Senior Clinical Psychologist - CFHD

• Provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions for children, young people, and their families.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary team working, sharing psychological thinking through consultation and joint work.
• Offer clinical supervision and support to colleagues within the Urgent Care pathway.
• Participate in service development, evaluation and quality improvement, aligned with the THRIVE framework.
• Support trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive practice across the pathway.
• Engage in CPD and training, with access to additional training opportunities depending on interest.
• Collaborate with young people, families, and professionals across systems to ensure joined-up care.

This is an ideal opportunity for Clinical Psychologists looking to take on senior roles with a mix of clinical leadership, therapeutic work, and service development in beautiful Devon.

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

Our children and young people say

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Essential: - A Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent e.g. Masters level qualification in Clinical Psychology if qualified before 1996.; - Active registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.; - Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people.; - Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision

Essential: - Experience of undertaking specialist psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions for CYP with a wide variety of mental health problems and/or neurodiversity and/or learning disability, reflecting all levels of clinical severity; including risk assessments of self-harming/dangerous/challenging behaviour.; - Experience of teaching and/or training; - Experience of delivering clinical supervision

Desirable: - Experience of work in psychological interventions with children, young people and their families in a range of service settings or agencies; - Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS, and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi-disciplinary, multi-agency contexts

Essential: - Specialist knowledge of child development and the impact of adverse childhood experiences.; - Broad knowledge of psychological services; and of the services in the NHS where psychology is applied to the needs of children and young people; - Extensive knowledge of the knowledge base, skills and practice of Clinical Psychology in relevant health settings.; - Able to travel and work across the area covered by the trust as requested by Line Manager