Job summary
Are
you passionate about working with children who have encountered a difficult and
traumatic start to life? Do you want to make a real difference to adopted and
care-experienced young people? We have opportunities available for creative,
passionate and caring Practitioner Psychologists (Band 8a equivalent) at our
clinical base in Shepshed.
What we can offer you
- Full or
part-time hours considered (minimum three days per week).
- A mixture of
office based and home-working (unfortunately we cannot offer fully home-working
posts).
- Training in
Levels 1 & 2 Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) backed up with
quarterly specialist DDP supervision.
- Fortnightly
clinical supervision & monthly journal club.
- An opportunity
to specialise in attachment and developmental trauma within a team who lives
and breathes PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy).
- Leadership
opportunity in your area of service development.
- Great benefits
including competitive salary linked to NHS A4C pay scales; 26 days annual
leave, plus Bank Holidays and the option to purchase up to five additional days
(FTE); maternity packages, and membership of a pension scheme.
- Being part of a
friendly, happy and extremely dedicated team where staff wellbeing is a
priority and you can manage your own workload.
- The opportunity
to work for an organisation consistently rated OUTSTANDING by Ofsted
Main duties of the job
- Provide
high-quality, effective specialist assessments and therapy to children and
their families remotely and in our clinical bases.
- Produce
high-quality, succinct assessment reports, which guide interventions.
- Create
high-quality, succinct evaluation reports, which demonstrate effectiveness of
interventions.
- Build and
maintain relationships with children and their families and the professional
networks around them, often in highly challenging circumstances.
- Provide
consultation and training to professionals in relation to their work with
children.
- To lead in your
designated area of service development to support the continued improvement and
growth of the service.
- To supervise
other clinicians.
- Maintain the
high reputation of the service.
- Work within the
service needs of a CIC.
- Ensure that
work is of high-quality and supports the sustainability of the service.
- Ensure that all
TCPS policies and procedures are understood and put into practice.
- Attend and
actively participate in staff development sessions, team meetings, individual
or group supervision and clinical supervision and other meetings as required.
About us
The Child Psychology
Service (TCPS) is a Social Enterprise that has been established for thirteen
years and is built with therapeutic principles guiding its structure from the
inside out. We foster an ethos of playfulness, acceptance, curiosity and empathy
in all that we do. TCPS has built a strong reputation of effectiveness and
compassion as demonstrated by what our clients and commissioners say about us
and our Outstanding Ofsted status (see our website).
TCPS works predominantly
with care-experienced and adopted children and their families. We also provide
consultation services to Local Authorities, Regional Adoption Agencies,
residential childrens homes and schools. We invest heavily in our staff so
that they have what they need to offer the highest quality services to
children, families and partner agencies.
We are a not-for-profit organisation whose aim
is to provide caring, therapeutic, psychological support to children and their
families. We provide a free-at-the-point-of-access service to families and
deliver training and consultations to partner organisations. We work closely
with our colleagues in the NHS and social care to provide specialist,
therapeutic assessments and interventions that arent always available within
statutory services
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide
high-quality, effective specialist assessments and therapy to children and
their families remotely and in our clinical bases.
- Produce
high-quality, succinct assessment reports, which guide interventions.
- Create
high-quality, succinct evaluation reports, which demonstrate effectiveness of
interventions.
- Build and
maintain relationships with children and their families and the professional
networks around them, often in highly challenging circumstances.
- Provide
consultation and training to professionals in relation to their work with
children.
- To lead in your
designated area of service development to support the continued improvement and
growth of the service.
- To supervise
other clinicians.
- Maintain the
high reputation of the service.
- Work within the
service needs of a CIC.
- Ensure that
work is of high-quality and supports the sustainability of the service.
- Ensure that all
TCPS policies and procedures are understood and put into practice.
- Attend and
actively participate in staff development sessions, team meetings, individual
or group supervision and clinical supervision and other meetings as required.
Person Specification
Other Essential criteria
Essential
- Own car and ability / willingness to travel for clinical visits.
- Willingness to work some (infrequent) flexible hours i.e. outside typical office hours as business dictates.
- Willingness to undertake further training as required.
- All posts are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service check.
- All candidates who are successful at interview will be asked to complete an application form for an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references before the appointment is confirmed.
- A private home space in which to hold online clinical appointments (all equipment will be provided).
- Keep up-to-date with safeguarding training updates and uphold responsibilities laid out in the TCPS Safeguarding Policy.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology.
- Practitioner Psychologist Registration with HCPC.
Desirable
- Additional therapeutic qualifications.
Experience
Essential
- At least two years post-qualification experience.
- Using standardised and non-standardised assessment tools and developing clear, high-quality psychological formulations.
- Working in a professional team.
- Experience and confidence in dealing with Safeguarding and Child Protection concerns.
- Managing individual cases planning, recording, reviewing.
- An empathic, non-judgmental approach to children, families, professionals and peers.
- Skills and / or interest in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Theraplay and / or Non-Violent Resistance.
- A compassionate, therapeutic approach to behavioural difficulties.
- Experience of delivering consultation and / or training to other professionals.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Competent with Microsoft Word, Excel and general computing.
- Confident and innovative in working in challenging situations.
- Ability to deliver evidence-based parenting intervention in groups and on a one-to-one basis.
- Understand and relate well to children and families from a wide range of backgrounds both individually and in group settings.
- Work independently, using own initiative appropriately within defined boundaries of work.
- Understand difficult behaviour and how it relates to a person / networks distress.
- Active use of supervision to deal with the impact of challenging cases.
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- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation, research and literature.
Desirable
- 3+ years post-qualification experience.
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- Working therapeutically with care-experienced and adopted children, their families and the professional networks around them.
- Experience in supervising other staff members.
- Leading on Service Development Projects.
- Delivering group training / therapeutic groups.
- Delivering consultations to other professionals.
- Using attachment-informed assessment tools.
- Qualifications, training, experience and / or accreditation in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Theraplay, Non-Violent Resistance, Therapeutic Life Story Work, Creative Therapies (e.g. art, music, drama, play).
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. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
The Child Psychology Service CIC
Address
The Stables
Brook street
Shepshed
LE12 9RG