Peterborough City Council Children’s Services is looking for a dynamic and innovative individual to be the lead Psychologist for Peterborough’s new Clinical Service.
This new and exciting opportunity will see the successful candidate have responsibility for a number of key priorities, including:
· To support and enhance the professional psychological care of young people and their
families and carers with identified needs, within Peterborough. Providing psychological
expertise, advice, guidance and support to children’s social care professionals within
Peterborough City Council (PCC) in respect of looked after children (LAC), their carers and wider stakeholders, specifically centred on CYP’s mental health and emotional well-being.
· To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred by Children’s Services practitioners based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
· To evaluate and make decisions about intervention options, taking into account both
theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and
developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, carers or group.
· To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, psychological
formulation, intervention and discharge of clients, whilst managing and maintaining a caseload in line with service guidelines.
· To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation and intervention plans.
· To work in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory and primary care agencies as appropriate including members of other disciplines and agencies responsible for a client’s case.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment