Clinical / Counselling Psychologist - CYP Autism Service

You will be responsible for providing highly specialist psychological input across three main areas:
+ Autism assessment
+ Highly specialist advice, support and intervention to CYP with a diagnosis of autism
+ Highly specialist advice, support and intervention to young people (19-25) with an existing diagnosis of autism and an Education & Health Care Plan.
Consultation, supervision, training, leadership and service development skills will also be essential elements of the post. This post has strong professional links through the Professional Lead for Psychological Services in the Children and Families Care Group, in addition to a number and range of Clinical and Counselling Psychology posts in the CYP Autism team.
We are positive about supporting staff and will ensure you receive the training you need, along with providing regular clinical and management supervision. You will also have the benefit of working in a highly motivated and supportive team., The Clinical /Counselling Psychologist will provide highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions in the Children & Young People's Autism Service. This role will deliver a service across the South Staffordshire area. This role will involve highly complex assessments leading to psychological formulations, development of care plans, the delivery of interventions to this population and use of outcome measures to evaluate service effectiveness.
To provide highly specialist diagnostic assessments of children and young people to include standardised assessments such as ADOS 2 and ADI-R.
To work as a member of a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT). The psychologist will present complex assessment information in MDT meetings and work with colleagues in MDT to agree whether referred children and young people meet diagnostic criteria for autism.
To provide a range of highly specialised post-diagnostic intervention services. This will include direct work with children and young people, group based interventions for children and young people and/or their carers, consultation and training for carers and professionals, and development of a range of information resources.
To provide highly specialist psychological input to the CYP Autism Service. The role will include supervision of psychology staff (e.g. less experienced psychologists, Assistant Psychologists).

We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate and skilled HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Children & Young People's Autism Service: a multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention service. We are looking for someone who has experience of working as a qualified psychologist in autism, neurodevelopmental or learning disability services and has a passion for delivering and developing psychologically informed provision for individuals with autism.

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
+ Supporting your career development and progression
+ Excellent NHS Pension scheme
+ Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
+ Options for flexible working
+ Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
+ Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
+ If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
+ Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
+ Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rate s
+ Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
+ Free car parking at all trust sites
+ Free flu vaccinations every year
+ Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.