Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist Community CAMHS

Are you enthusiastic, well motivated and want to add value and make a difference to the lives' of children and young people? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, dynamic and suitably qualified professional to join us as an Band 8a Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist to work in our community CAMHS service in Bridgend. Our vision is to provide excellent psychological care both in specialist psychological approaches and in supporting our multidisciplinary teams to provide psychologically informed care. We value working in partnership across disciplines & agencies to understand children and young people holistically and in the context of their experiences, circumstances, strengths and potential. We wish to provide whole systems approaches, aligning with best practice. Our stance is hopeful, compassionate, enabling, inclusive and respectful. You will bring expertise in the psychological care of children and young people and their families, delivering services with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency partners. You will be a values-centered professional who has children's best interests at the heart of your practice and be supportive and enabling of colleagues. We are a small and growing psychological team who are welcoming, friendly & supportive. You and your professional development will be valued and nurtured. You will be part of a thriving wider cross specialty psychological workforce in the Health Board., The post holder will provide a specialist clinical psychology service to the Bridgend locality CAMHS service. CTM UHB is also commissioned to provide CAMHS services to the Swansea Bay and Neath Port Talbot geographical area. The post holder will deliver clinical psychological interventions through direct assessment and therapeutic work. The post holder will provide clinical supervision, consultation, complex case discussion, day to day management and work within the multi-disciplinary team. The delivery of interventions required will be holding a strong psychological voice within the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and to assist and develop the thinking around complex children and young people accessing the CAMHS service. Delivery of a range of specialist psychological therapies will be required of the post holder. The post holder will be expected to be able to clearly and coherently assess risk, care plan, and develop psychological formulations and interventions for complex vulnerable children and families. The post holder will manage a caseload and provide leadership within the service within the multi-agency approach. The post holder will be required to provide specialist consultation and teaching to other members of the MDT, to multiagency colleagues and to other psychology professionals as required.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450, 000 people living in the Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil ad Rhondda Cynon Taf area. We live and work to our core values :

• We listen, learn, and improve.
• We treat everyone with respect.
• We all work together as one team.
We are a proud employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but also of the diverse communities that we serve.