**Job Title: Clinical Practitioner Psychologist**
**Location: Middleton Fells, Kirkby Lonsdale, with travel to other residential
settings in South Cumbria**
**Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum (pro rata), depending on experience - plus
£3000 Welcome Bonus and Relocation package £3000. (Relocation package
dependent agreed based on distance)**
**Contract: Permanent, Term Time only, part timefull time hours considered
(There may be scope for this role to be a full-time contract (52 weeks) if
this is your preference, please get in touch to discuss.)**
**Essential: Full UK Driving Licence and access to own vehicle required**
We’re looking for an experienced Psychologist to join our team who will
contribute to bespoke assessment and intervention plans for the adults we
support. This is a wide and varied role ideal for those looking for a new
challenge where you can truly have an impact on shaping services and driving
change.
**About the role**
The post is located within Middleton Fells, Kirkby Lonsdale and will involve
travelling to other residential homes within South Cumbria. You will be
joining a well-established clinical team to facilitate MDT working, consisting
of Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and an Assistant
Psychologist. The clinical work closely with the wider care team and this
enables positive and effective multi-disciplinary working across the staff
teams, in order to maximise clinical outcomes for the adults we support.
You will be working within the overall framework of the service policies and
procedures and within existing MDT and Clinical Governance structures to
support the services in future development and ensuring quality assurance.
Our clinical teams help to develop empowering environments where the adults we
support can flourish. Always putting them at the forefront of everything they
do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and the adults we
support are heard, respected and involved in decisions that affect them
wherever possible.
When it comes to looking after the people in our care, we strive for
excellence. With this in mind, we are looking for a Practitioner Psychologist
who shares our vision; to build incredible futures.
**Location: Middleton Fells, Kirkby Lonsdale**
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**About the Group**
Outcomes First Group is the largest independent provider of high-quality
education and special needs education and care. We have adult services
covering all of England and North Wales. We are a vital part of local
communities in England, Scotland and Wales with a renowned reputation for
quality and positive outcomes for the people we educate and care for.
We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially
certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.
Our divisional brands include Acorn Education and Options Autism.
For more information on the group please visit:
**Essential Criteria:**
* Post-graduate doctoral level qualification in Psychology (clinical, counselling, forensic)
* Registered with the HCPC and BPS
* Experience in supervising Assistant Psychologists
* Experience of working with children and adults who have an intellectual disability andor autism with additional needs (e.g. complex trauma, mental health needs, behaviours of concern)
* Ability to work collaboratively with a range of key partners
* Able to work sensitively with people and resolve conflict effectively
* Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the setting
* Substantial and relevant post-qualification experience with adults and children
* Experience of lecturingteachingtraining
* Full valid UK driving licence and access to a car
* Skills in the management of data are also important as the role includes collecting and analysing data to inform various pieces of service delivery, development and project work.
For further information on this role please refer the Job Description and
Person Specification attached. To discuss this role in more detail, please
contact: [recruitment@ofgl.co.uk](mailto:Sarah.Attwell@ofg.uk)
**What’s in it for you?**
You will be working with an ambitious and driven service that’s really going
places, supported by an exceptional team of likeminded individuals who are
keen to learn from you. This is an opportunity to enrich the lives of the
people we support and make a positive difference, in a role where you have
autonomy.
We offer a friendly and inclusive working environment where our people are
heard, respected and hugely valued. We want our employees to come to work with
energy, determination and most importantly we want them to be happy in their
work. We are well aware that it is our highly skilled teams that make Outcomes
First Group the success it is, and we want this to continue. This is why we
provide a range of benefits designed to support you, not just in your work
life but also on a personal level too. We want you to be the best you can be
and offer genuine opportunities for career development and progression.
**Benefits**
**Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional
reward package including:**
* Life Assurance
* Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
* “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
* Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
**And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits
Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you,
including:**
* A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
* 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
* Cycle to Work Schemes
* Electric Car Purchase Scheme
* Critical illness cover
**And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils people in our
services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the
knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives
of others.**
**At Outcomes First Group we are committed to the safeguarding and promoting
the welfare of our pupils and young people. All successful applicants will be
subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced
DBS**
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