Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Job Title: Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist Location: Birstall, West Yorkshire Salary: Band 8a (Band 7 preceptorship to 8a considered dependent on experience) Salary: Hours: 37.5 hours per week Adept Recruitment is one of the UK's leading providers of permanent recruitment solutions to the Health and Social Care sectors and we offer bespoke consultancy services to clients and candidates alike. The Company Our client provides residential services for young people aged 16-30 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or secure children’s homes. The young people they care for often require a high level of support and a dynamic approach to risk management to support problems they may have with self-harming, behaviour and emotional regulation. The aim is to support the young people using a therapeutic approach to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for transition to adult life. The Role · The post-holder will provide clinical psychological assessment and treatment to clients with severe and enduring mental health disorders. · The post-holder will work within and contribute to the therapeutic service model. · The post-holder will provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers. · The post-holder will work closely within a multi-disciplinary team. · The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service policies and procedures. · The post-holder will utilise research skills for audit, teaching, policy and service development. Essential Skills and Experience · Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, including two or more distinct psychological therapies. · Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, ideally including at least six months clinical experience working in child and adolescent mental health · Knowledge of personality disorders and complex trauma · Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one evidence based psychological therapy (i.e. CBT, Interpersonal Therapy, CAT, systemic family psychotherapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy) relevant to the treatment of adolescents with complex problems and their families Salary and Benefits The salary depending on experience is up to £50,819 ·Enhanced company pension ·Enhanced maternity/paternity leave ·27 days holiday plus bank holidays ·Company sick pay ·Life assurance Benefit ·Recruit a friend scheme ·Employee of the year awards ·Employee Assistance programme/counselling service ·Free on-site parking ·Paid DBS check ·Online shopping discounts ·Inhouse and external Training courses provided ·Free eye tests ·Long term service awards ·Christmas Party ·DaveFest – a summertime festival To Apply For more information please apply with a CV to the link below or call Jay Gibbons for more information. IMPORTANT NOTE Adept Recruitment Ltd encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Adept Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003. Adept Recruitment is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89749353