Job Detail
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Jobs ID 36470
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Band Flexible
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Profession Psychologist
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Role type Permanent
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Profession Category Psychology
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Job Description
Home-based Practitioner Psychologist
Location: Home based with travel to sevices in and around Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Specialty: Childrens Care Services
Salary Range: Up to 63,000 (depending on experience)
Mind Professionals are looking for a Practitioner Psychologist with knowledge of the impact of developmental trauma and adverse childhood experiences for a full-time Permanent home-based role. The role will involve travel to services in and around Shrewsbury, Shropshire (as required).
The role would be suited to a Psychologist with a keen interest in Child and Adolescent mental health and in the creation of an innovative, therapeutic, trauma responsive and caring environment.
The ideal applicant will share the goal of enabling and inspiring children through consultation, assessment, formulation, therapeutic plans, training and direct work with Young People.
Key Responsibilities:
– To provide specialist psychological input with teams within the designated region.
– To develop a detailed knowledge and understanding of the group’s clinical model and to promote and support therapeutic practice in the designated region.
– To oversee the assessment, formulation and implementation of therapeutic plans to support the children and young people’s needs, based upon a multi-factorial psychological understanding and current evidence-based best practice.
– To undertake a range of psychological interventions as appropriate, drawing on a range of psychological methods, models and tools appropriate to the delivery of therapeutically informed care.
– To provide a specialist psychological perspective regarding children referred to the Group to support our operational colleagues and guide appropriate placements.
– To undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant children and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk management to practice teams.
– To consult with and