Psychotherapist / Psychologist Practitioner Role

Job Purpose:

- To work as a member of the Clinical Service providing specialist assessment and treatment of young people and families.

- To help other staff, service users and carers to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe and therapeutic environment.

- To provide individual and group therapy in and facilitate Service User Network groups (SUN) in the community.

- To work as a link worker with other mental health teams, consulting to staff and co-facilitating groups in primary and secondary-care multidisciplinary teams.

Key Responsibilities:

- To provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions for young people and families.

- To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with young people or families.

- To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans pertaining to young people.

- To act as keyworker, taking responsibility for reviewing care plans, and arranging TAC meetings.

- To contribute to the effective working of the Clinical Service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.

- To contribute to the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.

- To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.

- To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with young people in order to develop and review care plans.

- To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.

- To contribute to the consultation and engagement of young people in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of the services.

- To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.

- To take care of, and use carefully, the organisation’s equipment and physical resources.

- To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.

- To supervise clinical practitioners within own area of specialism after completion of the relevant Supervision Training.

- To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of an assistant psychologist if required, under supervision from a more senior psychologist.

- The post holder will receive monthly management supervision and clinical supervision every two months.

- To provide occasional specialist training in psychological approaches to care to other professions within services as appropriate.

- To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and reports.

- To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by the organisations policies and procedures.

- To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and organisation guidelines, including electronic data entry.

- To undertake regular complex service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs.

- To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from the clinical lead within the organisation.

- To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with your relevant registering body and/or in accordance with HCPC, BPS, UKCP, BPC, BACP etc, and for both the Organisational Personal Development Plan requirements.

- To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.

- To adhere to organisational policies and procedures.

- To travel to home visits, community team bases, team meetings, residential homes and across the organisation when required. The role will be hybrid consisting of both face to face and virtual attendance

- To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the young people and follow organisational policies relating to its management.

- To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing such as challenging behaviour and to support others involved in such situations.

Education:

- Postgraduate qualification (Essential)

Experience:

- Working within therapeutic services – minimum of 2 years

- Health and Social Care background: minimum of 2 years

- Working with children and young people: minimum of 2 years

- Driving license is essential

If you are passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of children and meet the requirements for this position, we encourage you to apply by submitting your CV outlining your relevant experience. For more information about the role please contact our Recruitment Partner, Danielle on [contact hidden].

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply.