Practitioner Psychologist for YOD and Memory Team • Barry Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nPractitioner Psychologist for YOD and Memory Team with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board in Barry\n\n We have a well-established framework for reflective, caseload and peer supervision, as well as access to model-specific supervision for people using EMDR, IPT or facilitating our DBT groups. We have accredited BABCP practitioners who can supervise and support people who are themselves looking for full CBT accreditation. There are good in-house opportunities for CPD including substantive training in Interpersonal Therapy and Open Dialogue Approach. C&V UHB is fortunate to have a number of services focussed on specific issues (for example, Eating Disorders service) and, for people in full-time posts, there may be opportunities to pursue CPD time in these services. We also have active links with our local doctoral training courses (clinical & counselling) and there are opportunities to provide supervision, research, consultancy and training. Full clinical and management professional support and supervision will be available and we support and encourage research and audit opportunities. Our CMHT psychologists work collaboratively across each locality to more flexibly meet the needs of service users- and this also allows for greater peer support, and more opportunities to develop specialist skills and interests. We are looking for people who can further add to our skills mix, and contribute to our active programme of service development, including group interventions and training for CMHT staff in psychosocial approaches. You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac We are excited to offer an innovative post for an applied (Clinical or Counselling) Psychologist to work into our Young Onset Dementia and Memory Team services. The post is 0.8 WTE. It is an 8a post and we are in the position to recruit someone who already has the competence and experience relevant to an 8a position, or someone who meets the qualification, training and competence for a band 7 applied psychology post. In the case of the latter, we are able to offer a professional knowledge and skills based development programme that will provide you with the opportunity to acquire the appropriate skills, competencies and development to support you in the post. You will be joining a well established and highly motivated Older Adult Speciality for psychology services, working closely with other practitioner psychologists. The Older Adult speciality provides services into a number of physical and mental health settings, including Mental Health Services for Older People, and Medical Rehabilitation. The Speciality is part of a large and progressive Health Board wide Directorate of Psychology and Psychological Therapies. We encourage and support continued professional development and offer excellent opportunities for professional development, consultation and supervision The successful post-holder will help to provide a practitioner psychology service to the Young Onset Dementia team and to the community Memory Team service for Cardiff and the Vale. This post contributes to all parts of the dementia pathway and includes the provision of neuropsychological assessments for people presenting to the Memory Team with concerns about their cognition, through to post diagnostic psychological therapy and supporting care partners. Working collaboratively and closely with your MDT colleagues, as well as with people living with dementia and their care partners. The post holder will join a welcoming, innovative and enthusiastic group of psychology practitioners in the service. Value is placed on reflective practice and learning from one another and good links exist with the local DClinPsy training course. You will be encouraged and supported to join the local and national networks of psychology practitioners working with older people as well as dementia networks. A range of psychological models are valued and welcomed and we have practitioners with interests and expertise in both CBT and third wave approaches and in Narrative Therapy and Open Dialogue. In addition to direct clinical work, there will be opportunities for staff and MDT consultation and supervision, innovation, service/systems improvement work, staff skills training, research and audit and team formulations, with the support of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist. "}