We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 8a Clinical / Practitioner Psychologists (1.2 wte) to become part of the Gwent Attachment Service. The service aims to provide support for highly vulnerable children who have experienced complex developmental trauma and disrupted attachment histories. We believe in focusing on early intervention and prevention. Our focus is on creating the environments in which secure attachments can develop and in which young people have the best chance of building resilience and recovering from trauma.
The successful candidates will join a lively and proactive team of Child Psychologists and Therapists. We meet weekly for professional support and peer supervision, and value a culture of reflective practice and rich continuing professional development. Our team base is both welcoming and supportive, enabling clinicians to hold a strong psychological perspective in the wide range of settings we deliver services across.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
A key part of the role involves working with those in the systems around these young people to create a knowledge and understanding of the impact of trauma and attachment difficulties. The service also works to support individuals and agencies (including health, social care, education, and youth justice) to consider how to embed attachment principles into their service planning and delivery, provide timely interventions, and contribute to the evidence base for this population. There will be opportunities for the successful candidates to develop skills in each of these service strands.
This post is being advertised as a Band 8a, but we invite less experienced applicants to apply with a view to starting on Band 7 and to commit to a plan to develop into the Band 8a role.
For further information, please contact Dr. Rachel Williams, Joint Head of Child and Family Psychology and Therapies Service, or Dr. Lynn McDonnell, Lead for the Gwent Attachment Service on 01633 436995.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow, and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary, and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications, and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work-life balance, provide occupational health support, and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high-quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Honours degree in Psychology
* HCPC Registered
* Doctorate in Clinical Psychology accredited by the BPS, or equivalent accredited by the BPS
Desirable criteria
* Other related academic qualifications
* IT skills training
* A postgraduate research degree
Experience
Essential criteria
* Doctorate training across a range of client groups but must include Children.
* Significant experience of working with children with developmental trauma and attachment difficulties and their families.
* Has completed at least 10 training days per year on courses relevant to the provision of Child and Family Psychology and Therapies Service.
* Has kept up-to-date on current clinical practice in Clinical Psychology and in Child and Family Services.
* Has begun to develop special expertise in the relevant clinical area and to have undergone or is undergoing post-qualification training in it as part of the CPD process (e.g., DDP / Theraplay / DBT).
Desirable criteria
* Post qualification work experience in a relevant clinical or care setting
* Post qualification experience of working in Child Psychology specialising in working with children with developmental trauma / attachment difficulties
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