222-LS-CAMHS-850

We are seeking a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist for an innovation project to develop a therapeutically informed social work intervention model across Adopt London's support teams. The role will focus on enhancing the quality and consistency of social work practice and provide a high-quality clinical psychology offer.

The role involves providing case consultation with social work teams and wider networks, delivering training and workshops to support therapeutic thinking and practice, co-delivering therapeutic parenting groups, and providing a brief intervention model to families.

The post holder will be supported and supervised by the Principal Clinical Psychologist and will have excellent training opportunities, including Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP).

The role is based in Ealing, with some travel across London, and hybrid working is supported and encouraged.

Responsibilities:

• Providing consultation to develop reflective thinking and sharing complex psychological knowledge in an accessible way
• Delivering training and skills development sessions for social workers
• Supporting therapeutic parenting approaches
• Developing psychologically informed plans
• Collecting and presenting qualitative and quantitative evaluation data

Requirements:

• Eligible to work as a Practitioner Psychologist as approved by the Health Care Professions Council
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups
• Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months
• Experience working with children and young people in a CAMH setting

Person Specification:

• Qualifications: Eligible to work as a Practitioner Psychologist as approved by the Health Care Professions Council
• Experience: Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
• Knowledge & Skills: Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration