Job summary
Are you a Clinical Psychologist with a passion for supporting children and young people who have experienced early adversity and have complex presentations that transverse mental health, neurodiversity, and experiences of developmental trauma?
Would you welcome working alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team to make a difference to adopted children (10+ years) whose placement with their parents may be at risk?
If so, we have an our Principal Psychologist position with the SWIFT CAT team (East Sussex Children's Services) may be just the role for you!
This is an exciting opportunity to take a lead on the mobilisation of a multi-disciplinary assessment model (to include psychology, psychiatry, SALT and OT) for adopted children and young people (aged 10 +) who have complex presentations and whose placement with their adoptive family may be at risk.
This is an exciting opportunity to enhance outcomes for adoptive children.
Main duties of the job
Working alongside friendly colleagues in the integrated multi-disciplinary SWIFT CAT team, you will lead on Post Adoption clinical assessments of complex presentations in young people. You will coordinate and offer specialist clinical assessment that considers the impact of experiences of developmental trauma, mental health needs and neurodevelopmental diagnosis on the presentations and needs of adopted children and adolescents. Supported by an Assistant Psychologist, you will be responsible for the overarching liaison with families, coordinating with multi-disciplinary colleagues in the team to create a bespoke assessment offer, and the provision of an overarching report that collates findings into a formulation of need and recommendations.
You will be supported by an 8C Clinical Psychologist who has overarching responsibility for the governance of SPFT Psychologists working in ESCS Specialist Family Services - Child teams.
About us
You will be joining the supportive, creative multidisciplinary SWIFT CAT (Children's Assessment and Treatment) team which offers assessments and interventions to children who live in complex high-risk families. Our core business includes assessing children's mental health, including attention to risk management and care planning, and working with families as well as the wider systems that support them.
The team is part of SWIFT Specialist Family Services (SWIFT), a well-established integrated multi-agency service between East Sussex Children's Services and SPFT.
Although located in ESCS you will be supported to retain your link with the wider NHS context and your identity as a psychological lead through your participation in the quarterly SPFT Psychological Professions Forum, Psychological Practice Networks and will also be eligible for development programmes such as SPFT's Psychological Professions Leadership Development Programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS :See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
In order to be a successful Principal Psychologist Practitioner in our team you will be:
- Registered with HCPC with a core professional qualification as a Clinical Psychologist.
- Experienced working in mental health with Children and Young People who have experienced adverse childhood experiences.
- Have post-qualification band 8A experience (or equivalent).
- Enjoy working autonomously.
- Feel confident in a leadership position.
This is a part time role of 4 days. Part-time hours can be considered but would require commitment of a minimum 22.5 hrs per week.
An informal discussion is strongly recommended, and you are welcomed to contact Rachel Swann, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, to discuss - rachel.swann@eastsussex.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS :See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
In order to be a successful Principal Psychologist Practitioner in our team you will be:
- Registered with HCPC with a core professional qualification as a Clinical Psychologist.
- Experienced working in mental health with Children and Young People who have experienced adverse childhood experiences.
- Have post-qualification band 8A experience (or equivalent).
- Enjoy working autonomously.
- Feel confident in a leadership position.
This is a part time role of 4 days. Part-time hours can be considered but would require commitment of a minimum 22.5 hrs per week.
An informal discussion is strongly recommended, and you are welcomed to contact Rachel Swann, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, to discuss - rachel.swann@eastsussex.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK] as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group.
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK] as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group.
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
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).
