Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Forensic CAMHS and the Young People's Drug and Alcohol Team that both form part of the larger Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health (EW&MH) Care Group.
These teams work closely with other parts of the Care Group (Assessment Team, Interventions Team, Intensive Home Treatment Team, Community Intensive Therapies Team) and local partnerships such as the Youth Justice Service (YJS). The team currently consists of nursing and art therapy, and is a small but connected service with consultation, developmental trauma and relational ways of working at it's core.
This is a new role, so service development will be a key part of it, and the role will be supported by more senior psychologists working in our crisis and engagement teams and pathways. There will be scope, in particular, to develop the service's trauma-informed care approach to meet the holistic needs of young people and their families and support the building of engagement and development of resilience.
Main duties of the job
The main focus of the work will be to help establish formulation based understandings of difficulties that children and young people face in engaging with services, engaging in helpful interventions, promoting wider understandings of distress and how it presents, and promoting relationships as the intervention at a community level. The postholder will also play a key role in providing consultative support, supervision and training to the multidisciplinary or wider agency teams, up-skilling other professionals in psychological interventions and ensuring that shared psychological understanding underpins all aspects of care throughout the young person's pathway to recovery.
The post is permanent, and 18.75 hours per week, so there is flexibility on how the hours are configured. The service also operates a hybrid model of in person and virtual working.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well",and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties in an NHS setting
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching/training and/or professional and clinical supervision
- Demonstrable evidence of significant specialist clinical supervision within a scientist-practitioner framework
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Ability to create and maintain effective working relationships
- Ability to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary settings
- Ability to plan and organise a range of clinical or service-related activities and programmes
Special Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of Clinical Psychology in relation to forensic and mental health problems
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the service
- Evidence of post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with young people with mental health difficulties in an NHS setting
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching/training and/or professional and clinical supervision
- Demonstrable evidence of significant specialist clinical supervision within a scientist-practitioner framework
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Ability to create and maintain effective working relationships
- Ability to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary settings
- Ability to plan and organise a range of clinical or service-related activities and programmes
Special Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of Clinical Psychology in relation to forensic and mental health problems
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the service
- Evidence of post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS
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).
