Specialist Child Clinical Psychologist

We are excited to recruit a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist into Lincolnshire Complex Needs Service.

Utilising NHS England Health and Justice funding Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) and Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) have successfully developed a psychology-led consultation, training, assessment and intervention model of working to enable staff working with young people with the most complex needs access timely psychological consultation and formulation, with follow-on support as needed. Using a trauma-informed approach they help staff consider the impact of developmental trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's) on a young person's emotional and/or behavioural presentation so that staff can tailor their interventions accordingly and/or identify any additional service/professional who needs to become involved. This allows the right support to be offered at the right time, by the right people.

Therefore, we are ideally looking for an enthusiastic, trauma-informed Clinical Psychologist who already has experience of working with Children in Care and those in contact with Criminal Justice Services who is keen to support our developing service with the provision of support to Lincolnshire professionals who work with CYP. We are looking for someone able to offer formulation and consultation to a range of professionals and agencies as well as experience of providing clinical psychology assessments and interventions to CYP, their families and carers.

Job description

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

NHS pension scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BPS accredited Honours degree in Psychology or equivalent
• A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, accredited by the BPS and HCPC
• Additional specialist training related to working with children, young people and their families and carers
• Clinical supervision training for doctorate trainees
• Registered member of HCPC
• Eligible for chartered status as a clinical psychologist

Desirable

• Other related academic qualifications to Masters or Doctorate level
• Additional training in assessment of and interventions for sexually harmful behaviours. E.g., AIMS 3 assessment and intervention; J-SOAP II; ERASOR
• Additional training in child neuropsychology assessments including autism assessments e.g., DISCO; ADI-R; ADOS; contributing to ADHD assessments

Skills

Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
• Knowledge of relevant child protection, safeguarding, mental health and youth justice legislation and its implications for clinical practice when working with children, young people and their families/carers

Desirable

• Experience of being involved in a service development and its provision and maintenance
• Experience of line managing psychology staff and/or other professionals
• Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrate post qualification experience of working as a clinical psychologist with children and families where there are psychological concerns
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of working with children and young people from pre-school age to school leaving age
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of working with young people who are at risk of, or who have had contact with, the Youth Justice System
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of working with children and young people who are presenting with harmful sexual behaviour
• Demonstrate post qualification experience of working with children and young people with a range of disabilities and special needs from mild to extensive difficulties including learning difficulties; physical difficulties; chronic and acute health problems

Desirable

• Experience of writing court reports and providing expert guidance in Court

About the employer

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.