Senior Clinical Psychologist
About us
At Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust we provide a range of mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, primary care and other specialist services designed around the needs of people in our city.
We have a dedicated and skilful team of people caring in Sheffield, which you could become a part of.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do. These are: working together for our service users, respect and kindness, everyone counts, commitment to quality, improving lives.
Job overview
Senior clinical psychologist
Are you an outstanding clinical psychologist? A unique opening has arisen to join our new Specialist Community Learning Disability Service, to help people with learning disabilities in Sheffield to live their best lives.
In this new, cutting-edge service we are using the most specialist, evidence-based and person-centred model available. As a large and friendly multi-disciplinary team we work closely together, learn from each other and combine our expertise. We assess cases and make sure our patients get the tailored and specific support that will help them the most.Our new model includes routine and enhanced cases and the opportunity to work with system partners including social services, children’s services and the trusts wider mental health and neurodevelopmental services.
For full details please read the Job Description document.
Main duties of the job
Job summary
Our aim is to provide the highest quality, strengths based, trauma-informed, person-centred care which enhances the lives of adults with learning disabilities.
The main duties of the job will be to provide psychological assessment, formulation and interventions for adults who have mental health difficulties and/or behaviours of concern. You will work with the person, their family, and their carers to develop person-centred care plans designed to improve quality of life.Direct work will include offering adapted talking therapies (e.g., adapted CBT, CAT or CFT) designed to reduce psychological distress and increase coping strategies and quality of life. You will also offer staff or family workshops to help support the 'team around the person' better understand and respond to their needs.
Our core workshops include, positive behaviour support, dementia, autism, trauma informed care or mental health. We receive very positive feedback for our work with people and their carers which provides a wonderful opportunity for job satisfaction.
- For full details please read the Job Description document
Working for our organisation
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.
It’s important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of
If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.
We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the attached job description and the person specifications for more details about this post.
Working in the Sheffield’s outdoor city, you will be a stone's throw from the Peak District and the city’s many green spaces. Our links to the city’s universities also offer you the chance to develop health workers of the future and contribute to research.An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join our Specialist Community Learning Disability Service (SCLDS).You will provide assessment, formulation and talking therapies to adults with learning disabilities. You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team and receive excellent supervision and support. You will provide consultancy and workshops on topics such as mental health, positive behaviour support, dementia or autism to families and providers.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Post-graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the HCPC/BPS
- Registration with the HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
Experience
Essential criteria- Ability to work with service users presenting with complex psychological difficulties
- Evidence of being able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary settings and teams
Please think about your personal values and how these align with our values when you are applying. Find out more about our organisation through our website.
We are a Disability Confident employer level 2 and hope to achieve level 3 this year. We offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. When you apply you will have the opportunity to let us know if you require adjustments to be made, please contact us if you are not sure or if you require adjustments to the application process itself.
Our six staff network groups welcome new members, these are:
- The Ethnically Diverse Staff Network Group
- The Disability Staff Network Group
- The Lived Experience Staff Network Group
- The Rainbow Staff Network Group
- The Staff Carers Staff Network Group
- The Women’s Staff Network Group
We know how important flexible working can be to applicants and therefore we encourage you to discuss any working arrangements as part of this process. We will always aim to accommodate requests, wherever possible.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children and as part of our safe recruitment practice the successful applicant(s) will be subject to a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if it is deemed appropriate for the role.The cost of the DBS check (currently up to £48.23) must be met by the successful applicant(s).
When applying for this post you will redirected to complete your application in our preferred applicant management system, Trac. If you are successfully offered a role, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.In addition, in submitting an application, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
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