- Principal Clinical / Counselling Psychologist - Vanguard VRP Canterbury
- NELFT NHS Foundation Trust in Canterbury, , United Kingdom
- jobs
- 1 week ago
jobs description
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Leading, developing, implementing and evaluating the clinical model for the Vanguard Violence Reduction Project (VRP
• Building capacity in partnership community organisations through delivery of training, workshops and reflective practice group
• Sharing specialist health and child development knowledge with non-health professionals and para-professionals and ensure this knowledge guides practice
• Joining other professionals and community workers in direct work with young people to facilitate trauma-informed mental health formulations and access to statutory services as needed
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
• Post-graduate doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology
• Professional registration with the appropriate body (e.g. HCPC)
Training
Essential criteria
• Additional specialist post-graduate training relevant to the population (e.g. CBTp, CBT for PTSD, CAT, DBT, MBT, substance misuse, Motivational Interviewing etc) Additional specialist training in trauma focussed interventions (e.g. Narrative Exposure Therapy, EMDR, Substance misuse, trauma...)
Experience
Essential criteria
• Experience of working with adolescents and families where there are high levels of risk and complexity.
• Substantial post qualification experience of supervising other staff. psychologists and other professions.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with working with safeguarding issues, issues concerning forensic risk and highly complex mental health problems.
• Experience of working in a multicultural context
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
• JD and pers spec (PDF, 509.4KB)
• NELFT Application - Hints and Tips (PDF, 38.4KB)
Canterbury United Kingdom