Assistant Psychologist

The emotional health service sits within our Education Directorate. The service is a dynamic team of Mental Health professionals including Clinical / Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Creative Therapists. The service sits alongside our Mental Health Support Teams in Schools. The EHS is focused on providing fully integrated, high quality and swift mental health consultation, advice, training and reflective practice space for our social care and education colleagues. This is a newly created service, following our local independent CAMHS review and therefore there are many opportunities for development. We are a supportive group of professionals who recognise that the emotional wellbeing of the workforce is central to the work we deliver.Main duties of the jobThe purpose of this post is to support children and their families with neurodivergence. As an Assistant Psychologist in the Emotional Health Service for Achieving for Children, you will be responsible for:Developing and delivering our local offer of the post diagnostic pathwayOffer parents regular check-ins via phone calls or video calls and following it up with signpostingCo-facilitating post diagnosis groups for young people focusing onpsychoeducation and coping strategies co-facilitating post diagnosis groups for parentsSupporting consultation with Child and Family teamsYou will also receive clinical supervision and line management within the service.About usAchieving 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 (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local governmentJob responsibilitiesAbout the serviceThe emotional health service sits within our Education Directorate. The service is a dynamic team of Mental Health professionals including Clinical / Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Creative Therapists. The service sits alongside our Mental Health Support Teams in Schools. The EHS is focused on providing fully integrated, high quality and swift mental health consultation, advice, training and reflective practice space for our social care and education colleagues. This is a newly created service, following our local independent CAMHS review and therefore there are many opportunities for development.About the roleAs an Assistant Psychologist in the Emotional Health Service (EHS) 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 provide input and support to the Child & Family Help social care teams with a focus on neurodivergent children and families with outreach to the Family Hubs in the community. You will support the EHS Clinician for Child & Family Help team to deliver consultations, reflective practice and bespoke training to specialist education, social care and family support worker colleagues. You will also support the team with group work and aspects of assessments and interventions. You will be part of a team of clinicians providing access to regular peer supervision and many exciting development opportunities. You will also receive clinical supervision and line management within the service.About you: Our role specificationQualificationsEducated to a degree level in Psychology (2.1 or better)Additional CPD in Autism and ADHDSkills and experienceExperience of working in CAMHS or other child mental health serviceExperience of working with children and/or young people with Autism or ADHDExperience of a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate progress and outcomesfor children and young peopleA knowledge of Cognitive Behaviour TherapyHave the ability to demonstrate a high level of determination, personal drive, energy andambition to achieve challenging targetsHave high-level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use differentcommunication styles and techniques to present ideas and influence othersHave knowledge and understanding of legislation, statutory frameworks, child developmentand relevant pedagogy including SafeguardingHave the ability to recognise your own professional limitations and gaps and to use clinicalsupervision and regular CPD to overcome limitations and close knowledge gapsHave good IT skills including use of database or spreadsheet packagesPersonal attributesA passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and youngpeople to live safe, happy, healthy and successful livesEvidence that you put children and young people firstEvidence that you work in partnership to improve servicesEvidence that you focus on quality and innovationEvidence that you listen and learn to develop the EHS and AfC as an organisationEvidence that you champion inclusion and value diversityPerson SpecificationExperienceExperience of working with children preferably in CAMHS or other child mental health serviceExperience of working with children and/or young people with ASD or ADHDExperience of a range of assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate progress and outcomes for children and young peopleHave high-level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use different communication styles and techniques to present ideas and influence othersHave knowledge and understanding of legislation, statutory frameworks, child development and relevant pedagogy including SafeguardingA passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful livesQualificationsEducated to a degree level in Psychology (2.1 or better) #J-18808-Ljbffr