Clinical Practitioner Psychologist in Abersychan inAbersychan PUBLISHED WED 4 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Clinical / Practitioner Psychologist to join our psychology service provision in the Gwent Regional My Support Team (MyST) Programme. It is a specialist mental health service for children and young people who are looked after by their local authority, typically in foster or residential care, or who have extensive involvement from children's social care. MyST is a based multi-agency partnership that involves the whole system in the care of its young people. It is a value based, relational model of community care, co-creating enabling environments that promote inclusion, involvement, a sense of belonging and agency, a culture of enquiry, openness, and a quality of safety for all.
This fulfilling job would best suit a candidate who:
Is passionate about working psychologically with young people, families and their whole systems.
Is highly motivated to support children looked after or on the edge of care.
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.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
You 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 team colleagues to provide the 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.
You 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. Within MyST, you will sit within a small team of friendly, nurturing and dynamic Psychologists, and you will work in a fantastic, dedicated MyST building, with excellent resources.
This post is being advertised as a Band 8A but we invite less experienced applicants to apply with a view to starting on Band 7 and to commit to a plan to develop into the Band 8A role.
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Requirements
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Benefits
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