CYP Clin. Lead

Job summary

CYP Clinical Lead & Senior Psychological Therapist / Practitioner Psychologist

The Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service is recruiting for a Clinical Lead to work within our innovative Children and Young People's (CYP) service in Brighton. We are looking for a Practitioner Psychologist or CBT Therapist with experience of

working with children & young people providing leadership within mental health settings.

We are looking to find a candidate who can fill this role for 3 day per week ( hours per week).

Our CYP service provides primary care mental health treatment for young people aged 2-25. We offer a range of short-term interventions tailored to people's presenting needs and age. These include CBT, low intensity psychological interventions, groups, creative therapies & social prescribing. For more information, visit:

Support for Children & Young People (CYP) -- Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service

The CYP service sits alongside our Adult Wellbeing Service & our NHS Talking Therapies Service (who both work with individuals aged 18 & over).

This role will require you to:

Have previous experience in the delivery of mental health assessments & psychological interventions for children and young people Be qualified as a Practitioner Psychologist or CBT therapist Have previous experience of providing clinical supervision and line management Have some previous experience of clinical leadership

We encourage people from the global majorityand/ or LGBTQ+ communities to apply.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with our CYP Service Manager, the existing part time CYP Clinical Lead and the wider CYP leadership team.

Together with the existing CYP Clinical Lead you will provide clinical leadership to this important part of our service.

You will support in forming close working relationships with local services, including CAMHS and the Schools Wellbeing, and provide advice around suitability of referrals / appropriate treatment pathways.

Other responsibilities include:

Liaising with children and young people, their parents, families and carers Working with staff members to ensure effective & practical support for service users. Clinical supervision and line management to CBT therapists. Working with the YCMA Service Manager to ensure safe clinical practice, and that safeguarding practice across the CYP service adheres to the current safeguarding policies and procedures Working with the YMCA Service Manager to ensure the safe and effective triaging of referrals made to the service Delivery of a Psychological Therapy tailored to the needs of children and young people and evidence based national guidelines.

About us

From September 1st 2020 a new collaboration became responsible for delivering Primary Care Mental Health Services in Brighton and Hove for both children and young people and adults. Led by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) in partnership with YMCA Downslink Group (YMCA) and Southdown, the service provides a community-based range of evidence-based or evidence-informed therapeutic and clinical interventions to support people with mild to moderate mental health needs.

The CYP service is made up of staff working for SPFT and YMCA. In this role you would be able to draw on the strengths of both organisations:

SPFT provides mental health and learning disability services for children, young people and adults.

YMCA provides youth advice, community / school counselling services and family mediation services.

Working in Sussex:

Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns

Embrace city life with great access to London

Easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK

We'd love you to join SPFT, which is an organisation rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC.

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES

To carry out specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the service To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients' mental health problems To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals within and outside the CYP service To undertake risk assessment, formulation and management for individual clients To promote and participate in multi-disciplinary team working, development and liaison To promote actively, user and carer involvement in care planning and service development To clinically supervise assistant psychologists, trainees, psychological therapists, counsellors and other CYP staff as appropriate, in addition to offering CBT supervision To professionally supervise and, when appropriate, manage clinical staff within the CYP service To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit, and to advise on those aspects of the CYP service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing To provide a qualified, high-quality specialist psychology service to individuals, carers, families and groups, within the CYP service, in line with best, evidence-based practice and trust care pathways To use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues To provide effective leadership and management to staff which promotes high performance standards both individually and as a team

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

If you are an applicant interested in this post and would like an informal discussion about it please get in touch:

Conrad Foote, Wellbeing & Therapeutic Services Manager:

OR

Stuart Clark, Clinical Lead for Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service

We would warmly welcome informal discussion about the role ahead of application deadline.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained before 1996 or outside the UK*] as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology Or Post Graduate level training as a CBT therapist and eligible for accreditation as a CBT therapist with BABCP Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC) or as a Psychological Therapist with BABCP

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Demonstrate specialist experience gained post qualification of working as an applied psychologist or psychological therapist with evidence of having received a substantial amount of clinical supervision (normally in the region of approximately 50 hours). Experience of teaching, training and/or clinical supervision. Experience of the application of applied psychology / psychological therapies in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework. Experience of representing psychology / psychological therapies within the context of multidisciplinary care Experience or demonstrable knowledge of working clinically with children and young people with mental health problems Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the children and young people and mental health Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups ( personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc). High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one specialised psychological therapy Formal training in supervision of other psychologists or psychological therapists. Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC / BABCP

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