Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist CYPCMHS

at  Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

As part of exciting new developments in psychological services for children & young people in CTMUHB, we are seeking an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to lead our psychology and psychological therapies team working in community mental health services.
Our vision is to provide excellent psychological care both in specialist psychological approaches and in supporting our multidisciplinary teams to provide psychologically informed care. We value working in partnership across disciplines & agencies to understand children and young people holistically and in the context of their experiences, circumstances, strengths and potential. We wish to provide whole systems approaches, aligning with best practice. Our stance is hopeful, compassionate, enabling, inclusive and respectful.
You will bring extensive expertise in the psychological care of children and young people and their families, delivering services with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency partners and leading Psychologists and Psychological Therapists. You will be a values-centered professional who has children’s best interests at the heart of your practice, be passionate about providing excellent public services, and be supportive and enabling of colleagues.
We are a small and growing psychological team who are welcoming, friendly & supportive. You and your professional development will be valued and nurtured. You will be part of a thriving wider cross specialty psychological workforce in the Health Board.
To grow and strengthen the Psychology Department in CTMUHB.
Improving access to psychologically informed care across the life span.
To lead on developing the provision of psychological services to children and young people within CTMUHB Children and Young People’s Community Mental Health Services.
To provide leadership to support progression of services, direct supervision and working with multidisciplinary and multiagency stakeholders to identify service priorities and deliver excellent clinical care to children and young people.
Tol act as a senior clinician, and be a member of the CTMUHB Children and Young People’s Community Mental Health Services leadership team.
To contribute specialist expertise in psychological services and practice to multidisciplinary and multiagency services.
To be responsible for the recruitment of staff, providing and/or ensuring appropriate line management and supervision (professional and clinical) is in place.
To provide consultation to other professionals, training, and multi-disciplinary work in relation to staff support.
The post holder will actively engage in service development. The role will also include planning and initiating service developments within the service and considering different ways of working to maximise the scope of psychology/psychological therapies provision for children, young people and families in the community.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

WE LIVE BY OUR CORE VALUES:

We listen, learn and improve
We treat everyone with respect
We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
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