Principal Psychological Professional - Community CAMHS

at  Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

South Staffordshire CAMHS are recruiting a Principal Psychological Professional & would be happy to receive applications from qualified & experienced Clinical / Counselling Psychologists or Family & Systemic Psychotherapists.
Y ou will work alongside a peer Principal Psychological Professional & the Consultant Psychological Professional for CAMHS to support the governance of psychological practice across our core CAMHS teams in South Staffordshire.
You will provide clinical and/or professional supervision to staff from within their own core profession. We currently have three qualified Family Therapists & a Trainee Family Therapist in post, and also staff with systemic trainings (NVR, SFP, & Intermediate Family Therapy). We have eight Clinical Psychologist posts within CAMHS where staff have a variety of special interests (CBT, NVR, DDP, Systemic Practice).
You will be clinically based within the Cannock CAMHS team. You will provide direct & indirect clinical support in line with your core professional training & clinical expertise. You will hold a caseload of suitable complexity & will not be expected to provide initial assessments or core duty cover. Clinical expertise in supporting the needs of care experienced children & young people and/or families with complex social care histories will be an advantage.

MPFT will offer a welcome bonus of 10% of first year salary- at 50% on commencement of employment and 50% following 12 months employment.

• Holding a clinical caseload
• Supporting the psychological needs of vulnerable children and young people (CYP), including those on a Child Protection Plan or in the care of a Local Authority. This will require highly specialist skills relevant for working with parent/carer – child relationships and complex trauma / developmental trauma and the ability to support and/or supervise colleagues in relation to this work.
• Providing highly specialist advice, clinical supervision and training to colleagues and trainees across designated localities and to other healthcare professionals as required.
• Offering delegated clinical leadership in the continual development and provision of excellence across the service.
• Utilising Research & QI skills for audit, policy and service development and research.

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
Supporting your career development and progression
Excellent NHS Pension scheme
Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Options for flexible working
Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
Free car parking at all trust sites
Free flu vaccinations every year
Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING:

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
Or,
Post-graduate qualification via a relevant core CAMHS mental health/social welfare professional training as recognised by AFT followed by post-qualification CAMHS experience and completion of a Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy as accredited by AFT.
And,
Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of psychological professionals in training such as Doctorate-level Trainee Psychologists or MSc-level Family Therapy Trainees.

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Working as a registered Practitioner Psychologist or Family Therapist within specialist CAMHS with experience of the full range of clinical severity of mental health needs across a range of care settings.
Experience of providing clinical consultation services to other professional staff.
Teaching, training, and clinical supervision of pre-qualified and trainee psychologists or trainee Family Therapists including field supervision of research theses.
Experience of Research, Audit and Quality Improvement activities in psychological practice
The ability to adapt interventions to meet the mental health needs of neurodivergent children and young people is required. For Family Therapy applicants, there is the potential to develop a tertiary clinic with Family Therapy colleagues based in other teams.
For further information relating to this position please Job Description and Person Specification
The post is part-time (30 hours). All staff can request flexible working opportunities through their Team Leader; please note that the current working hours for CAMHS clinics are Monday-Friday, 9am- 5pm

Please refer the Job description for details