Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Trauma-informed practice. Leadership skills development. Connection with a supportive psychology community to make a real difference to people’s lives. If this is what you are looking for, would you like to join our innovative service supporting people experiencing alcohol/drug use and co-occurring difficulties? We have openings available for Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologists who can ensure the delivery of a high quality, accessible and inclusive psychological service.
Responsibility
We are looking for passionate and committed HCPC registered psychologists. You will work across the service for people with diverse needs and backgrounds receiving drug and alcohol treatment in Birmingham, providing specialist assessment, formulation, and integrative psychological interventions.
Our model emphasises physical, psychological, and emotional safety to help people to rebuild a sense of empowerment in their lives and in their communities. The post holder will work as part of a team to ensure that psychological perspectives are central to everyone’s thinking. They will support the empowerment of teams and individuals to increase knowledge, skills, and professional confidence around the needs of the people who access our services. Through consultancy, reflective practice, team formulation, training and clinical case management, the post holder will help the wider team create an innovative and effective trauma-informed service. They will also play a pivotal role in shaping and developing services moving forward.
Under the supervision of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, or a Principal Psychologist you will offer a range of evidence-based psychological and psychosocial interventions relevant to address the degree of complexity experienced within this population of people.
Our national Psychology Directorate provides connection, peer support, reflective practice and CPD. Regular clinical supervision will be from the Consultant Clinical Psychologist or a Principal Psychologist.
We embrace diversity, equality and inclusion as evidenced by our commitment to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills, and views. We strive to build and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is a way of being, not an initiative.
Our values are to be compassionate, open, and bold.
Does this sound like you? If so, please read the job description and person specification and we look forward to reading your application soon. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact
Dr Wai-Ling Bickerton, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email: wai-ling.bickerton@cgl.org.uk
Salary: £51,449.61 - £59,217.27
(pro rata)
CGL pay scale: 47 to 54 (equivalence with NHS AfC Band 8a)
Hours: 37.5 (1.0 wte) (will consider job shares)
Closing date: 12/5/2024 tbc
Interview date: 17/5/2024 tbc
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
Amendments: This description accurately reflects the present position; it may be amended and reviewed. Any change will be made following a proper period of consultation
Full time
Psychology
Nonprofit Organization Management Staffing and Recruiting Hospital & Health Care
Equality Diversity and Inclusion
At Change Grow Live, equality, diversity and inclusion means building a workforce representative of the communities we serve.
When you join us, you will become part of a charity that is working to become a sector leader for equality, diversity, and inclusion practice. You will make a genuine contribution to the quality of the services we provide.
We are proud to be one of Stonewall’s Top 100 most inclusive employers in Britain - we reached position 88 in the 2019 Stonewall equality list. We are also fully committed to supporting disabled people to work with us. We are a Disability Confident Committed workplace and are working towards becoming a Disability Confident Employer.
To ensure Change Grow Live is representative of those we support we particularly welcome applications from Disabled, BAME and LGBT+ candidates.
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