Mental Health Specialist

7 days ago

Richmond, Greater London, United Kingdom Achieving for Children Full time

About the Role

Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities, we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government.

Mental Health Clinician/Clinical or Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist

The Emotional Health Service (EHS) is a dynamic team of Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists, and Creative Therapists. We have staff working in specialist posts in Social Care and Schools. We also have cluster teams at Richmond and Kingston. We have a strong sense of team and work together to support children and young people's emotional wellbeing. We deliver the service using the Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA).

We are committed to making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people. As a Mental Health Clinician in the EHS Richmond Cluster, you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will be part of an established team and be afforded many different opportunities to use your skills, including providing professional consultations, assessments, individual and group therapy. We welcome creative and innovative ways to deliver services.

About You

We are looking for a Permanent Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, CBT Therapist/Mental Health Clinician (Band 7 equivalent) to join the Emotional Health Service and become part of our core team. You will be passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people as well as demonstrating the following points:

  • Putting children and young people first
  • Be a Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist with appropriate professional registration with HCPC
  • Be able to provide consultation and training to a wide range of professionals
  • Have CAMHS experience in working with complex and vulnerable families
  • Have knowledge of and experience working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties such as Autism and ADHD

About Our Benefits

We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC, you will also have access to:

  • 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month
  • Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
  • Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
  • Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work-life balance
  • A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
  • A range of staff benefits and discounts
  • An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway

Important Information

We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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