Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist/Psychotherapist

• To be responsible for the systematic provision of a range of evidence-based psychological interventions to Children and Young People with severe and enduring mental health difficulties referred by the Mental Health teams within the locality.
• To undertake high quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect(consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist psychology interventions within the service and taking substantial professional responsibility and exercising autonomous judgement in their professional practice.
• To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development relevant to the service area.
• To be regularly responsible for providing and contributing to training placements for trainee clinical/counselling psychologists and for providing professional support and line-management to basic/senior psychologists in this specialism

Essential

• Ability to analyse and manage complex multi-factorial clinical information from a range of sources integrating it into a formulation utilising a variety of psychological perspectives
• Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.
• Ability to organise own workload effectively, prioritising a complex range of tasks and responsibilities to meet agreed deadlines.

Essential

• Post Graduate Qualification in Counselling or Family Therapy or Clinical Psychology or equivalent Psychotherapy Training
• To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, AFT, ACP)