Principal Practitioner Psychologist / Clinical Lead

at  Keys Children

PRINCIPAL PRACTITIONER PSYCHOLOGIST / CLINICAL LEAD

Salary – £73000 - £76500 (dependant on experience) + car allowance
Location – Primarily home based with some travel required. Ideal postholder locations = Doncaster / Bury / Leeds / Manchester / York / Bradford
Are you a highly experienced Practitioner Psychologist looking for something new? Do you enjoy developing therapeutic practice and services as part of senior leadership? Do you want to help support care experienced young people and the teams around them to thrive? Do you want to be part of an organisation that lives by, promotes and delivers their EPIC values (Excellence, Passion, Integrity, Caring)?
We want a passionate and inspiring Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical/Forensic/Counselling/ Educational) to join us and take a lead role supporting the Associate Clinical Director in developing and embedding therapeutic practice across our Children’s Residential Service. This is a great opportunity to be part of embedding our trauma-informed model of practice and care to enhance the support we provide to our children and teams.
As a senior professional within our well-established and continuously developing Clinical Services, you will benefit from a friendly multi-disciplinary work environment, a nurturing and inclusive culture and a team who work together to make a real difference.

ABOUT YOU

As an experienced, successful HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist, you will provide leadership to the Children’s Division of Keys Group Clinical Services. This is primarily the residential division, although you will be part of growth and development plans to support into further Children’s Division services (Family Assessment Centres, Supported Accommodation and Activity and Intervention Centres). You will share our view that all children and young people deserve to be fully included and supported to feel safe and experience a real sense of connection in their homes and community. You will have experience and a successful track record of leadership with expertise of working with care experienced children and the teams that support them (teams around the child).
With experience of innovative and creative ways of working, and the ability to develop and inspire a team, this is a flexible and varied role that will appeal to Psychologists with a keen interest in child and adolescent mental health, strategic thinking and creating innovative, therapeutic, trauma responsive and caring systems.
You must meet the essential criteria as described in the job description and person specification.
For further information or informal discussion about the role, please contact:
Liz Utting – Associate Clinical Director – Children’s | Consultant Forensic Psychologist
Liz.utting@keys-group.co.uk
Due to the nature of the role, it is necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken (DBS).

Please refer the Job description for details