Service Based Principal Psychologist

You will work as part of multidisciplinary teams and your focus will be the excellent delivery of recommended specialised interventions. These form the primary Job Plan for all Psychology positions, contributing to supporting recovery and are detailed within our Job Descriptions.

This is a very exciting time for the organisation and Psychology within it, we will need you to see the bigger picture and support us to adapt our models to meet peoples needs. For you to bring your very best to this role you will need to be open-minded and willing to lead Psychology and Psychological Therapies to develop in this way.

You will be joining a brilliant national team of Psychologists and qualified counsellors; we also have a range of highly committed and passionate staff who deliver psychosocial interventions whether on a 1-1 basis or in groups. Regular clinical supervision will be from a Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist. Our teams are vibrant, diverse, and multidisciplinary you would be starting in a good place!

You will have the opportunity to work with your peers, engaging in formal and informal peer support, reflective practice, research and CPD opportunities.

If you are compassionate, authentic, inspiring and you want to make a difference, working in an environment where you can use your clinical skills and creativity to achieve the best for people, we would encourage you to read our job description.

Main duties of the job

Leadership

Assist in providing clinical leadership and strategic development

Provide professional leadership for all psychological professions within the service to ensure the best professional standards yield excellent outcomes

Demonstrate autonomy to act as a senior clinician within your professional expertise

Promote integrated health/care professional working

Nurture a positive and supportive team culture

Ensure high quality, timely, accessible evidence-based/evidence-informed services

Offer credible consultation, advice and training to other professionals at a high level of expertise

Ensure clinical practice is maintained according to registration requirements

Clinical Skills, Training and Research

Provide specialist consultation, training and clinical supervision to qualified psychologists, multidisciplinary professionals and non-clinical colleagues

Provide highly specialist assessment and evidence-based interventions with due regard to issues of cultural, racial, religious difference and sexual orientation

Undertake research, utilise theory, literature and research to support evidence-based practice.

Ensure the highest standard of clinical record and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with the British Psychological Society and charity policies and procedures.

Believe in people

At Change Grow Live, above all else we believe in people. It's the one thing that acts as a foundation for all our work.

If you use our services: we understand what you're going through. We won't judge. We believe you can make positive changes in your life.

If you work or volunteer for us: we believe in your potential. We believe you can do brilliant, life-changing work.

Our mission and vision

Our mission is to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

The vision we're working towards is to develop, deliver and share a whole person approach that changes society.

We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.