Child Psychologist

Richmond House is an 8-bed community High dependency, highly specialist rehabilitation hospital for women with a history of offending/challenging behaviour who have learning disability (LD) and other conditions including autistic spectrum disorders, personality disorders and mental illnesses.

• Provide Psychological Therapies for patients with personality disorder/mental disorder/intellectual disability and complex trauma, developing specialist psychological formulations and assessments of patients with complex presentations, formulating plans for treatment and implementing specialist psychological interventions for individuals and groups.
• Provide specialist psychological assessments of patients based on appropriate analysis, interpretation, and integration of complex qualitative and quantitative data.
• Administer and interpret assessments of cognitive and emotional functioning as required and to assist the multi-disciplinary team in diagnosis, problem formulation and the planning/development of an appropriate treatment plan.
• You will have experience of and/or an interest in rehabilitation and the recovery of patients in a forensic setting.

• Clinical supervision training.
• Training in two or more distinct psychological therapies.
• Skills in individual and group work and in program planning.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information.

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (at commencement of employment) plus a day off for your birthday.
• A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP).
• Free parking.
• Long Service Annual Leave entitlements.
• Continuous learning and development.

Priory is one of the UK's leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services. We promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world-class organisation willing to invest in your development.

Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

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