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KM254640 - CAMHS Advanced Psychology Practitioner
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About NHS Grampian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
NHS Grampian CAMHS is an inclusive, values-based multi-disciplinary team including Clinical and Applied Psychology, Psychotherapy, Clinicians, Allied Health Professionals, Nursing, Psychiatry, Admin, Business, and Support staff. Our team ethos promotes patient-centred care, efficiency, and a culture that values, enables, and develops our staff.
About the Role
We are looking for warm, reflective, innovative individuals who want to make a difference to join us working with children, young people, their families, and wider systems. We are seeking individuals that share values that are important to us – being respectful, kind, curious, collaborative, efficient, forward-thinking, and trauma-informed – and those that embody these values in their day-to-day work.
NHS Grampian CAMHS provides a service for children and young people across the age range (0-18) and the systems around them across the Grampian region, with geographically based teams (City, Shire, and Moray) alongside a specialist CAMHS Hub. There are excellent opportunities for a wide range of clinical experience within CAMHS (1:1 work, family work, group work, specialist work streams, and consultation), in early intervention, contributing to departmental research/audit, taking part in local and national teaching/training, and being part of a dynamic service undergoing new developments at a challenging time nationally. Our treatment approaches are eclectic with multiple psychological modalities offered by different team members including schema-focused work, CBT, IPT, Systemic Family Therapy, FBT, ACT, EMDR, psychotherapy, play therapy, and pharmacotherapy.
We are part of the North of Scotland regional CAMHS Tier 4 network and alongside outpatient work, we work closely alongside the regional Dudhope Young People’s In-patient Unit. As well as having strong regional and national links, CAMHS works collaboratively with our local partner agencies across Grampian to continue to develop and foster local Tier 1 and 2 community mental health and wellbeing supports for children, young people, and their families. This post has dedicated Early Intervention team time incorporated into job plans.
Support and Development
Tailored and supportive line management alongside one-to-one, peer group, and multi-disciplinary supervision structures are in place to support professional reflection and growth. There is an established dynamic monthly CPD programme and a local CAMHS training group driving forward staff and team development. We host D.Clin.Psych, CYP MSC, and Psychological Interventions Assistant Trainees.
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Qualifications
An undergraduate Psychology degree and an MSc in Applied Psychology for Children and Young People are essential qualifications for this post.
Experience
Previous clinical experience of working in CAMHS/with children and adolescents is essential. Experience of working collaboratively with other professional groups and partner agencies is desirable, and demonstrable research/audit experience will be an advantage.
Location
Grampian, located in the North East of Scotland, has a population of over half a million. The scenery across the North East is enchanting and inspiring, from beautiful coasts to the Cairngorm Mountain range. The area offers both rural and urban-based leisure, cultural, and sporting activities to suit a range of interests. There is easy access to airports in both Aberdeen and Inverness. Grampian is a major centre of Education with two Universities, Aberdeen and Robert Gordon’s.
An attractive relocation allowance of up to £8,000 is available to successful candidates.
Contact Information
For further information, please contact: Dr Nicole Scherer-Dickson or Dr Rachael Smith (Consultant Clinical Psychologists), Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). Telephone 01224 550139 / gram.camhs@nhs.scot
Please note that we are also currently recruiting to a Band 6 Psychology Practitioner post and shortlisted candidates will be asked at interview if they wish to be considered for this post in addition to the Band 7 role.
Additional Information
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
For Candidates
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About NHS Grampian
NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Moray.
As a board, we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.
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