Practitioner Psychologist - INTERNALinAbersychaninAbersychanPUBLISHED FRI 21 MAR 2025

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Practitioner Psychologist to join our psychology service provision into the Gwent Regional My Support Team (MyST) Programme.

We will be advertising one at 37.5 and the other at 22.5 hours

MyST is an innovative mental health service for children and young people who are looked after and have complex mental health and social needs. Our focus is to enable children and young people and their adult networks to develop and succeed through a range of direct psychological work and a whole systems approach to care. MyST works to provide an intensively supported family and community-based alternative to tier four care provision for children and young people up to the age of 21. MyST also works with Local Authority children’s homes in Caerphilly to provide the best possible quality of residential care to children . The MyST works across a partnership of the five Local Authority areas of Gwent and ABUHB

This fulfilling job would best suit a candidate who -

• is passionate about working psychologically with young people, families and their whole systems.
• wants to contribute to a values driven approach.
• enjoys working innovatively.
• believes in using psychology to empower others to realise their potential.
• places relationships at the heart of their practice.
• wants to belong to working culture which cares for and supports practitioners and their development.
• and, wants to help bring about life changing shifts for children and families.
  
  

Main duties of the job

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

Practitioner Psychologist for MyST will contribute to the psychology service provision into the Regional Programme for children who are looked after and have complex mental health needs.

Our role is to enable our multidisciplinary MyST team colleagues to provide the best possible quality of psychological work to our service users. Our Psychologists do this by providing psychological assessment, formulation, clinical intervention planning, direct therapeutic work with children and families, consultation, clinical supervision, reflective practice, training, audit and research into the MyST Regional Programme.

The post holder will be a valued member of the Gwent Child & Family Psychology & Therapies Service, which is a thriving and supportive team with a wide variety of psychological service strands and specialisms. There is a caring and compassionate culture and a strong track record in developing and delivering excellent psychological services for children, their families and the professionals in systems which support them. Many of our psychologists are longstanding with our service, which supports continued professional development and values the wellbeing of our staff.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Honours degree in Psychology.
• Graduate status with BPS.
• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology accredited by the BPS, or equivalent accredited by the BPS.
• HCPC Registered
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Other related academic qualifications
• IT skills training
• A post graduate research degree
• Training in clinical supervision
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Doctorate training across a range of client groups but must include children.
• Significant experience of working in Child and Family Psychology Services.
• Has completed at least 10 training days per year on courses relevant to the provision of Child and Family Psychology and Therapies Service.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Post qualification work experience in a relevant clinical or care setting.
• Post qualification experience of working in Child Psychology specialising in working with children looke