Clinical / Counselling Child Psychologist or Psychotherapist

The expectation of this post holder will be to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust's Values in their day to day work.

The post-holder will provide clinical leadership and specialist treatment and assessment within their professional sphere of expertise in CYPMHS. They will be responsible for assessment, treatment and systematic outcome measurement and the extensive clinical supervision of junior clinicians throughout the CYPMHS team.

They will ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible and evidence-based service is available to all service users who need it throughout the CYPMHS team.

The post-holder will establish and maintain excellent working relationships with wider mental health and wellbeing services and ensure adherence to evidence based treatments by all clinical staff across the CYPMHS team.

The post-holder will be directly involved in delivering and supervising a range of therapeutic interventions, which may include parent work, group work, school observations of children, short term CYPMHS input and specialist psychological treatments. They will be responsible for all specialist psychological assessments and treatments within their professional sphere of expertise within CYPMHS.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist psychological service for children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families

2. To contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families

3. To undertake a range of highly specialist clinical work, urgent assessment work, parenting support and specialist cases.

4. To provide extensive expert supervision and consultation on CYPMHS cases to other multi-disciplinary staff within CYPMHS, including junior medical staff.

5. To contribute to audit and research

6. To actively engage in treatment and outcome monitoring, including the use of normed measures associated with CYP-IAPT

7. To work in clinical practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework CYPMHS and the Trust's policies and procedures

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Leadership

1. The post-holder will provide clinical leadership within the sphere of their professional expertise

2. To actively promote integrated health/care professional working internally and externally

3. To facilitate the development of a positive and 'supportive' team culture by taking responsibility for dealing effectively with potential conflict.

4. To take an active interest in working parties and groups within the Trust to develop and improve on service delivery, protocols and guidelines

5. To participate in the audit process, linking in with the clinical governance agenda

6. To advise, encourage and share knowledge utilising the latest research and practice development, through literature and peer reviews

7. They will ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible and evidence-based service is available to all service users who need it and who use it across CYPMHS.