Senior Clinical Psychologist / MHP - Trafford CAMHS for Children in Care

This is a senior clinician post that sits within a well-established and innovative CAMH CIC service. Trafford CAMHS-CIC is a long-established service in partnership with Trafford Children's Services.

The service provides a specialist, targeted, city wide service to children and young people (0 - 18 years) who are cared for by Trafford Local Authority. There is extensive liaison, consultation and work with foster carers and professionals from Children's Services and all associated networks.

This is an experienced trauma informed team and consequently there are plenty of opportunities for CPD and learning as well as joint working opportunities. The post holder will offer assessment and intervention, specialist consultation, and staff training as part of this team.

The post holder will also provide clinical support into the Edge of Care pathway that sits within the Trafford CAMHS CIC Specification.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide a range of high-quality interventions appropriate to the child or young person's needs which will include mental state assessment, risk assessment and management, family and social assessment, consultation, evidence-based interventions.

The post holder will have a range of skills and knowledge base to deliver clinical aspects of the role in a multi-disciplinary team setting and will be competent to do this work as an autonomous practitioner within professional practice guidelines. This post entails teaching and supervisory duties to other professionals and junior staff and/or students and regular consultation to the wider children's service.

The post holder is also expected to promote and develop partnerships and interface with other professionals and agencies that work within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health THRIVE Framework.

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