We have an exciting opportunity to join our experienced and established team of Clinical Psychologists within our multidisciplinary Community CAMHS Team.
You must be a qualified and registered Clinical Psychologist and have experience working with children and young people, preferably within a community CAMHS service. Only Qualified and Registered Clinical Psychologists will be shortlisted.
Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon are thriving seaside towns within easy commuting distance of Bristol and Taunton, with convenient access to the M5 motorway. Weston-super-Mare is a growing, multicultural area offering numerous amenities, beautiful coastline, and the Mendip Hills. The location is ideal for those who enjoy an active outdoor lifestyle while remaining within easy reach of Bristol and Taunton. The area also boasts a number of outstanding Ofsted-rated schools.
The post holder will offer consultation, assessment, and treatment to young people with mental and emotional health difficulties, alongside their families. The team includes a senior psychologist who will support your professional development, as well as other professionals with a variety of skills and knowledge from diverse backgrounds. You should be passionate about working within a multi-professional team to meet the needs of young people.
As a service and team, we are keen to help you develop your areas of clinical interest.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may involve a range of different working patterns and hours. We do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Provide a psychology service to the designated team, including assessment and therapy for individuals and groups as appropriate.
Offer specialist consultancy to multidisciplinary teams and other agencies providing care for the client group.
Participate in generic team duties as agreed by the operational manager and Psychology Lead, according to the needs of the service.
Engage in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Psychology Service.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
