Consultant Psychologist Hillside Secure Children's Home

This is a secondment opportunity to cover the Clinical Lead for the Hillside Secure Children's Home clinical team's maternity leave, and applicants are invited who would be expecting to be appointed at either 8c or are working towards this level and could be appointed under Annex 21. The post holder will be employed by the Health Board and be nominally based in CAMHS while working in Hillside. They will be supported by the Head of Baby and Child Psychology in the Health Board and by the other Professional Leads in CAMHS. They will join a small clinical team comprising a full time 8a psychologist, an Assistant Psychologist, senior Family Therapist, Clinical Nurse Specialist, an OT and some sessions of consultant psychiatrist time., The CAMHS Hillside InReach Team is a specialist mental health provision embedded within Hillside Secure Children's Home (SCH), delivered by Swansea Bay University Health Board and commissioned by Hillside SCH. The service supports children and young people aged 10-18 presenting with complex mental health needs within a secure environment. Children frequently present with multiple adverse childhood experiences, developmental trauma, neurodevelopmental differences, and high levels of emotional and behavioural distress.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to progress their career through experience in a secure setting, working with children and young people, or gaining experience at a higher band., The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

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If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

£67,583 to £92,984 a year 8c (Annex 21 available) 75% of the top of 8c