Job summary
We are looking for an experienced Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about providing values led, person centred evidence-based processes of change/intervention programmes for children and young people with autism diagnoses, and their families, who are at risk of home or placement breakdown and residential admission.
Autism Intensive Service works utilises the Process Based Therapy (PBT), Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) and Extended Evolutionary Meta Model (EEMM) frameworks to inform and support genuinely person-centred programmes for CYP and their families.
The post covers BNSSG area.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide specialist assessment, formulation, intervention programmes for CYP and their families/carers.The post holder will provide staff training, supervision, consultation and advise to colleagues in AWP teams and other agencies (e.g., social care, education etc).The post holder will need excellent interpersonal skills to support the development of psychological thinking and intervention within multidisciplinary teams.Experience of delivering supervision and training would be essential.Data analysis and research skills are highly desirable.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, a diverse organisation with over 4500 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a high quality and largely autonomous and systematic applied psychology service.To undertake highly specialist assessments, risk assessment and assessment for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with Children and Young People and their carers (as appropriate to the role).To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological intervention and/or management of clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settingsTo be responsible for providing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.To provide specialist evidence based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.To provide highly specialist consultation to members of the various teams in the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients of those teams.To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of Children and Young People by teams.To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust.To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Service.To maintain accurate records and to monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a high quality and largely autonomous and systematic applied psychology service.To undertake highly specialist assessments, risk assessment and assessment for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with Children and Young People and their carers (as appropriate to the role).To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological intervention and/or management of clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settingsTo be responsible for providing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.To provide specialist evidence based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.To provide highly specialist consultation to members of the various teams in the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients of those teams.To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of Children and Young People by teams.To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust.To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Service.To maintain accurate records and to monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Doctoral Clinical Psychology qualification or equivalent (eg UKCert)
- HCPC or equivalent registration (e.g., BCBA)
- Experience and/or qualifications in delivery of Positive Behavioural Support
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of Positive Behavioural Support and the use of this framework for children and young people with Learning Disability and their families
- The post holder must demonstrate capacity to manage risk associated with working with risk of verbal and physical aggression associated with working with children and young people with disabilities who also show emotional and behavioural difficulties.
- The post holder must be able to demonstrate competency in engaging children and young people with learning disability and autism spectrum conditions and their families The post holder must be able to demonstrate capacity to work autonomously
- Ability to lead services and support staff team
- The post holder must be able to demonstrate capacity to cope with complex distressing material e.g. child sexual and physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect and domestic violence.
- The post holder must be able to demonstrate the capacity to cope with physical demands of work with children and young people with learning disability and autism spectrum conditions and their families including restricted movement for extended periods of time during therapy sessions
Desirable
- Qualification in Positive Behavioural Support and/or Applied Behaviour Analysis
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Doctoral Clinical Psychology qualification or equivalent (eg UKCert)
- HCPC or equivalent registration (e.g., BCBA)
- Experience and/or qualifications in delivery of Positive Behavioural Support
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of Positive Behavioural Support and the use of this framework for children and young people with Learning Disability and their families
- The post holder must demonstrate capacity to manage risk associated with working with risk of verbal and physical aggression associated with working with children and young people with disabilities who also show emotional and behavioural difficulties.
- The post holder must be able to demonstrate competency in engaging children and young people with learning disability and autism spectrum conditions and their families The post holder must be able to demonstrate capacity to work autonomously
- Ability to lead services and support staff team
- The post holder must be able to demonstrate capacity to cope with complex distressing material e.g. child sexual and physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect and domestic violence.
- The post holder must be able to demonstrate the capacity to cope with physical demands of work with children and young people with learning disability and autism spectrum conditions and their families including restricted movement for extended periods of time during therapy sessions
Desirable
- Qualification in Positive Behavioural Support and/or Applied Behaviour Analysis
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).
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