Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Abingdon
| Posting date: | 23 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £50,952.00 to £57,349.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £50952.00 - £57349.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2024 |
| Location: | Abingdon, OX14 5SW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9267-24-0930 |
Summary
Our service provides assessment and treatment interventions tailored to the needs of children and young people who are experiencing mental health difficulties. We offer a range of evidence-based treatments and deliver these within the community. The community team is multi-disciplinary and comprises of Clinical Psychologists, Family Therapists, CBT Therapist, Consultant Psychiatrists, Senior and Mental Health Practitioners, Social Worker, Assistant Psychologists and Team Administrators. The service offers excellent opportunities for supervision, service development, service evaluation and research, teaching and training. We have good supervision and operational structures and an excellent track record of CPD, as well as good links with Oxford University, particularly with the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology and Oxford Brookes. The service is committed to evidence-based and evidence generating practice. Other key duties include: To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist psychology service to clients with complex mental health problems including severe, enduring and multiple disorders, and challenging behaviour. To offer consultation and supervision, and support the work of other service staff and psychology clinical team members providing psychologically based care and treatment, according to expertise. To provide training placements for Doctoral Trainee psychologists, a range of qualified and unqualified staff across mental health areas, as agreed. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, and contribute to research and training within the areas served by the teams and service. To be involved in service developments, as appropriate.