Forensic/clinical Psychologist

A new Opportunity has arrived at Service Care Solutions for a Clinical/Forensic Psychologist to join a secure unit in Nottingham
**The role**:
To work as part of the Integrated Health team to provide a clinical psychology service to children, young people, their families & care systems. This includes direct and indirect clinical work; facilitating formulation meetings, offering consultation, providingsupervision, support and training to others.
**Daily Duties**:

- To provide specialist psychological assessment of young people who reside within the service.
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of client's mental health problems and employing strong evidenced based practice.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients.
- To provide specialist psychological advice and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to client's formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan
- To undertake risk assessment and management for clients and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
- To act, where appropriate, as carecoordinator for the planning and review of care plans for children involved with complex, multi-agency systems.

**Training and Experience**:

- Postgraduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent) as

accredited by the BPS
- Planning skills for the prioritisation and organisation of client caseload
- Maintains upto-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and broader mental health issues.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex

multi-variate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical psychology
- Knowledge of the theory and practices of specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies relating to mental health difficulties in children and young people, and in supporting families and care systems.

**Pay**:£35.60 Per Hour (Ltd)
Due to the nature of the role, there is some exposure to risks of verbal and physical aggression.
Regular driving required on a daily basis.