Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist / Psychological Therapist

The Central At Risk Mental State (ARMS) service in Newcastle and Gateshead are seeking a permanent 0.8 band 8a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist / Psychological Therapist to join an exciting and thriving service. The team is co-located and works collaboratively with the Early Intervention in Psychosis service (EIP) across Newcastle and Gateshead.
The ARMS service is set up to offer advice and psychological support to young people who are experiencing unusual experiences or beliefs that cause them distress and affect their everyday functioning. Individuals accepted into the service have been identified as being at risk of developing psychosis and other mental health difficulties.
We are looking for a psychological therapist trained to accreditable level in two models such as CBT and EMDR, or a counselling / clinical psychologist with post-doctoral specialist training in one model to an accreditable level. It is desirable for the postholder to have secondary care experience, though we would consider applications on a case-by-case basis and welcome informal enquiries., You will provide specialist assessments and psychological therapy, as well as other wider tasks such as contributing to research, training and service development. The post holder will have the opportunity to be part of developing, promoting and evaluating the ARMS service in our area and will link regularly with other ARMS and EIP colleagues for support. You will work alongside a Band 8b Principal Clinical Psychologist, two Band 7 psychological therapists/clinical psychologists, 1 care coordinator, an assistant psychologist and consultant psychiatrists. The ARMS service has strong links to national research trials and opportunities relating to this.
The post holder will be clinically and professionally supervised by a principal clinical psychologist and a consultant clinical psychologist. You will also join a wider psychological service of about 15 therapists that serves the adult community teams across the Central CBU. As such, you will join a supportive network with considerable clinical and professional expertise. You will be encouraged to help us further develop our service towards NICE-recommended standards and continue to improve our relatively young service.

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We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there's lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.
+ Cultural diversity staff network
+ Disabled staff network
+ LGBT+ staff network
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+ Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Association
+ Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
+ Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
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