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Assistant Psychologist - Learning Disability CAMHS - OxfordinOxfordinOxfordPUBLISHED SUN 24 DEC 2023

Band 4: £26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum/pro-rata  PERMANENT 
CASELOADHOLISTICMENTAL HEALTHMULTI-DISCIPLINARYNHS

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  • To support the assessment of children and young people with intellectual disabilities and mental health difficulties.
  • Hold a caseload of patients and to be supervised by a qualified clinical psychologist.
  • Multi-disciplinary team working with the entire Learning Disability Community Team to deliver holistic, evidence based, assessments and interventions
  • Deliver, under supervision, specific therapeutic interventions to meet the physical, emotional and psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of individuals and carers.
  • Contribute to the development and running of the Challenging Behaviour Treatment Pathway under supervision.
  • Undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.
  • Attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
  • Maintain the highest standard of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry andrecording, in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Societyand Trust policies and procedures.

Please see the job description and person specification in the documents section for further information about this role.

Are you passionate about working with children and young people, with an Intellectual Disability?

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 in the beautiful county of Oxfordshire?

If yes, then this role is for you.

We're a friendly and supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable community multi-professional team, where you will receive quality reflective supervision.

We'll need you to use your skills to support with quality assessments and interventions and influence service improvements. You will have opportunities to 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 intellectual disability, neurodivergence and mental health.

This vacancy may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

  • Support with holistic and evidence-based assessments and assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care.
  • Contribute to multi-professional assessment and formulation of the needs of child and young person.
  • Work closely with families and the education and social care systems to empower them to help the child / young person to achieve their goals.
  • Offer psychologically informed and evidence based interventions under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.


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