Clinical / Forensic Psychologist

£7500 joining bonus!*

Role: Clinical / Forensic Psychologist

Location: Wiltshire (Melksham, Devizes, Salisbury)

Salary: £53,600, pro rata, per annum

Hours: Part time 22.5 hours per week. Hybrid working - All homes in the area must be visited at least once per week.

Driving licence and access to a car required

Bright Futures, Inspired By You.

Horizon Care & Education are looking for a part time Clinical Psychologist to join us to deliver a comprehensive therapeutic service for children in our care in Salisbury and Melksham in Wiltshire. This is a really exciting position, working with 4 new children's homes, with one of our homes being an assessment home, where we work closely with the children to identify their individual needs.

What you'll get to do

• Deliver evidence based therapeutic and psychologically led care which conforms to the standards outlined by the HCPC and BPS under supervision.
• Undertake comprehensive psychological assessments and write psychological reports for children and young people in the care of Horizon Care & Education.
• Develop, write and regularly review/update therapeutic care plans for children and young people in residential care and education.
• Manage a limited caseload for individual intervention, providing specialist psychological input to young people and teams in residential care and educational settings.
• Contribute to the development of a therapeutically informed service across education and residential teams.

What we're looking for from you

• Experience of working with Children and Young People or relevant demonstrable transferable skills is essential.
• Post-doctoral knowledge of applied psychology including developmental lifespan psychology, models of psychopathology.
• Previous experience working with children and young people that have experienced trauma and have complex needs.
• Experience in the assessment and management of self-harm / risk / crisis management / safeguarding.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Practitioner doctorate or equivalent accepted by the British Psychological Society as qualifying the person to work as a clinical/counselling/forensic psychologist/relevant qualification to enable HCPC registration.
• Knowledge of therapeutic practices.
• Experience of working with sensory strategies.
• A desire to support services through embedding therapeutic practice.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• Ability to work autonomously with the support from individual and peer supervision.
• Ability to role model behaviours and attitudes in line with organisational values.
• A sound understanding of Microsoft Office components, including knowledge of Excel, Teams and SharePoint.
• Full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle.

Here are just some of the benefits of working for us:

• Real Living Wage employer.
• Competitive pay rates.
• Christmas bonus.
• Blue Light Card.
• TasteCard - Discounts on the cinema, meals out and days out!
• MyActive and MyGym discounts.
• Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards - earn up to £2500 per referral!*
• Financial wellbeing service.
• Life Assurance.
• Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
• Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development.
• Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
• Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
• Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics.
• Employee assistance programme - free, confidential support via Bupa.
• Community and wellbeing - Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. We're in this together.
• Supportive management and senior leaders.
• High quality CPD opportunities.
• Free eye checks.

Horizon Care and Education is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity.

This post is subject to satisfactory criminal records check and satisfactory references.