Principal Clinical Psychologist

Job summary Are you a Senior Practitioner Psychologist with a clinical or forensic background and a passion for working with children and young people who have experienced early adversity and have complex mental health difficulties?
Are you motivated by a role where you can make a huge difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable individuals in the community?
If so, our Practitioner Psychologist position at Lansdowne Children's Home in Hailsham, East Sussex may be just the role for you!
Lansdowne Secure Children's Home is 12 bedded social care provision for young people aged 12-17.
The young people have complex needs and are described as 'high need/high vulnerability/high risk'.
The health team's focus is informed by the Framework for Integrated Care (also known as SECURE STAIRS).
This aims to support trauma-informed care and formulation-driven, evidence-based, whole-systems approaches to creating change for young people within the Children and Young People's Secure Estate (CYPSE).
Main duties of the job You will be joining our Integrated Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service (IHEWS) at Lansdowne Secure Children's Home in Hailsham, East Sussex.
We are a small and welcoming multi-disciplinary health team whose role is to support both the young people and the residential staff within the centre.
Your main duties will involve being responsible for the assessment of, and some therapy with, the young person; consultation to, and support and training of, the care and education staff group; the Senior Practitioner Psychologist, and supervision of the Assistant Psychologist.
You will work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary health team and will receive supervision from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist within SPFT CAMHS.
As part of your recruitment to the post you will have the opportunity for consideration of funded training linked to this post.
This post is WTE About us Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC.
Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other key survey results: 70% highlighting flexible working as a key point for satisfaction at work 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team 77% identifying opportunities to show initiative in their roles Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is committed to becoming a diverse employer and inclusive workplace in which people from all backgrounds can belong and pursue enriching careers.
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Mission and Values: Our mission is to champion the rights of people with mental health difficulties and learning disabilities, and we work with our partners to bring health and care services together to improve the care they receive.For more information on the SPFT Recruitment Process and FAQs please: click here If you are interested in finding our more about the role, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss the the opportunity further, and to arrange an informal visit.
Job description Job responsibilities REQUIREMENTS: See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
We welcome applications from Senior Clinical or Forensic Psychologists who have experience post qualification in working with children and young people, and experience of supervising other psychological professionals, for example, Assistant Psychologists.
The setting Lansdowne Secure Childrens Home is a 12 bedded social care provision for young people aged 12-17.
It is in Hailsham, East Sussex and will require the successful candidate to work on site.
The young people are placed with us for welfare reasons, secured under the Children's Act (1989), Section 25.
They have a history of persistent absconding and are likely to continue to abscond from anything other than secure accommodation, during which episodes they are likely to suffer significant harm, or injure themselves or others.
The funded training As part of your recruitment to the post you will be funded to attend training in Level 1 Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP).
DDP informed parenting is one of the key models of care that informs the practice of the mental health staff in their work with the young people and care staff group.
This model was chosen because of its congruence with the Framework for Integrated Care's core principal which is that it is the environment and 24/7 relationships within in that are proposed as the primary agents of change for young people in secure settings.
As a model of intervention it is also particularly well suited to young people who have experienced developmental trauma and who as a result are understandably mistrustful of others and may struggle to engage in a reciprocal relationship.
Career Progression: We know that building on your personal and professional development are key to providing the best patient care.
We are committed to providing a working environment where you can progress your career, build your knowledge base and develop your skillset.
As part of this role, we will support your leadership development by offering access to our Sussex Partnership Psychological Professions leadership development course.
You will also join our Sussex CAMHS Psychological Professionals Forum with Consultant and Principal PP colleagues.
Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact: Dr Louisa Bravery- Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Professional Lead for Psychological Professions- CAMHS Person Specification Qualifications Essential Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK] as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC) Experience Essential Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist.
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.