Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

4 weeks ago


Stafford, United Kingdom Active Care Group Full time

*We are currently offering a £5000 welcome bonus for this role*

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

We are thrilled to offer an exceptional opportunity for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join our committed team at Ivetsey Bank Hospital on a permanent, full-time basis.

Located in Staffordshire, Ivetsey Bank Hospital is a Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) facility, providing specialised inpatient care for children and young people facing severe, complex, and enduring mental health challenges.

Our mission is to deliver compassionate, recovery-focused treatment through collaboration with our young people, their families, and other professionals. As part of the ACG Mental Health Network and a key partner in the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative, led by Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, we are deeply committed to delivering the highest standards of care.

We follow a clinically-led, person-centred model of care, developed with input from doctors, nurses, psychologists, therapists, social workers, and other experts, along with feedback from our young people and their families. Our approach is tailored to meet each individual's unique needs, using evidence-based practices to inform our treatment strategies.

Our on-site Ofsted-registered school ensures that young people can continue their education while receiving care, as long as they are able to attend.

The hospital consists of three units, each supported by its own dedicated, Consultant-led Multi-Disciplinary Team of child and adolescent mental health experts:

  • Wedgwood: Eating Disorders Service
  • Hartley: Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
  • Thorneycroft: General Adolescent Service

Join the team at Ivetsey Bank Hospital and be part of a compassionate service committed to enhancing the mental health and well-being of young individuals. Apply today and make a lasting impact

What you'll be working:

Our standard working hours for this role are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. However, we understand the importance of a positive work-life balance, and therefore, if you require some flexibility to better suit your personal or professional needs, we encourage you to discuss this with us, and we will do our best to accommodate your preferences where possible.

What you'll be doing:

  • Keeping people safe from harm and protecting their human rights
  • Complete assessment and clinical formulation of patients' problem behaviours and treatment needs
  • Provide evidence based individual and group treatment programmes to address or reduce the negative impact of difficulties
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of individual and group treatment programmes
  • Direct and support others to carryout evidence-based clinical psychology interventions
  • Take personal responsibility for ensuring that appropriate security procedures are adhered to at all times and that risks are continuously assessed and managed
  • Maintain CPD of an HCPC Registered Practitioner Clinical Psychologist and to ensure competence in relation to the administration and scoring to psychological assessments and risk assessments
  • Develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, visitors, and carers

What you'll have:

  • HCPC registration

  • BPS membership

  • Previous experience within a CAMHS setting

  • Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.

What to look forward to:

  • 25 days plus bank holidays
  • Birthday off
  • Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
  • Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
  • Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
  • A salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
  • Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians
  • We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
  • Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
  • Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
  • and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group


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