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SalaryWe are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to develop your career within our New Forest community CAMH service and within the wider psychology team of Hampshire CAMHs . We are a friendly and dynamic multi-disciplinary team who work together to provide a range of therapeutic interventions that ensure good outcomes for the families, children, and young people that need to use our service.
We have an excellent record in providing training and development to support our staff in their work and career aspirations. We have a continual focus on quality improvement and innovation and our successful candidate will be part of the senior leadership team and help drive change forward. The team will benefit from your experience, knowledge and skills.
The successful candidate will be part of a county wide psychology team contributing to our innovation and commitment to ongoing service improvement and compassionate care; and ensuring that psychology is at the heart of everything we do., to deliver a range of interventions to families and young people in line with their needs and goals.
Main duties of the job
To offer quality driven assessments, psychological formulations and interventions to young people experiencing a range of mental health problems.
To be an integral part in developing and delivering clinical care pathways. and a senior member of the MDT to offer consultation and develop psychological knowledge across the team. To join the Neurodevelopmental Team by contributing to neurodevelopmental assessments and team discussions.
Supervising and supporting the development of other psychologists in the team, including trainee Clinical Psychologists on placement.
To develop and re-establish the evidence-based group programme delivery in the New Forest team, alongside regular liaison with the 16+ psychological wellbeing services within the local community to support access to appropriate psychological treatment outside of CAMHS where appropriate.
Please be aware that anyone applying for a post with CAMHS Hampshire will be subject to TUPE transfer.
Under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment Regulations) (TUPE) all substantive Hampshire CAMHS staff who are employed by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) will transfer to either Southern Health Foundation Trust, or to Surrey and Borders Foundation Trust. The TUPE transfer from Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust effective from 1st February 2024.
The Consultation document for TUPE transfer will be made available for all successful applicants.
Working for our organisation
Working in the New Forest
The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. A beautiful country walk can be taken in a lunch break, right outside the team base.
With a stunning blend of beautiful rural New Forest steeped in history, idyllic beaches, and the nearby bustling city locations of Southampton, Bournemouth, Salisbury and Winchester, this really is a great place to work. The New Forest CAMHs team, based in Ashurst, is close to the train station with excellent railway links to and from Southampton and Dorset so there is plenty of opportunity for adventure.
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to be fully vaccinated against COVID.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
All candidates to see attached job description and/or person specification
To be successful at shortlisting
- Is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC
- Has experience in risk assessment and risk management
- Some experience in working with and treatment delivery to children and young people with mental health disorders and/or neurodevelopmental disorders
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role with children and their families
It would also be advantageous if you are:
- Experienced in working in CAMHS (Children and Young People's mental health services)
- Dedicated to developing excellent services
It is desirable that candidates have their own mode of transport as there will be occasional requirements to travel to other bases or areas.
Part-time hours can be considered - Minimum 22.5 hrs per week.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK], including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, approved by the HPC.
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC)
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities and other complex needs within a multi-disciplinary setting.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
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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.
