Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
5 days ago
Slough
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within CAMHS Getting More Help Services, based in the Berkshire CAMHS East Specialist Community Team covering Bracknell, Slough, and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. This is a full‑time (37.5 hours), substantive role. The Specialist Community Teams provide assessment, therapeutic intervention, and care coordination for children and young people experiencing moderate to severe, complex mental health difficulties. The team works collaboratively within a supportive multidisciplinary environment and alongside partner agencies to deliver high‑quality, holistic care. The post‑holder will join a team of clinicians to deliver assessments, care coordination, multi‑agency working, and evidence‑based psychological interventions for young people and their families. The role also includes supervision of junior colleagues where appropriate, alongside access to clinical supervision and ongoing professional development. Applications are welcomed from candidates in the final stages of their professional psychology doctoral training, including those anticipating delays in qualification due to research submission timelines. Applicants should outline their circumstances and expected completion date in their supporting information. • provide comprehensive assessments and therapeutic interventions to young people and their families, • provide care co‑ordination for young people open to the service, • independently manage an appropriately sized caseload, • offer supervision and training to junior colleagues and other agencies as appropriate, • work effectively in a multi‑disciplinary team and within a multi‑agency system, • work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice, • contribute to audit, service development and research, as appropriate, • maintain own continuing professional development and contribute to team professional development initiatives Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated "outstanding" by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish. Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are: • Caring for and about you is our top priority, • Committed to providing good quality, safe services, • Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include: • Flexible working options to support work‑life balance, • 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell, • Excellent learning and career development opportunities, • 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles, • Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services, • Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants, • Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality, • Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave, • Free parking across Trust sites The must haves for this role: • The ability to manage a complex caseload of patients autonomously, • The ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites and work flexibly, • Postgraduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996 or for those who completed their training overseas), • Registered as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council, • (Eligibility for) Chartered Membership of British Psychological Society (BPS), • Additional training and accreditations (or working towards these) in relevant therapeutic approaches or psychological models to reflect post qualification interests/ specialism (e.g., specific therapy models and accreditations, Health Psychology, Neuropsychology etc)., • Evidence of training and/or interest and knowledge in psychological models or therapeutic approaches relevant to the post, • Commitment to continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant accrediting body, • Experience of working in evidence‑based ways with services users (and their carers/families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the range of settings, 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 dealing with highly distressing or emotional circumstances, such as serious mental illness, child and sexual abuse, exploitation, and complex family dynamics, • Experience of working effectively in a multi‑disciplinary team and multi‑agency environments, • Experience of service development and carrying out clinical audits, evaluative research and applying the findings, • Experience of working with, and addressing, issues of diversity, including experience of working with diversity, multiculturalism, and equality of access to the service, • Experience of delivering teaching and training to staff, • Experience of providing clinical supervision, mentoring and structured guidance to other staff, • Demonstrable knowledge, skills and abilities in the practice of assessment, formulation and intervention, relevant to the specialist modality and service area, • Knowledge and understanding of service evaluation, audit and research and how to undertake these activities in an NHS context, including how to implement learning, • Well‑developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex, technical and/or sensitive information to service users, their carers/families and other professional colleagues, both within and outside of an NHS setting, • Well‑developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to support, influence and engage with clinicians, stakeholders and service users to create change and improvement, • The ability and skills to act as an advocate for the service, to engage and foster positive relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of the service within the wider health care system, • Advanced IT skills and the ability to navigate various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS Office/Teams, One Consultation and the Internet), • Able to work flexibly around working patterns as required, • Ability to travel independently between locations in Berkshire to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position 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. 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