£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
Bright Futures, Inspired By You.
Horizon Care & Education are looking for a part time Clinical Psychologist to join us to deliver a comprehensive therapeutic service for children in our care in Salisbury and Melksham in Wiltshire. This is a really exciting position, working with 4 new children's homes, with one of our homes being an assessment home, where we 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 Horizon Care & Education.
* 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 we'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.
* Experience 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 us:
* 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.
* Opportunity to progress in your career through our 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 our 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 us, and we 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.
Horizon Care and Education is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity.
This post is subject to satisfactory criminal records check and satisfactory references.
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