Principal Clinical / Couns Psychologist Vanguard Violence Reduction | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will be an experienced and enthusiastic HCPC Registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist interested in applying Community Psychology principles and strategic skills as the Lead Clinician in our Vanguard Violence Reduction Project (VRP). The Vanguard VRP is an innovative partnership project with Waltham Forest Local Authority, funded by NHS England. The project aims to build the capacity of community organisations working with some of the most vulnerable and socially disadvantaged young people in our borough. You will be the lead clinician of a small NELFT health team (Psychology and Speech and Language Therapy), delivering a clinical model in collaboration with our partnership agencies. Vanguard VRP health team takes a consultation led approach, working alongside youth workers, community workers, functional family therapy practitioners and family support workers, ensuring that specialised health knowledge is shared in the community. The post holder will be passionate about working with the professional network to come up with creative solutions to support children and adolescents for whom traditional health services do not meet their complex emotional and social needs. There are opportunities to co-produce new service models with our established community partnership agencies. As the Lead Clinician, you will be responsible for shaping, delivering and evaluating the Vanguard's clinical model, and contributing to reporting and evidencing impact for NHS England. Ideally, you would have direct experience of working with young people who are at risk of violence, and who may have survived developmental trauma or trauma in later life. Significant post-qualification CAMHS or similar NHS experience is important, and experience working in community organisations or other "outside the clinic" environments is advantageous. You should have experience of service development and leadership and/or be enthusiastic about developing and expanding your operational management skills. Clinical supervision will be provided by a NELFT Consultant Psychologist with experience in community psychology, and line management and leadership mentoring from the Assistant Director of Children's Services in Waltham Forest. Additional operational leadership for the Vanguard VRP is provided from within Waltham Forest Local Authority. You will join a large and friendly CAMHS psychology team made up of clinical and counselling psychologists, CBT therapists, Positive Behaviour Support practitioners and assistant psychologists. You will be part of a growing group of NELFT community psychologists working in child and adult services in Waltham Forest and the North East London region who take a trauma-informed approach in their work. Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex. High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time). Use of AI Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

• Leading, developing, implementing and evaluating the clinical model for the Vanguard Violence Reduction Project (VRP)
• Building capacity in partnership community organisations through delivery of training, workshops and reflective practice groups
• Sharing specialist health and child development knowledge with non-health professionals and para-professionals and ensure this knowledge guides practice
• Joining other professionals and community workers in direct work with young people to facilitate trauma-informed mental health formulations and access to statutory services as needed
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