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An exciting opportunity has  arisen for an experienced psychologist to work in the Integrated Looked after Children's Team. As a specialist children’s service, NHFT’s Integrated Looked-after Children (LAC) Health Service works throughout Northamptonshire to support the emotional and physical wellbeing of children in care also known as looked after children. The Mental Health Team accept referrals from partnership agencies (including social care, education, and other health services) for children in the care of Northamptonshire’s Children Trust (NCT), as well as other local authorities. Our population of looked-after children residing within Northamptonshire is approximately 1200 children.  

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The post holder will be working in an integrated skill mix team that can include Specialist Mental Health Practitioners, Social Workers, and Clinical Psychologists and Specialist Looked after Children Nurses. 

The post holder will provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to clients of the Integrated LAC service through the provision of specialist psychological assessment and therapy. The post holder will offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to a range of stakeholders including non-psychologist colleagues (such as Social Workers, residential workers, education providers etc) and to other, non-professional carers (i.e. Foster Carers). The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams’ policies and procedures, and where appropriate utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development within the area served by the team/service.

As a senior clinician within the Mental Health Team, the post holder will be expected to display clinical leadership, inform the development of evidence-based practice to deliver high quality care and optimise service delivery, and offer advice and support to the wider team where required and indicated.

NHFT values staff development and the post holder will be supported with training and development to enable them to achieve their full potential in this role.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.