Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

The post-holder will provide psychological assessment and therapy interventions to children and young people with severe and enduring mental health disorders including but not exclusively C&YP with complex trauma, learning disabilities and LD-autism.

The post-holder will work within and contribute to further development of the therapeutic service model and take a lead for psychological therapies across Nestling Care homes.

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.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide highly complex specialist psychological assessments of young people living in Nestlings Care homes, undertaking the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews with young people/adults, family members and others involved in the YP's care.
2. To formulate and implement treatment plans for psychological therapy and/or management of the young person's mental health based upon a comprehensive conceptualisation of the presenting difficulties, employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy whilst maintaining a flexible approach in considering what will best meet the individual's needs.
3. Be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for young people and their families/carers, and in synthesis, modifying and refining psychological formulations in light of new information drawing upon a range of explanatory theoretical backgrounds/models and upholding a number of provisional hypotheses.
4. Manage own caseload, exercising autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment and discharge from psychology of YP whose difficulties are managed within a psychological framework; regular communication with staff teams and others involved in the young person's care.
5. The post-holder will provide direct supervision to trainees and assistants.

About us

Who are we:

Nestlings Care Ltd is an independent care provider for Children and Young Adults registered with CQC and Ofsted who provide highly specialist residential placement for young people with challenging behaviours due to mental health diagnoses. Our aim is to take young people from various restrictive settings for example hospitals, secure children's homes, to a homely environment to offer them a chance of living in the community with robust monitoring, risk management and comprehensive treatment plans. You will be supported by a highly experienced multi-disciplinary Mental Health team. Currently we have several homes across the North West of England and we have achieved positive outcomes with a number of young people.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc or MSc in Psychology or relevant qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience working within CAMHS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.