a Learning Disability who are experiencing mental health and/or behavioural difficulties, including the interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, semi-structured interviews, and guided clinical inquiry methods with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
- To work across the wider service, providing highly specialist consultation to colleagues, supporting work around psychological formulation, promoting systemic thinking, and contributing to assessments where the level of apparent complexity requires input from a Psychologist
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, therapeutic treatment and discharge of children and young people with and their families /carers
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions, on psychological aspects of risk assessment, including the risk of self-harm, and risk management
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the young person, parents or family/carers.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of therapeutic interventions for individuals, families and carers, adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory psychological models. In this respect, the post holder will be expected to deliver a relevant range of psychological interventions based on appropriate levels of experience and training
- To manage and prioritise own caseload in relation to clients whose problems are within the remit of the service and to keep the operational and clinical leads informed of case-load, waiting times and other issues that affect the service.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of their treatment within the service
- To communicate complex and potentially contentious information in a skilled and sensitive manner in situations with patients who may be extremely hostile or highly emotional requiring the highest level of communication skills.
- Teaching, training and supervision
- To receive regular line management from the Operational Lead and clinical and professional supervision from another clinical psychologist from the BeeU Mental Health service in agreement with the General Manager and Professional Lead and in accordance with Trust policy and professional practice guidelines.
- To participate in an agreed programme of post qualification training and professional development towards developing advanced knowledge and practice in the field of child and adolescent mental health and psychological practice.
- To develop skills in providing teaching, training and clinical supervision as required.
- To contribute to the supervision of individual cases for clinical psychology trainees. Following post 2 years qualification to take on full responsibility for supervision of clinical psychology trainees.
- To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision, where appropriate to supervision of Assistant psychologists.
- To provide professional and clinical supervision and advice to colleagues from a range of disciplines.
- To provide specialist advice, consultation and training to staff working with this client group across a range of agencies and settings.
- Management, recruitment, policy and service development
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the services operational policies and procedures, through the use of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
To liaise with the senior clinicians, Operational and Clinical Leads in order to communicate any concerns about the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of the service
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist psychological assessments for children and young people with a Learning Disability who are experiencing mental health and/or behavioural difficulties, including the interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, semi-structured interviews, and guided clinical inquiry methods with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
- To work across the wider service, providing highly specialist consultation to colleagues, supporting work around psychological formulation, promoting systemic thinking, and contributing to assessments where the level of apparent complexity requires input from a Psychologist
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, therapeutic treatment and discharge of children and young people with and their families /carers
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions, on psychological aspects of risk assessment, including the risk of self-harm, and risk management
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the young person, parents or family/carers.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of therapeutic interventions for individuals, families and carers, adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory psychological models. In this respect, the post holder will be expected to deliver a relevant range of psychological interventions based on appropriate levels of experience and training
- To manage and prioritise own caseload in relation to clients whose problems are within the remit of the service and to keep the operational and clinical leads informed of case-load, waiting times and other issues that affect the service.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of their treatment within the service
- To communicate complex and potentially contentious information in a skilled and sensitive manner in situations with patients who may be extremely hostile or highly emotional requiring the highest level of communication skills.
- Teaching, training and supervision
- To receive regular line management from the Operational Lead and clinical and professional supervision from another clinical psychologist from the BeeU Mental Health service in agreement with the General Manager and Professional Lead and in accordance with Trust policy and professional practice guidelines.
- To participate in an agreed programme of post qualification training and professional development towards developing advanced knowledge and practice in the field of child and adolescent mental health and psychological practice.
- To develop skills in providing teaching, training and clinical supervision as required.
- To contribute to the supervision of individual cases for clinical psychology trainees. Following post 2 years qualification to take on full responsibility for supervision of clinical psychology trainees.
- To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision, where appropriate to supervision of Assistant psychologists.
- To provide professional and clinical supervision and advice to colleagues from a range of disciplines.
- To provide specialist advice, consultation and training to staff working with this client group across a range of agencies and settings.
- Management, recruitment, policy and service development
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the services operational policies and procedures, through the use of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
To liaise with the senior clinicians, Operational and Clinical Leads in order to communicate any concerns about the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of the service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- BSc (Hons) Psychologist
Desirable
- Post qualified experience
- 2:1 in BSC (hons) Psychology
- HCPC Registration
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with mental health difficulties
- Experience of providing direct therapies
- Experience of developing formulation
- Experience of Learning Disabilities
Desirable
- Experience of working with children who have learning disabilities
- Experience of working with families and/or systems
- Experience of adapting approaches
- Experience of working systemically with children's
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- BSc (Hons) Psychologist
Desirable
- Post qualified experience
- 2:1 in BSC (hons) Psychology
- HCPC Registration
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with mental health difficulties
- Experience of providing direct therapies
- Experience of developing formulation
- Experience of Learning Disabilities
Desirable
- Experience of working with children who have learning disabilities
- Experience of working with families and/or systems
- Experience of adapting approaches
- Experience of working systemically with children's
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.
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).
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.
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
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Severnfields/Shrewsbury or Dawley, Telford
Severnfields Health Centre,
Severn Fields Health Village Sundorne Road Shrewsbury
SY1 4RQ
Employer's website
https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
