Senior Clinical Psychologist

Senior Clinical Psychologist
Location:
Ty Aberdafen
Salary:
Band 8 £ 55,690 - £62,682 per annum DOE FTE
21 Hours per week

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We also have a range of residential and supported living services across the UK in which we deliver person centred support that enables life changing outcomes.

We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly enthusiastic about the jobs they do – you will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

Ty Aberdafen is located in the Avenue area of Llanelli. Llanelli is where east Wales meets west Wales. It is located on the Loughor Estuary, some 12 miles south-east of Carmarthen town.

We are within close distance to number of attractions. Millennium Coastal Path, which runs from Llanelli through Sandy Water Park, Burry Port to Pembrey Forest. The magnificent promenade with viewing platforms boasts stunning views of Carmarthen Bay and the Gower Peninsular. Pembrey Country Park where you will find more lovely coastal scenery, woodland wildlife trails and bike hire from the Ski Pembrey centre.

There is so much to see and visit in our area, and for people we support to be supported to explore even more.

To work as part of a multi/inter disciplinary team, providing clinical psychology and neuropsychology input within the Brainkind neurobehavioural model to service users with acquired brain injury. You will lead in ensuring the neurobehavioural model of rehabilitation is delivered through multi/inter disciplinary working. You will consult with internal and external professionals, family members and the People We Support. You will engage in relevant research and advise other professionals as appropriate.

• To provide specialist psychological assessment and neuropsychological assessment of adults with acquired brain injury referred to Brainkind and related services, utilising and interpreting information from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service user’s care.
• To complete pre-admission assessments, highly developing specialist, collaborative and holistic neurobehavioural formulations of an individual’s rehabilitation needs, including the development of SMART goals.
• To coordinate the People We Support care as appropriate and agreed with your supervisor, in the role of keyworker/clinical lead.
• To be responsible for relevant data collection on work activities, as required.
• To formulate and implement plans of highly specialist psychological and/or neuropsychological intervention to support the neurobehavioural rehabilitation of adults with acquired brain injury as part of the multi/inter disciplinary team, based on current evidence-based best practice.
• To elicit personal goals from service users and translate this to specific, measurable, achievable, relevant timed SMART goals with the team.
• To undertake a range of psychological therapeutic and rehabilitation interventions, drawing on a range of psychological models and employing a range of modalities (individual, family, group) adapted and tailored to the needs of the individual and the context and ongoing evaluation of the outcomes of the…