Job summary
We are seeking a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to join our team who work with children known to the Local Authority. We have a 4 day a week (0.6 FTE) post to work with care-leavers and separated children seeking asylum. This is a Band 8a post but we welcome newly qualified applicants who would be supported to work towards Band 8a on a Band 7 preceptorship. Please contact us for more information.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an innovative and enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join our team who work with children known to the Local Authority.
You will be employed by Cornwall Council on Agenda for Change terms and conditions which will acknowledge your NHS continuous service and allow you to continue an NHS pension. We have close links with Clinical Psychologists in CPFT who support our clinical governance and CPD.
We are encouraging applications from newly/early qualified psychologists to be appointed at Band 7 under a preceptorship to work towards requirements for Band 8a, subject to satisfactory completion of preceptorship process. Full details available on request.
About us
What you'll get in return:
Cornwall Council's ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff, helping provide our employees with a greater work/life balance while still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include: a competitive salary. a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave. A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services. Additional Information:
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Dr Nathalie Seth, Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist at jigsaw@cornwall.gov.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Service & Team:
We work with children, young people and their families who are known to the Local Authority. The children we support have experienced neglect, abuse, trauma, loss and many have had a number of adverse childhood experiences. We use a range of attachment and trauma/recovery approaches in assessment, formulation and to guide our interventions. Our aim is to improve outcomes (including stability, attachment security, trauma recovery and permanence) for children from vulnerable groups. We are trauma-informed and are curious to understand what has happened to children (and their families) from a psychological perspective. The social care teams we support value psychology highly and welcome our input and we are being encouraged to expand.
The role:
We are looking for a 0.6 FTE (4 days a week) Clinical Psychologist working in our Adolescent Stream with care-leavers and separated children seeking asylum. The role involves some direct work but is predominately focused on supporting those in the network around them (including Social Workers, Personal Advisors, Placements, Education, Employment, Support Workers, Police and other relevant professionals) to understand the presentation of young people from a psychological perspective and enable those around the young person to gain skills to support them in their trauma recovery. This work also involves working between Child and Adult services, managing risk dynamically with young people and the systems around them as well as working creatively with agencies to support separated children seeking asylum to navigate the immigration system, settle into a new country, build connections and manage the effects of trauma.
The post offers an exciting opportunity to join a highly experienced and supportive multi-disciplinary team of Clinical Psychologists and Post Abuse Counsellors. Our team is happy in their work and is supported with relational-based, trauma-informed leadership. The team is part of Education & Community Health within the Together for Families Directorate of Cornwall Council with close links to Specialist CAMHS and the voluntary sector.
The role is county-wide and subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
What you'll need to succeed:
You will need to have a post-graduate qualification in Clinical Psychology and be registered with the HCPC. You will be experienced in working with children and young people with social/emotional and mental health needs and have a passion for improving outcomes for vulnerable groups. You will need a good understanding of attachment theory and complex developmental trauma and experience of working psychologically through consultation and training. You will be resilient and have well-developed self-care skills as well as experience in supporting other professionals in working successfully with emotionally challenging and emotive subjects including trauma and abuse. We welcome enquiries and discussions about flexible working.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Please refer to the attached role profile 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.
Employer details
Employer name
Cornwall Council Address
New County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3AY
Employer's website #J-18808-Ljbffr
We are seeking a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to join our team who work with children known to the Local Authority. We have a 4 day a week (0.6 FTE) post to work with care-leavers and separated children seeking asylum. This is a Band 8a post but we welcome newly qualified applicants who would be supported to work towards Band 8a on a Band 7 preceptorship. Please contact us for more information.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an innovative and enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join our team who work with children known to the Local Authority.
You will be employed by Cornwall Council on Agenda for Change terms and conditions which will acknowledge your NHS continuous service and allow you to continue an NHS pension. We have close links with Clinical Psychologists in CPFT who support our clinical governance and CPD.
We are encouraging applications from newly/early qualified psychologists to be appointed at Band 7 under a preceptorship to work towards requirements for Band 8a, subject to satisfactory completion of preceptorship process. Full details available on request.
About us
What you'll get in return:
Cornwall Council's ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff, helping provide our employees with a greater work/life balance while still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include: a competitive salary. a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave. A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services. Additional Information:
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Dr Nathalie Seth, Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist at jigsaw@cornwall.gov.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Service & Team:
We work with children, young people and their families who are known to the Local Authority. The children we support have experienced neglect, abuse, trauma, loss and many have had a number of adverse childhood experiences. We use a range of attachment and trauma/recovery approaches in assessment, formulation and to guide our interventions. Our aim is to improve outcomes (including stability, attachment security, trauma recovery and permanence) for children from vulnerable groups. We are trauma-informed and are curious to understand what has happened to children (and their families) from a psychological perspective. The social care teams we support value psychology highly and welcome our input and we are being encouraged to expand.
The role:
We are looking for a 0.6 FTE (4 days a week) Clinical Psychologist working in our Adolescent Stream with care-leavers and separated children seeking asylum. The role involves some direct work but is predominately focused on supporting those in the network around them (including Social Workers, Personal Advisors, Placements, Education, Employment, Support Workers, Police and other relevant professionals) to understand the presentation of young people from a psychological perspective and enable those around the young person to gain skills to support them in their trauma recovery. This work also involves working between Child and Adult services, managing risk dynamically with young people and the systems around them as well as working creatively with agencies to support separated children seeking asylum to navigate the immigration system, settle into a new country, build connections and manage the effects of trauma.
The post offers an exciting opportunity to join a highly experienced and supportive multi-disciplinary team of Clinical Psychologists and Post Abuse Counsellors. Our team is happy in their work and is supported with relational-based, trauma-informed leadership. The team is part of Education & Community Health within the Together for Families Directorate of Cornwall Council with close links to Specialist CAMHS and the voluntary sector.
The role is county-wide and subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
What you'll need to succeed:
You will need to have a post-graduate qualification in Clinical Psychology and be registered with the HCPC. You will be experienced in working with children and young people with social/emotional and mental health needs and have a passion for improving outcomes for vulnerable groups. You will need a good understanding of attachment theory and complex developmental trauma and experience of working psychologically through consultation and training. You will be resilient and have well-developed self-care skills as well as experience in supporting other professionals in working successfully with emotionally challenging and emotive subjects including trauma and abuse. We welcome enquiries and discussions about flexible working.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Please refer to the attached role profile 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.
Employer details
Employer name
Cornwall Council Address
New County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3AY
Employer's website #J-18808-Ljbffr
