Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people?

Are you experienced in offering supervision to a variety of clinical and skill mix staff?

Do you have the knowledge and skills to help expand our services that work with children and young people?

We are seeking a highly motivated Clinical Psychologist to join us, supporting our mental health advice, support and access team within Just One Number, our single point of access.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Psychologist in Just One Number, you will work together with the clinical lead to develop and implement a Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP) pathway. This will ensure effective implementation and on-going delivery of pathways and protocols to maintain a continued focus on mental health and wellbeing.

About us

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. The post holder will oversee, monitor, mentor and lead on the CAPs day to day work and progression in the workplace. This will include oversight of any triage or Single Session Interventions.

2. Provide and lead clinical group and individual supervision to the Clinical Associate Psychologists in Just One Number as per training programme requirements, working closely with UEA to support the curriculum development and requirements of implementing the CAP workforce/ trainee clinical psychologists

3. To co-lead on supervision and support to the wider Just One Number advice, support and access team through group and individual supervision.

4. To provide advice, support and consultation in matters relating to infant, child or Yong Persons Mental Health, to the Just One Number team.

5. To provide advice and consultation on psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, parents/carers and other professionals. Preparing, delivering and overseeing staff training, in order to improve the delivery of evidence-based interventions.

6. To work alongside the Just One Number Clinical Lead to lead the mental health front door.

7. To support the team to assist families through a range of methods including text message, virtual and phone contacts to assess the needs of children and young people.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oRelevant Degree
• oClinical Psychology Doctoral or Certificate of equivalence
• oEvidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

• oLeadership qualification
• oPost-doctoral qualification in relevant therapeutic approaches

Experience

Essential

• oClinical experience in children and young people's mental health.
• oExperience in providing supervision and consultation to non-psychologist colleagues
• oDemonstrate experience of implementing specialist clinical practice and knowledge and demonstrating effect on clinical outcomes
• oUndertaking a clinical role at a specialist level including multi disciplinary working, safeguarding, undertaking complex assessments, planning and evaluating care packages, and responsibility for the management of a caseload

Desirable

• oUnderstanding of education pathways for professional development
• oUnderstanding of the CAPS role

Skills

Essential

• oAssessment, signposting, advice and limited / brief intervention skills
• oClinical/safeguarding risk assessment skills
• oAbility to analyse and interpret data and information in order to make decisions, provide reports, make recommendations and changes
• oAbility to provide clinical supervision to a range of practitioners

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Address

Cringleford Business Centre

Intwood Road

Cringleford

NR4 6AU

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