* £7500 joining bonus!*
* Role: Psychologist
* Location: Wiltshire (Melksham and Salisbury)
* Salary: £53,600, pro rata per annum
* Hours: Part time, minimum 22.5 hours per week - 2 days on site, 1 day working from home. All homes in the area must be visited at least once per week.
* Driving licence and access to a car required
Our client is looking for a part time Clinical Psychologist to join them to deliver a comprehensive therapeutic service for children in their care in Salisbury and Melksham in Wiltshire. This is a really exciting position, working with 4 new childrens homes, with one of the homes being an assessment home, where they work closely with the children to identify their individual needs.
What you'll get to do
* Deliver evidence based therapeutic and psychologically led care which conforms to the standards outlined by the HCPC and BPS under supervision
* Undertake comprehensive psychological assessments and write psychological reports for children and young people in the care of our client
* Develop, write and regularly review/update therapeutic care plans for children and young people in residential care and education
* Manage a limited caseload for individual intervention, providing specialist psychological input to young people and teams in residential care and educational settings
* Contribute to the development of a therapeutically informed service across education and residential teams.
What they’re looking for from you
* Experience of working with Children and Young People or relevant demonstrable transferable skills is essential
* Post-doctoral knowledge of applied psychology including developmental lifespan psychology, models of psychopathology
* Previous experience working with children and young people that have experienced trauma and have complex needs
* Experiencing in the assessment and management of self-harm / risk / crisis management / safeguarding
* Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
* Practitioner doctorate or equivalent accepted by the British Psychological Society as qualifying the person to work as a clinical/ counselling/ forensic psychologist/relevant qualification to enable HCPC registration
* Knowledge of Therapeutic practices
* Experience of working with sensory strategies
* A desire to support services through embedding therapeutic practice
* Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
* Ability to work autonomously with the support from individual and peer supervision
* Ability to role model behaviours and attitudes in line with organisational values
* A sound understanding of Microsoft Office components, including knowledge of Excel, Teams and SharePoint
* Full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle
Here are just some of the benefits of working for them:
* Real Living Wage employer
* Competitive pay rates
* Christmas bonus
* Blue Light Card
* TasteCard - Discounts on the Cinema, meals out and days out!
* MyActive and MyGym discounts
* Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards - earn up to £2500 per referral!*
* Financial wellbeing service
* Life Assurance
* Option to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave
* Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
* Opportunity to progress in your career through our clients Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development.
* Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
* Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via their SHINE programme.
* Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics
* Employee assistance programme - free, confidential support via Bupa.
* Community and wellbeing - Your wellbeing matters to them, and they are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do.
* Supportive management and senior leaders.
* High quality CPD opportunities.
* Free eye checks.