£7500 joining bonus!*
Role: Psychologist
Location: Wiltshire (Melksham and Salisbury)
Salary: £53,600, pro rata per annum
Hours: Part time, minimum 22.5 hours per week
Driving licence and access to a car required
Bright Futures, Inspired By You.
Horizon Care & Education are looking for a part time Clinical Psychologist to join us to deliver a comprehensive therapeutic service for children in our care in Salisbury and Melksham in Wiltshire.
This is a really exciting position, working with 4 new childrens homes, with one of our homes being an assessment home, where we work closely with the children to identify their individual needs.
What youll get to do
● Deliver evidence based therapeutic and psychologically led care which conforms to the standards outlined by the HCPC and BPS under supervision
● Undertake comprehensive psychological assessments and write psychological reports for children and young people in the care of Horizon Care & Education
● Develop, write and regularly reviewupdate therapeutic care plans for children and young people in residential care and education
● Manage a limited caseload for individual intervention, providing specialist psychological input to young people and teams in residential care and educational settings
● Contribute to the development of a therapeutically informed service across education and residential teams.
What were looking for from you
● Experience of working with Children and Young People or relevant demonstrable transferable skills is essential
● Post-doctoral knowledge of applied psychology including developmental lifespan psychology, models of psychopathology
● Previous experience working with children and young people that have experienced trauma and have complex needs
● Experiencing in the assessment and management of self-harm risk crisis management safeguarding
● Experience of teaching, training andor supervision.
● Practitioner doctorate or equivalent accepted by the British Psychological Society as qualifying the person to work as a clinical counselling forensic psychologistrelevant qualification to enable HCPC registration
● Knowledge of Therapeutic practices
● Experience of working with sensory strategies
● A desire to support services through embedding therapeutic practice
● Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
● Ability to work autonomously with the support from individual and peer supervision
● Ability to role model behaviours and attitudes in line with organisational values
● A sound understanding of Microsoft Office components, including knowledge of Excel, Teams and SharePoint
● Full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle
Here are just some of the benefits of working for us:
● Real Living Wage employer
● Competitive pay rates
● Christmas bonus
● Blue Light Card
● TasteCard - Discounts on the CInema, meals out and days out!
● MyActive and MyGym discounts
● Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards - earn up to £2500 per referral!*
● Financial wellbeing service
● Life Assurance
● Option to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave
● Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
● Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development.
● Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
● Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
● Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics
● Employee assistance programme - free, confidential support via Bupa.
● Community and wellbeing - Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. Were in this together.
● Supportive management and senior leaders.
● High quality CPD opportunities.
● Free eye checks.
Horizon Care and Education is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity.
This post is subject to satisfactory criminal records check and satisfactory references.