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Psychologist & Clinical Specialist for Children with Disabilities

4 months ago


Richmond, United Kingdom Achieving for Children Full time

Job Information

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 (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us

Psychologist & Clinical Specialist for Children with Disabilities

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 the integrated Service for Children with Disabilities, Social Care and Schools. We also have cluster teams at Richmond (base Twickenham) and Kingston (base Chessington).

About the role

We have 1 vacancy in our small team dedicated to supporting children with learning disabilities, their families and networks. The role is based at Moor Lane in Chessington, but the role includes travel across Kingston and Richmond to our special schools, family homes and health teams. The team are friendly, supportive and passionate about their work. You will have access to clinical supervision and be supported with training and development opportunities.

The role is varied and provides opportunities for consultation and training to professionals, clinical work in assessment, interventions and groups, ad hoc audits and service development work, supervision of trainees, assistant psychologists and qualified staff.

For further information about role please contact Jo Steer (Associate Director & Consultant Clinical Psychologist) by email for an informal discussion.

About you

We are looking for a Full-time Psychologist (Band 8a equivalent) to join our small team dedicated to children with learning disabilities. 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/ Counselling Psychologist 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 Learning Disabilities.

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 Hybrid and mobile working (between home and work) 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

To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children . For our social work offer .

Important Information

Start dates: Achieving for Children have meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.

Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the for right to work guidance.

Equality: 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.

Safeguarding: 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).

For more information about AfC:  Drop in and meet Regina on the first Wednesday of every month at Civic Centre, Twickenham.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.