Job summary
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be!We have developed an innovative, integrated model of childrens communityservices and are now looking to appoint enthusiastic individuals to join ourfriendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.
As a large community service, you will be joining a strong,enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, yourphone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a realsense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to yourdaily work, your career development and your support network.
We are pleasedto be advertising for a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to join us at anexciting time of development within the Managing Mood and Emotions pathway based in North CAMHS
Thepost will be an ideal opportunity for a practitioner looking to develop theirknowledge and skills both within a CAMHS provision.
Are youalready an Assistant Psychologist looking to broaden your knowledge andexperience as a stepping stone into your DClin?Or are you a looking for your first role as an Assistant Psychologistfollowing BSc/ MSc study?
Main duties of the job
We will ensure that this role offers you the opportunity to:
1. broaden depth of psychological knowledge and experience
2. Support with doctorate applications
3. Support clinicians, as well as opportunities in service evaluations and audit alongside direct clinical work
4. Deliver evidence-based practice as part of a multi-disciplinary team
5. Gain experience in eating disorders including ARFID
6. Gain experience in a wide range of psychological difficulties such as depression, anxiety, trauma and phobias
7. Supervised by clinical psychologist
8. Opportunities to develop skills in group work
9. Gain greater CAMHS experience linking with the different Mental Health pathways including CORE and Neurodiversity
10. Gain experience in cognitive assessments and school observations
About us
Successful applicants will be employed byDevon Partnership Trust ( )
Children and Family Health Devon(CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improvehealth outcomes for children and young people in Devon, including;
Torbay and South Devon FT
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
CFHD provides integrated care andtreatment for children and young people across physical and mental health. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure wedeliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of ourservices, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with ourservice users and communities.
Our integrated care and treatmenthas been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people andtheir families/carers.
Our childrenand young people say
Wewould like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to beunderstanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make usfeel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills andexperience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way.When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment thatis informal and without pressure.
Job description
Job responsibilities
FullVacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/PersonSpecification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supportinginformation from the role requirements or person specification .
Contribute arange of psychological services to the clients of the Children and FamilyHealth Devon (CFHD), under the supervision of a qualified ClinicalPsychologist.
Undertake psychologicalscreening, assessment and interventions with children and their parents/carerspresenting with a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties; this willinclude producing reports, direct and indirect individual and group work.
Work independentlyto an appropriate level, under supervision and abiding by the professionalguidelines and code of conduct for registered clinical psychologists.
Supportresearch activity including audit, service evaluation, literature reviews andresearch as required and in agreement with the Clinical Psychology Lead andmanagers of the service.
The post-holder is responsible for his/her ownworkload, but is expected to engage with regular supervision from a qualifiedClinical Psychologist and review through the management process.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
11. Experience in working with children, young people and families.
Desirable
12. Experience of working with children and young people with emotional and mental health difficulties, in a clinical or healthcare environment and / or community-based setting
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential
13. Ability to travel and work in a variety of locations, clinic base, schools, home visits.
14. The post holder must demonstrate a commitment to research and engage in a programme of research activity and audit as required.
15. Ability to translate basic psychological theory to clinical populations in a clinical setting.
16. High standard of report writing
Qualifications
Essential
17. Bachelor Degree at Honours level, giving eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable
18. Further postgraduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice and/or research design and analysis.