Lead Clinical Psychologist and CAP supervisor West CAMHS

Job overview

Would you be excited rather than daunted by taking a leading role in developing mental health services for Children and Young People in West Cornwall.

Tasked to provide clinical psychology leadership within the West CAMHS team in CFT, guiding and developing psychology’s contribution as part of a developing multidisciplinary Team for children. The post holder will contribute to the development of effective psychological care of designated multi-disciplinary teams.

Take a key role in leading, training, supervising and supporting a cohort of Clinical Associate Psychologists (CAPs). To take a role on behalf of CFT with the One Vision agenda specifically that focusing on developing an integrated model of service for children with experiences of trauma,
neurodevelopmental difficulties and whose difficulties with MH have become a barrier to education.

To represent Clinical Psychology and the psychological professions in meetings with the wider Community Mental Health services network, the rest of the Trust’s services and with other stakeholders.

To be responsible for a caseload of highly complex service users providing a highly specialist systemic clinical psychology service, including assessment, consultation and intervention. A key component of the post will be to provide consultation, support and where appropriate clinical & managerial supervision to other clinical psychologists (including trainees and assistant psychologists), psychological therapists and wider CAMHS staff.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to join our growing psychology team within Cornwall CAMHS and to supervise a group of Clinical Associate Psychologists across the West and develop and deliver specialist Clinical Psychology Services to children. The successful applicants’ time would be shared between supervision, leadership and direct clinical work.

It’s an exciting time to join our CAMHS team in Cornwall as thanks to new investment we have expanded many of our teams and services continue to grow and develop. We value clinical expertise and have a genuine commitment to compassionate leadership, career development and continued learning.

The CAMHS teams offer a range of services according to the THRIVE model (Tavistock) and specialist care pathways. The post involves offering assessment and intervention for our specialist ‘getting help’ and ‘getting more help’ pathways as well as consultation and support into our newly developed Early Help Network consultation meetings and risk support pathways. The post therefore offers a good balance between clinical work, supervision, consultation, leadership and service development. We are keen to support psychologists develop areas of specialist practice to support our most complex young people. Training and supervision in a range of interventions to deliver and support our NICE informed care pathways is supported and encouraged.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full information of the roles and responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
• Individual professional development programmes

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.

We are committed to diversity and equality of employment including the employment of current and former service users.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.