Assistant Clinical Psychologist Southampton, England
Job description
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We are looking for an Assistant Clinical Psychologist to work with the Intervention and Complex Assessment Services (ICAS) within Southampton’s Children’s Safeguarding Service.
ICAS includes teams working with families across a range of specialist areas and you will work under the team’s Clinical Psychologist who provides reflexive and case supervision across the teams as well as the component psychology role within the established FDAC offer.
As an Assistant Clinical Psychologist, you will carry out specialised psychometric assessments (including neuropsychological tests e.g., WAIS IV and WISC V) and self-report measures and rating scales, with children and/or parents, under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. You will be involved in supporting observations of children and families, assist in the organisation and co-facilitation of psychoeducation and therapeutic groups, and maintain the services clinical databases for evidence-based practice.
Ideally you will have experience of working directly with complex children and families’ systems, and some knowledge or experience of psychological therapy and interventions.
For further information about this role please view the job description.
If you feel you have the necessary background, experience and skills to undertake this role we would like to hear from you.
This vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received, therefore please apply as soon as you can.
Contact details for informal discussion:
For further information and details regarding the position please contact Dan Clark, Service Lead (Intervention and Complex Assessment Services) [email protected]
Additional information:
- This post requires an Enhanced DBS check.
- For any posts that require a DBS check, if you have lived outside the UK within the last 5 years, you will be required to provide a Certificate of Good Conduct or a police certificate from the country/countries you have resided in. Kindly note that this is at the expense of the candidate, as well as any costs involved for translating into English.
- Please note the salary quoted is based on full time hours (37 hours).
- 37 working hours per week
- Please note all adverts close to applications at 23.55pm on the specified closing date
To be considered for this post please submit an online application through our website: https://www.southampton.gov.uk/jobs/ or click on the 'Apply for this job' button below.
The supporting statement section of the application form must be completed. Unless there are specific criteria questions for you to evidence against, you will need to detail how you meet the essential, and if applicable the desirable criteria for the role. A CV on its own will not be considered.
Recruitment contact details: [email protected]
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