Clinical / Counselling Psychologist Neurodevelopmental teams

at  Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, who wants to develop your skills with neurodivergence in a friendly, supportive and innovative team? Do you want to work in an organisation that values being caring, safe and excellent? Are you passionate about delivering mental health support and quality diagnoses for the neurodivergent population in the beautiful county of Buckinghamshire?
Then this role is for you.
You will join a well-established, and knowledgeable multi-professional team. You will receive quality reflective supervision. You will use your skills to deliver quality assessments and interventions and influence service improvements. You will have opportunities to grow in your career, including developing your leadership skills and supervision of others as and continuing professional development and research opportunities. You will be a vital member of the team helping the system to understand the complete identity of the young person including their neurodivergence, mental health and developmental profile.
Please contact us or arrange a visit if you want to know more
In this role, you’ll be contributing to the triaging, assessment and intervention process for neurodivergent children and young people and those who are exploring a diagnosis, including those experiencing mental health needs. You’ll be assessing the mental health component of their experience and delivering evidence based interventions.
We work closely with families to build care plans and there’s a lot of multi-agency networking involved, as you’ll be in contact with schools. the local authority, play organisations and charities.
We’ll need you to participate in duty cover and liaison cover as well - please get in touch with us if you’d like more information about this.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Comprehensive assessment
Shared formulation
Delivery and/or oversight of collaborative treatment plan using evidence-based interventions
Collaborative risk management
Support and supervision of colleagues
Multi-agency working
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
Excellent opportunities for career progression
Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
Competitive pension scheme
Lease car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Mental Health First Aiders
Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Compliance with professional registration practice
Safe practice in accordance with Trust policies and procedures
Addressing safeguarding concerns were appropriate or necessary
You will be supported by excellent team knowledge and experience on a formal/informal basis. Clinical and managerial supervision are augmented with profession specific supervision as required with systemic/psychodynamic opportunities