Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist (PD Lead) - Adult Community Services inBraintree inBraintree PUBLISHED 11 DEC 2023

Band 7: £43,742 to £57,349 a year per annum  FIXED TERM 

For further details on the job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description and person specification documents in this advert.

We have a 0.4 WTE MATERNITY COVER vacancy for

a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/PD Lead. This post is on a fixed term contract until 14th March 2025. This position is part of adult community psychological services in Mid Essex. We welcome newly qualified applicants who can demonstrate the right skills and experience, and who can be initially appointed at a band 7.

We are looking for someone who has expertise in specific psychological interventions aimed at reducing risk and addressing emotional dysregulation, preferably Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or CBT for PD.

Adult community psychological services are integrated within multi-disciplinary teams covering a broad geographical area, with bases in Chelmsford and Braintree. You will be working alongside a variety of experienced professionals from different backgrounds. We focus on providing a variety of psychological interventions to service users with highly complex and severe presentations who are also under the care of community teams. The post-holder will be expected to have some knowledge in the delivery of one or more specialist evidence based psychological interventions (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or CBT for PD) and contribute to the management and running of these therapeutic programmes. We are looking for someone also skilled in multi-disciplinary treatment planning, who can form the premises of respectful and collegial relationships with members of various disciplines and rise to the challenges posed by working in large teams and across services.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within supportive MDTs and highly experienced clinical/counselling psychology and psychotherapy colleagues. We are looking for someone competent and experienced in delivering psychological assessments and interventions who is capable of assessing and managing clients and situations at high risk. Experience of offering consultations and developing clinical formulations is essential.

For further details on the job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description and person specification documents in this advert.

We have a 0.4 WTE MATERNITY COVER vacancy for

a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/PD Lead. This post is on a fixed term contract until 14th March 2025. This position is part of adult community psychological services in Mid Essex. We welcome newly qualified applicants who can demonstrate the right skills and experience, and who can be initially appointed at a band 7.

We are looking for someone who has expertise in specific psychological interventions aimed at reducing risk and addressing emotional dysregulation, preferably Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or CBT for PD.

Adult community psychological services are integrated within multi-disciplinary teams covering a broad geographical area, with bases in Chelmsford and Braintree. You will be working alongside a variety of experienced professionals from different backgrounds. We focus on providing a variety of psychological interventions to service users with highly complex and severe presentations who are also under the care of community teams. The post-holder will be expected to have some knowledge in the delivery of one or more specialist evidence based psychological interventions (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or CBT for PD) and contribute to the management and running of these therapeutic programmes. We are looking for someone also skilled in multi-disciplinary treatment planning, who can form the premises of respectful and collegial relationships with members of various disciplines and rise to the challenges posed by working in large teams and across services.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within supportive MDTs and highly experienced clinical/counselling psychology and psychotherapy colleagues. We are looking for someone competent and experienced in delivering psychological assessments and interventions who is capable of assessing and managing clients and situations at high risk. Experience of offering consultations and developing clinical formulations is essential.



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