Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical / Counselling Psychologist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 301-KM-24-6234883
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CYP Autism Service - Anglesey House, Rugeley
- Town
- Rugeley
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/05/2024 12:00
- Interview date
- 10/06/2024
Employer heading
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist – CYP Autism Service
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate and skilled HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Children & Young People’s Autism Service: a multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention service. We are looking for someone who has experience of working as a qualified psychologist in autism, neurodevelopmental or learning disability services and has a passion for delivering and developing psychologically informed provision for individuals with autism.
You will be responsible for providing highly specialist psychological input across three main areas:
- Autism assessment
- Highly specialist advice, support and intervention to CYP with a diagnosis of autism
- Highly specialist advice, support and intervention to young people (19-25) with an existing diagnosis of autism and an Education & Health Care Plan.
Consultation, supervision, training, leadership and service development skills will also be essential elements of the post. This post has strong professional links through the Professional Lead for Psychological Services in the Children and Families Care Group, in addition to a number and range of Clinical and Counselling Psychology posts in the CYP Autism team.
We are positive about supporting staff and will ensure you receive the training you need, along with providing regular clinical and management supervision. You will also have the benefit of working in a highly motivated and supportive team.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical /Counselling Psychologist will provide highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions in the Children & Young People’s Autism Service. This role will deliver a service across the South Staffordshire area. This role will involve highly complex assessments leading to psychological formulations, development of care plans, the delivery of interventions to this population and use of outcome measures to evaluate service effectiveness.
To provide highly specialist diagnostic assessments of children and young people to include standardised assessments such as ADOS 2 and ADI-R.
To work as a member of a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT). The psychologist will present complex assessment information in MDT meetings and work with colleagues in MDT to agree whether referred children and young people meet diagnostic criteria for autism.
To provide a range of highly specialised post-diagnostic intervention services. This will include direct work with children and young people, group based interventions for children and young people and/or their carers, consultation and training for carers and professionals, and development of a range of information resources.
To provide highly specialist psychological input to the CYP Autism Service. The role will include supervision of psychology staff (e.g. less experienced psychologists, Assistant Psychologists).
Working for our organisation
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rate s
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We welcome discussion/applications both from those with the relevant experience and HCPC registration, and also from those who are about to qualify / have more recently completed training. In the latter case we would discuss amendments to role with a view to appointing at Band 7 and supporting progression to Band 8a role. Requests for part time working will be considered to 0.8 WTE For information on the role please see attached job description. If you require further information please contact Penny Tunnicliffe, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 0300 303 0691 or [email protected]
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course; presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and intervention, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Ability to work effectively within safeguarding procedures in the context of a therapeutic service.
Desirable criteria
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist.
- Experience working therapeutically with children and young people with significant emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties, and their families/carers
- Experience of working with CYP with social and communication difficulties associated with autism
- Experience of group work, particularly of relevance for Children and Young people with ASC and their carers.
- Experience of specialist standardised assessments for ASC such as ADOS 2 or ADI-R.
- Experience of working clinically with people who present with challenging behaviours, and/or people who have communication difficulties.
- Experience of leading and contributing to the development of services.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- It is a condition of employment that the post-holder is registered with the Health & Care Professions Council and is eligible for registration as a Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by relevant professional body.
- Good undergraduate degree (preferably relevant to psychological therapy).
- Current registration/accreditation with appropriate body with current practising certificate.
Desirable criteria
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Further training in a specific psychological model / interventions specific to the role remit/area of work
- Qualification in one or more recognised and accredited diagnostic assessment/s for Autistic Spectrum Conditions.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Penny Tunnicliffe
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 303 0691
- Additional information
Helen Boss - Team Lead (CYP Autism Service)
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