A Vacancy at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.
We have a vacancy in our North Warwickshire Core Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (RISE).
We will consider offering these posts as development posts from a 7 – 8a, with a supported process of professional development. Third year trainees on the DClin are encouraged to apply.
This is an exciting time to join the RISE service and CWPT! There is extensive development within the psychological professionals workforce and involvement of psychological professionals in service development. We have been able to create new and exciting posts within the RISE service as a result and would love for you to join us in this journey!
The post holder will work within our evidence-based pathways to deliver clinically effective, young person focused services. Successful applicants will receive excellent support and opportunities for continuing professional development, training and therapeutic model accreditation, in line with service objectives. Clinical supervision is available on an individual basis as well as some group-based model supervision for those delivering specific interventions within the service (eg EMDR, CBT). Clinical leadership opportunities are actively encouraged and supported.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
We are looking for motivated and committed psychologists for these posts. We are able to offer flexibility in terms of working patterns, hours and location across Coventry & Warwickshire.
To successful candidates we can also offer :-
• Regular management supervision and appraisal
• Flexible working patterns and hours, which will include some virtual working
• Opportunities for creative specialised or shared roles
• Participation in reflective practice and complex case discussion groups
• Friendly experienced MDT settings
• Opportunities to contribute to service transformation and innovation eg home treatment team for eating disorders and specialist tailored mental health provision, such as for ARFID.
• Involvement in the development of the local DClinPsy training programme as well as opportunity to teach on the course
• Development of leadership skills through in-service experience and training
• A chance to be part of a service with a “Good” CQC rating
Please visit our CWRise website (https://cwrise.com/) for further information regarding our service model.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Apr 2024
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