This is an exciting and unique opportunity to work alongside adults, social workers, and children in care in a variety of ways! Do you have skills in working with systems, in considering models of developmental trauma, attachment, and therapeutic parenting? Do you like a varied role in which you work as a team and contribute broadly across systems and organisations? We are looking for a passionate individual who loves to work creatively with children and their families and networks around them.
Main duties of the job
Supporting Suffolk's Children's Homes : The work within Suffolk County Council's Children's Homes will involve a focus on embedding a trauma and psychologically informed culture in the homes across Suffolk. The success of the pilot in 2021 has contributed to a permanent funding agreement for the Clinical Psychology role and the continued passion and support from colleagues in the homes and SCC for the post. The role involves an exciting opportunity to embed a trauma and psychologically informed culture across multi-layers of the system such as facilitating reflective practice groups, training and formulation sessions for staff and working with the management team to review and embed practice developments such as the assessment, formulation, and support of young people's behavioural, emotional, safety, and relational needs. Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Some of the benefits you can expect: a comprehensive in-house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) NHS discounts and many more. Person Specification
Qualifications
Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology accredited by BPS Registered as a Practitioner psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC) Additional therapeutic qualification, training or experience Experience
Experience of mental health practice with children, young people, and families Experience of continuing professional development Experience of multi-disciplinary working Experience of working with care experienced children and young people Experience of assessing and managing risk with children and young people Experience of working with social care systems Knowledge
knowledge of attachment, child development, developmental trauma, and systemic practice Awareness of safeguarding principles Knowledge of methods of evaluating the impact of work on staff teams 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. £53,755 to £60,504 a year gross per annum
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Supporting Suffolk's Children's Homes : The work within Suffolk County Council's Children's Homes will involve a focus on embedding a trauma and psychologically informed culture in the homes across Suffolk. The success of the pilot in 2021 has contributed to a permanent funding agreement for the Clinical Psychology role and the continued passion and support from colleagues in the homes and SCC for the post. The role involves an exciting opportunity to embed a trauma and psychologically informed culture across multi-layers of the system such as facilitating reflective practice groups, training and formulation sessions for staff and working with the management team to review and embed practice developments such as the assessment, formulation, and support of young people's behavioural, emotional, safety, and relational needs. Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Some of the benefits you can expect: a comprehensive in-house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) NHS discounts and many more. Person Specification
Qualifications
Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology accredited by BPS Registered as a Practitioner psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC) Additional therapeutic qualification, training or experience Experience
Experience of mental health practice with children, young people, and families Experience of continuing professional development Experience of multi-disciplinary working Experience of working with care experienced children and young people Experience of assessing and managing risk with children and young people Experience of working with social care systems Knowledge
knowledge of attachment, child development, developmental trauma, and systemic practice Awareness of safeguarding principles Knowledge of methods of evaluating the impact of work on staff teams 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. £53,755 to £60,504 a year gross per annum
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