Senior Psychological Therapist/Clinical Psychologist

at  Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Bradford is the 6th largest city in the UK. The Trust patch goes from urban Bradford right up to Settle, Ingleton and beyond. The Bradford metropolitan area is vibrant and culturally diverse with over 140 different languages spoken, with people who origins are from the South Asian continent and Eastern Europe. It is a city of sanctuary for asylum seekers and refugees. Bradford has a growing youth population with a partnership approach committed to reducing adversity and responding early to those in need. It’s an area with fantastic cultural heritage - from the Bronte parsonage to the listed buildings of Little Germany and the UNESCO heritage site of Saltaire. There are areas of outstanding natural beauty on our doorstep such as the Yorkshire Dales which the trust reaches into. Most of the BDCFT district has good transport links and renting or buying property is affordable for most. Communities in our catchment range are from some of the most deprived to the most affluent, from inner city to rural farmlands and market towns. Working for BDCFT creates opportunities to work with people who face a range of challenges and present with degrees of complexity. BDCFT aspires to be trauma informed in its provision of treatment and care to people referred and their families and in its support of staff with a heavy emphasis on the wellbeing of the workforce with a strong governance structure.
The successful candidate will be experienced in working with children, families and systems. They will work through a trauma informed lens to understand what has happened to young people and how this impacts their mental health and relationships. This is an opportunity to join a supportive team of therapists, psychologists and mental health workers who provide a specialist service for Looked After and Adopted Children and their carers.
The role will involve consultation, training, assessment, intervention and supervision of others. The team works closely with other pathways within CAMHS including the neurodevelopment team, core CAMHS and the Crisis service. Applicants should be experienced in risk management, safety planning and formulation.
This role is suitable for a newly qualified psychologist as we have a team experienced psychologists to provide support, supervision and governance alongside the skilled team of therapists. Newly qualified Practitioner Psychologists would be employed on a B7 Agenda for Change pay scale until they have completed agreed developmental milestones including additional supervisor training.

EVERYTHING WE DO IS UNDERPINNED BY OUR CORE VALUES:

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received .
Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for further details about this role
For further information or to arrange a discussion, please contact Cathyrn Daley-McCoy, Principal Clinical Psychologist, cathyrn.daley-mccoy@bdct.nhs.uk
or Wendy Lewis, Clinical Lead for CAMHS LAAC, wendy.lewis@bdct.nhs.u

Please refer the Job description for details