Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - CAMHS inAylesbury inAylesbury PUBLISHED SAT 11 JAN 2025

Are you a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist and passionate about working with children and young people, who wants to be able to work flexibly out in the community? Do you want to work in an organisation that values being caring, safe and excellent? Do you have the skills and knowledge to help us deliver mental health support to children with intellectual disabilities and their families in the beautiful county of Buckinghamshire?

Then this role is for you.

You will join a friendly and supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable multi-professional team. You will receive quality reflective supervision. You will use your skills to deliver quality assessments and interventions and influence service improvements. You will have opportunities grow in your career and continuing professional development. You will be a vital member of the team helping the system to understand the complete identity of the young person including their neurodivergence, mental health and developmental profile.

If you are recently qualified or qualifying soon please contact us to discuss the possibility of a Band 7 - 8a preceptorship.

This role is 0.8 WTE but there are opportunities to make this full time. If you are looking for a full time position please contact us.

• Lead on dynamic, holistic and evidence-based assessments to [tailor quality, evidence based psychological interventions for children with intellectual disabilities and their families
• Contribute to Multi-professional assessment and formulation of the needs of child and their family
• Work closely with families and the education and social care systems to empower them to help the child / young person to reach their potential
• To assess and manage risk with a specialist understanding of how neurodivergence and intellectual disability contributes and can complicate the presentation
• To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist psychology service to clients with complex mental health problems including severe, enduring and multiple disorders, and challenging behaviour.
• To offer consultation and supervision, and support the work of other service staff and psychology clinical team members providing psychologically based care and treatment, according to expertise.
• To provide training placements for Doctoral Trainee psychologists, a range of qualified and unqualified staff across mental health areas, as agreed.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
  
  

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Bailey Job title: Operational Lead Email address: Telephone number:

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.