Senior Psychologist

Witherslackgroup; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a qualified Clinical Psychologist to support therapeutic interventions in residential settings. The ideal candidate will have experience with children presenting complex needs and a strong background in team support. This role offers excellent training, flexible benefits, and a commitment to wellbeing, as well as an opportunity to make a positive difference in young lives. A valid driver’s license is required for travel between locations.

Benefits

35 days holiday including bank holidays

Clinical development program

Wellbeing tools and advice

High-street discounts

Recommend a friend scheme with £1,000 bonus

Qualifications

• Must have experience assessing and supporting therapeutic interventions for children and young people.
• Ability to lead and model best practices within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Valid driver’s license required for travel.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues in providing therapeutic environments.
• Deliver consultations, workshops, and training to teams.
• Participate in the clinical development program.

Skills

Experience with sexual trauma and abuse

Team support

Organizational skills

Clinical leadership

Engagement and training

Education

Qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC

Lengthy sector experience

Job description

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

Get out what you put in

This role is based across 2 of our CSE homes in the North East, therefore experience of working with sexual trauma, abuse and CSE would be desirable.

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children’s homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.

Our Senior Psychologists work collaboratively within our schools and children’s homes, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

Training: A full induction and on the job training

Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 35 days holiday including bank holidays

Clinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development

Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits here

Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person we’re looking for will:

Be a qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC

Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to assess, formulate and support the delivery of therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs

Have experience of supporting the team around a child or young person to provide clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences

Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer

Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative

Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people

Be a member of a multi-disciplinary team, receiving regular supervision and supported in your CPD

Have lengthy sector experience and a background in team supervision are all vital

Be a car driver, as there’s some travel involved

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. You’ll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.