Senior Psychological Therapist/clinical Supervisor

Ideal career opportunity for newly qualified psychologists and those with good clinical experience, with aspirations/ experience to supervise clinical practitioners. We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and flexible CAMHS practitioner who loves variety and a challenge to take up this exciting role in the established Schools Mental Health Support Team and Getting Help Team in Slough. We currently have a hybrid model of home and face-to-face working, allowing a flexible approach to offering support.

This post will suit a clinician with a strong interest in early help/prevention work, evidence-based interventions and schools/community work. Training in a core profession and experience of working within mental health services for children and young people is essential. Ideally you will have some experience in delivering clinical supervision and a supervision qualification or willingness to undertake training.

We strive for our service to be innovative, creative and patient-focused. We are inspired by best practice, emerging evidence and motivated to trial new and original thinking for the benefit of our children and young people We continuously seek opportunities for service development as well as research.
- Demonstrate specialist skill in delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people (CYP) in education and community settings with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Be confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence-based interventions and routine outcome measures
- To ensure that care is delivered in a person-centred manner ensuring the gender, ethnic cultural and spiritual needs of service users inform practice, and uses a trauma-informed approach
- Helping children and young people who present with higher need to rapidly access more specialist services; using effective multiagency collaborative working to effectively signpost as needed

**The 3/4 “must haves” for you to be considered for this role**:
1. be confident in assessing for and delivering, high quality, outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties; and offer support to other senior clinicians through clinical supervision
2. be confident in working in a multiagency setting, working collaboratively with colleagues in schools and across the wider system
3. as a person, be organized with good time management skills and will always be looking for new or better ways to deliver care and be keen to learn,
4. and most of all will have a calm, friendly and compassionate outlook and have a keen interest in working in schools settings, and in early intervention and mental health promotion.

Berkshire Healthcare has a record of achievement and success that places us as one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We are rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC, we have a history of strong financial performance, and we have a highly skilled and engaged workforce. We aspire to be an outstanding organisation for everyone: our people, our patients, their families, and their carers.

For our people who work here that means we want Berkshire Healthcare to be a great place to work where everyone can thrive and grow. Some of the benefits of joining our team:

- Salary ranging from £43,574 - £49,587 per annum (incl of HCAS)
- Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
- Annual leave - 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
- Excellent learning and development opportunities
- Salary sacrifice scheme for a new car
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
- Advanced IT enablement and support 
- Confidential telephone care service providing independent support and advice for staff.
- And so much more 

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.