Principal Clinical Psychologist - School-in-Reach - #187847

Job Overview

East CAMH School In-Reach Service are delighted to be seeking a Principal Clinical Psychologist to join the team. This is a 0.53 wte, permanent post and is a new and exciting service development.

East CAMHS School In-Reach Service aims to strengthen the capacity of the education sector workforce to respond to the emerging mental health and emotional wellbeing needs of all children and young people living in Wrexham and Flintshire.

The post holder will work alongside senior management to play a key role in developing the East CAMH School In-Reach consultation and training, to promote innovation and the implementation of evidence based interventions within the Framework on Embedding a Whole School Approach to Emotional and Mental Well-being (March 2021).

This is an exciting opportunity to implement early intervention, prevention and promotional strategies to meet the needs of the education workforce and attend to the needs of children, young people and their families.

This is an opportunity to work alongside colleagues to promote mental health across the whole system and play your part to ensure responsive, supportive adults recognise the challenges children, young people and families face.

This opportunity will hopefully utilise and extend your knowledge skills and expertise to contribute to school’s implementation of the Health & Wellbeing Area of Learning (AoL) in the all-Wales curriculum.

Main duties of the job

This is a key service development and leadership role and will also be pivotal in supervising, training, and coaching the CAMH School In-Reach team of Education Mental Health Practitioners to promote practice-based research and enquiry to develop the service and practitioner’s knowledge and skills.

Working alongside East CAMHS Schools In-Reach Service Manager, this role will support CAMH School In-Reach by utilising highly specialised research skills for audit, policy and service development. The post holder will contribute to the development of local policies and procedures and their implementation, to support ongoing improvements in service quality. The role will also include involvement in regional and national service developments linked to East CAMHS Schools In-reach. This post will extend its reach to work alongside internal and external stakeholders to provide consultation to further promote mental health within school communities.

We have excellent links with the Bangor Clinical Psychology Programme and offer clinical placements. Regular supervision will be provided by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

This post will entail traveling throughout the region.

A relocation package is available.

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

You will be able to find a full Job description and full Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society
• Registration with Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist
• Clinical supervision training for supervising Doctoral trainees.
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified and senior clinical psychologist, normally including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills
• Assessed experience of working effectively as a qualified and senior level clinical psychologist in the designated speciality, or relevant transferable skills
• Demonstration of further specialist training/experience through having received extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision of working as a specialist Clinical Psychologist or an alternative agreed by the Director of Psychology