Employer: Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Canalside, Town: Bloxwich
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
We provide:
* Adult and older adult mental health services
* Specialist learning disability services
* Mental health services for children and young people
* Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley
We currently employ over 4,000 people, made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Working in an NHS Foundation Trust is a demanding and rewarding experience, knowing that you can help make a positive difference in someone’s life.
We offer supportive, inclusive, and family-friendly employment and flexible working policies. To find more about our staff benefits, please visit our website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies show that women and ethnic minority candidates are less likely to apply unless they meet every qualification. At Black Country Healthcare, we value all forms of knowledge and expertise, so if you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply anyway.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative and dynamic Senior Applied Psychologist who enjoys working collaboratively with other multi-agency partners to support the mental health needs of children, young people, and their families. We have a full-time vacancy in our multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Walsall team.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will be:
* Passionate about working with children and young people in our community CAMH services.
* Collaborative in their approach to working with children, young people, their families/carers, and networks.
* Excited about contributing to service developments.
* Keen to maximize what psychologists can deliver while recognizing the strengths of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Able to consider providing child specialty placements to local Doctorate Psychology Courses.
Working for our organisation
We value a supportive and reflective culture in our work environment. The team is one of four CAMHS teams in the Trust, comprising a broad spectrum of disciplines and a tradition of effective multidisciplinary and interagency working.
The service offers direct therapeutic work, including individual therapy, group work, and parent workshops, as well as consultation and training to professionals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties of the post are varied and focus on the diversity of skills that Applied Psychologists hold.
* Accountable for professional practice in delivering highly specialist psychological care to children, young people, and their families with complex mental health difficulties.
* Compassionate in meeting the needs of clients, their carers, and families.
* Promote a positive image of mental health difficulties and the service.
* Exercise supervisory/professional responsibility for other psychological therapists.
* Provide leadership in multi-disciplinary training and development.
* Provide leadership in service audit, evaluation, and research.
* Ensure a psychological perspective in service redesign and cultural change.
Person specification
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology as accredited by the BPS.
* HCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist with Chartered Status.
* Experience as a qualified applied psychologist within a CAMHS service.
* Knowledge of clinical governance and risk assessment.
* Post-doctoral training in additional specialized areas of psychological practice.
* Experience of joint working with statutory, voluntary, and private sector agencies.
** Please Note that Internal at Risk Employees will be given preference for this position**
We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward for this vacancy at any time should we receive an overwhelming response of applications. We encourage applicants to apply early.
If you do not hear from the recruitment team within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful at the shortlisting stage.
The salary range quoted is as per NHS Agenda for Change pay structures.
Successful applicants for clinical posts up to and including Band 4 are expected to hold the national Care Certificate qualification.
The Trust is committed to equal opportunities, providing flexible working, and is a non-smoking organisation.
As a Trust, we are passionate about Anti-Racism, Disability Inclusion, and LGBTQ+ Equality, and are committed to diversifying our staff team.
Disabled applicants have the option of requesting that their application is considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS).
Due to the nature of the work, some posts may be subject to a Standard Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
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