Clinical Psychologist | Provide CIC

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Psychologist to join our Community Paediatric Service, to work alongside a team consisting of Community Paediatricians, a dedicated Speech and Language Therapist, a Learning Disabilities Nurse and Clinic Assistants to develop our Autism pathway. The post holder must share our passion and commitment to work with children with suspected autism to improve their access to a timely assessment.

The post holder will be involved in the planning, implementation and feedback following a multidisciplinary neurodevelopmental assessment for children and young adults.

We pride ourselves on the quality of the service that we offer and place importance on supporting all our staff to deliver excellence. As well as a clinical caseload, the post holder will have the opportunity to become involved in-service planning and development, research, teaching and training. You will receive regular supervision and the service is committed to CPD. The post is based in Mid Essex, but the ability to travel independently between locations.

This post would suit someone with UK professional registration and at least 2 years post qualification experience, someone who loves working as part of a team and alongside multidisciplinary colleagues. Ideally, we are looking for someone with experience of working with this service user group in any care setting, or someone who has transferable skills.

We welcome informal enquiries and visits.

To provide psychological assessments of clients referred to the service for Autism diagnosis based upon appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, semi structured interviews with the child/ young person, family members and others involved in the child’s / young person’s care, psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-reports measures, rating scales and direct & indirect structured observations.

Provide expert advice and information to the Community Paediatric Service, linking with Social Care, Education and other agencies to promote inclusion.

To promote health and wellbeing by tackling inequalities.

About Provide

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise)delivering a broad range of health and social care services in the community and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. We work from a variety of community settings, such as three community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults.

Why work for Provide

Provide is a highly respected award winning health and social care provider. We are growing in size and influence, transforming lives by treating, caring and educating people.

We recognise the value of recruiting a diverse, multi-cultural workforce by encouraging diversity through our recruitment practice. We believe in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care. We expect our staff to uphold our values at all times which are Care, Innovation and Compassion.#

This post is eligible for the NHS pension

To contribute to the planning and organisation of Autism Diagnostic clinics

To undertake assessment and diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorders using the ADOS -2 & 3DI /ADI-R tools

To work with colleagues within the Community Paediatric service to jointly carry out the Autism diagnosis clinic.

To write comprehensive reports following assessment with clear recommendations of what the child & young person needs

In partnership with colleagues, deliver the outcome of Autism assessments to the child & young person and their parents/ guardians in a sensitive manner.

This advert closes on Monday 11 Jul 2022