Clinical Psychologist

?Job Title:Clinical Psychologist

Location : New Forest/ Southampton

Salary: £50,274 - £58,074

Hours: 3 Days a week

SNG Healthcare Recruitment Agency are delighted to be representing their client and supporting the recruitment of this role.

Ignite Your Passion for Care with Our Client:

We are currently seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist to join our clients team. In this role, you will serve as an essential member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), collaborating closely to deliver evidence-based therapy interventions across our Education and Care Services. Your expertise will play a crucial role in supporting the well-being and development of young people between the ages of 6 and 18 years old.

Our client believes in giving young people 6-16years old the opportunity to build new lives they want for themselves. Their high-quality teaching environment and teachers give an exceptional level of individual support and a range of expert-led, clinical care services.

The role:

We offer care for children and young people who have experienced challenge and early adverse life experiences, often resulting in trauma. You will be required to use psychological models and practice to assess and offer clinical interventions to enhance the learning, cognitive, and emotional skills, and wellbeing of our young people.

Key duties:

· Psychological assessments based upon the interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from various sources including Psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales and direct/indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with the service user, family members and others involved in the child’s care, in order to develop a psychological formulation of the client’s difficulties.

· You will formulate and implement plans for individual treatment of and or management of the young people presenting difficulties.

To practice as a scientist -practitioner, using evidence base to inform your psychological understanding and practice

To assess the psychological needs of young people through clinical structured or semi structured interviews as well as psychometric testing available on site.

To provide specialist assessments of children and young people, including autism and ADHD assessments

You will liaise with members of the MDT and external professionals involved in the care of young people

To contribute to develop training packages for non-clinical staff and families.

Develop and deliver appropriate therapeutic group interventions.

You will be required to travel between sites to provide psychological services and will therefore need to be able to drive.

With an established MDT on site, including Psychology, Creative Therapies, Psychotherapy, Psychiatric Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy, and dedicated therapy spaces, we offer the opportunity for professional development, multidisciplinary and multi-agency working as well as to be part of an innovative service that values new ideas and strives to excel in clinical practice.

Research & Service Evaluation

· To utilise theory, evidence-based literature, & research to support evidence-based practice in individual work & work with other team members.

· To undertake project management, including complex audit & service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop service provision.

Experience:

Experience working with young people between the ages of 6-18.

Post graduate clinical qualification in Psychology.

Registered and accredited with Health & Care Profession Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist

Demonstrate knowledge and ability to promote the dignity and individuality of young people by encouraging effective communication, making choices, and reducing support needs.

Develop positive professional relationships with young people, parents, families and colleagues.

Promote attitudes that value young people with as individuals with a right to be treated with respect.

Benefits:

· Pension

· Employee assistance programme

· Opportunities for continued professional development

This position is not just a job; it's an invitation to be part of something extraordinary. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is par for this role.

If you're ready to contribute to creating a happy, caring, and safe atmosphere while putting client’s needs first, and you crave a role in an organisation that values and rewards its staff exceptionally, then your amazing journey starts here.

SNG Healthcare are advertising this role on behalf of their client and would love to receive your application with your full up to date CV.

Be reassured your cv will be reviewed within 24 hours of receipt and you will receive a response from either Vicky Lofthouse