Clinical Psychologist; maternity cover

This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Clinical Psychologist within Oxfordshire County Council’s Children, Educational and Families (CEF) Directorate in a temporary role, providing maternity cover. Our Children’s Services work with vulnerable children, young people and families who are in or on the edge of the care system, and young people preparing for independence through the young persons supported accommodation (YPSA) services.

This role sits within our multi-disciplinary Clinical Team and provides support to the YPSA Service, alongside wider Social Care Statutory teams through consultation, reflective practice and both direct and indirect clinical work. The Clinical Team is led by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and has a strong ethos of creative, integrative and relational / trauma /attachment-informed psychological approaches.

You will be working as part of our Clinical Team providing Clinical support to the Young Persons Supported Accommodation (YPSA) service across Oxfordshire. The YPSA is an innovative service providing support to young people living in supported living accommodation. The young people have often experienced adverse childhood experiences and relational trauma, including young people who arrived in the United Kingdom as Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children.

This role will involve working alongside another Clinical Psychologist and an Assistant Psychologist, to provide support and psychological input for young people and the teams around them across the YPSA service. This role involves carrying out psychologically-informed assessments and referrals to mental health services for young people within the YPSA service. This post plays a key role in integrating psychologically-informed and evidence-based practice across the YPSA services, through the provision of clinical consultations with YPSA Teams, leaving care personal assistants and Social Workers, reflective practice groups, training and supporting the understanding of how mental health services function, and how to best work in partnership with these agencies.

The role also contributes to developing working relationships between local children’s and adult mental health services and Children’s Services teams.

The Clinical Team works closely with teams and agencies both inside and outside of OCC, and we are committed to improving the lives of young people and families across Oxfordshire. We welcome applicants with a range of interests in terms of psychological approaches and philosophies. The Clinical Team will support the post holder’s professional development through a culture of training, CPD / research opportunities and supervision.

• A comprehensive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Culture of flexible working
• Technology to support agile working where role permits.
• Up to 33 days holiday p.a. plus bank holidays.
• Option to ‘buy’ additional holiday
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to health and wellbeing support 24 x7.
• Range of family friendly policies.
• Childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, electric car scheme, range of staff discounts including travel, holidays, insurance, food, health & leisure activities.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities.

Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or on maternity or family leave.

We have a number of staff network groups which provide peer support, education and safe spaces for all.

• As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria…