Clinical or Counselling Psychologist / CBT Therapist

Oxford Health; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Oxford is seeking a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist to join their team. In this full-time role, you will provide psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people. The position offers opportunities for supervision and professional development within a collaborative environment. Applicants should be qualified or near completion of their training. This role is instrumental to the mental health services provided in the community.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

NHS Discounts

Access to training opportunities

Qualifications

• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology and data analysis.
• Skills in psychological assessment and intervention.
• Experience of working with children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Offer psychology assessments and consultations.
• Deliver psychological interventions in various formats.
• Provide clinical supervision to trainees.

Skills

Knowledge of specialized psychological therapies

Complex problem-solving

Effective communication

Organisational skills

Education

Registration with HCPC (or equivalent)

Masters/Diploma in CBT

Job description

Job overview

Are you looking to work with children and young people as a Psychologist/CBT Therapist?

We have an opportunity for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist to join our friendly psychology team within Getting More Help Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Abingdon on a full time basis for 12 months.

The team have a strong culture of working integratively. We believe understanding the context of the young person is fundamental to our work, and will often work in ways that are theoretically very integrative to meet the needs of our heterogeneous population.

We have a reputation for being creative, innovative, forward thinking, dynamic and research led. We have a strong ethos of collaboration, shared reflection and team working, with various opportunities to learn from one another and support ongoing professional development.

We welcome applications from qualified clinicians and those who are shortly due to complete their training. You will be part of an experienced and reflective multi-disciplinary team offering generic and specialist assessments in addition to holding a protected psychology caseload and contributing to the team’s work more broadly.

You will receive clinical supervision from our senior clinical psychologist, as well as management supervision within an environment that values the mutual support and skills of team members. We value staff wellbeing and are keen to provide regular training opportunities.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you\'ll have the opportunity to really get involved in the Psychology provision offered within the Oxford South Locality. On a day-to-day basis, this will include:

• Offering psychology assessments.
• Offering psychology consultation to both CAMHS clinicians (within and external to our team) and Multiagency services (e.g. social care and schools) providing opportunities to engage with other professionals to share and disseminate psychological knowledge/understanding.
• Delivering psychological interventions using a range of models through 1:1 sessions, group programmes and joint parent and young person work. There are opportunities for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Third Wave CBT, DNA-V (adolescent model for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) and Compassion Focused Therapy in line with the existing evidence bases
• Delivering clinical supervision and supporting Psychology Trainees (both CBT trainees and trainee Clinical Psychologists.
• Involvement within various group interventions (including a CBT for OCD group, trauma-focused groups (including parent groups) and a DNA-V group).
• To support the duty provision, by undertaking the role of duty on a rota basis as shared out within the team

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:“Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are:“Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The wellbeing of our Administrative and Clinical staff is top of our agenda; we have an active Wellbeing Team and regular opportunities for staff support. This includes reflective care space sessions for staff, supervision groups and monthly opportunities to socialise outside of work hours.

You will be offered supervision in specific therapy modalities and there are opportunities to develop clinical practice in systemic work if interested. We have family therapy clinics with reflective team practice (with a team behind the screen) and would welcome and offer opportunities for consultation and development of staff systemic practice.

As a service we are actively involved in developing our current service provision. This includes establishing a more trauma-informed offer for our young people and families and developing a package of responsive interventions. This is focused on ensuring access to support in a timely manner following referral. Linked to this development, there is the opportunity to get involved in service evaluation and research projects, if this is of interest.

Our Trust and the Oxford DClinPsy training course are keen to support psychologists in obtaining their BABCP accreditation if this is something they would like to work towards. Supervision and training opportunities are available in order to support this.

Training and development are a priority, and we support clinicians who want to challenge themselves and develop their knowledge and skill base. As a Trust we would like to support training in DNV-A and CBT Trauma Focused Therapy and there are opportunities for further development in modalities such as supervision skills and EMDR. Staff in the wider CAMHS teams are interested and proficient in a wide range of therapies and there is a good culture of skill sharing. All development opportunities will be considered through the PDR/Appraisal framework.

Person specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with severe and complex mental health problems
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology and psychotherapy.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health

Qualifications – Academic/Skills/Professional

Essential criteria

• Registration/Due to apply for registration with HCPC (or equivalent)

Desirable criteria

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
• Masters/Diploma in CBT with a core qualification in a field of mental health, including psychiatric nursing, social work or occupational therapy.

Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills

Essential criteria

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body.
• Good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Desirable criteria

• Willingness to work towards accreditation with accrediting body such as BABCP, SfDBT or ACAT.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and inpatient settings

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Experience of running/corunning groups.
• Experience working with children or young people and their families

Contractual Requirements or other requirements

Essential criteria

• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
• Ability to travel between sites and to regional meetings.

Documents to Download

Band 7 JD (PDF, 140.2KB)

Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)

Recruiter Contact Details

Name: Clare Borsay

Title: Lead Clinical Psychologist

Email: [e-mail]

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