Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Essential

• knowledge of and experience of neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Specialist knowledge of assessment tools and therapeutic interventions relevant to client group and settings, and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits underpinned by evidence based practice.
• Knowledge of and experience of child protection and safeguarding issues and procedures.
• Knowledge for interpretative assessment techniques.
• Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working with key professionals in health, education, and social services.
• Experience of delivering clinical supervision and the ability to engage others in reflective practice.
• A working knowledge of relevant procedures and legal frameworks and to demonstrate the ability to apply this knowledge to clinical practice, including: Safeguarding Children, Code of Practice, Information Governance and other legal frameworks.
• Knowledge of methods of involving service users in improving client care.

Essential

• Demonstratable experience of research and project design for the development of service provision and outcomes.
• Knowledge of relevant child protection, safeguarding and mental health legislation and its implications for clinical practice when working with children, young people and their families/carers.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Good organisational, time management, and IT skills
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
• Ability to manage own caseload including prioritisation skills.
• Well developed concentration skills.
• Ability to fulfil travel commitments of community work independently.

Desirable

• Experience of line managing psychology staff and/or other professionals
• Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.
• Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
• Registered member of the HCPC.
• Experience related to working with children, young people and their families and carers.

Desirable

• Trained in assessment tools relevant to this post (e.g. ADOS, WISC, Connors, SNAP).
• Post graduate training related to neurodevelopmental differences.
• Clinical supervision training to be undergoing supervisors training.

Essential

• Experience of working with children and families where there are developmental or neurodevelopmental concerns.
• Experience of working with children and young people from pre-school age to school leaving age.
• Experience of working with children who have experienced adverse events
• Experience of using a range of specialist psychology assessment skills which include:
• Use of psychometric assessments attention/ intelligence, memory, reading, social functioning; executive functioning.
• Use of behavioural assessments.
• Use of observational methods of assessment.
• Assessment by interviewing.
• Assessment by analysis of archive material.
• Experience/Knowledge of related conditions and life experiences e.g. AD/HD Intellectual Disability, Dyspraxia, developmental trauma and attachment
• Experience of working within multi-disciplinary and multi-agency settings.
• Experience of working in the community.
• Experience of working with children and young people with a range of disabilities and special needs from mild to extensive difficulties including learning difficulties; physical difficulties; chronic and acute health problems.
• Experience of working with autistic children and young people.
• Experience of providing supervision to other professionals who work with children and young people and their carers and families.
• Experience of providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Experience of developing and delivering teaching/training to professionals and parents/carers.
• Experience of audit or service evaluation.

Desirable

• Experience of conducting diagnostic neurodevelopmental assessments in children and young people.
• Experience of providing specialist neurodevelopmental advice to parents/carers and staff concerning the care/or therapeutic provision for children and young people.
• Experience of working closely with local agencies (e.g. Paediatrics, Education, Local Authority).
• Experience of being involved in service development and contributing to policy planning.