Are you ready to apply for a unique opportunity where you can really make a difference to the lives of children? Job Type: Full time, permanent contract, Monday to Friday 9am-5pm The Role: We have an exciting and unique opportunity for the role of Consultant Clinical Psychologist to join our team here at Associated Wellbeing to oversee the psychological needs of children in our homes. It is an exciting time to join Associated Wellbeing as we are an ever-growing company who is expanding its portfolio of residential homes for children, which in turn brings new and exciting opportunities for our workforce. We work with children aged 8 - 17 who have complex trauma, and/or additional social, emotional and mental health needs. Our referrals come from various sources, predominantly Children's Social Care and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. The Clinical Psychologist will play a part in identifying, providing and promoting appropriate means of support to the clinical team. Why choose to work for us? •Associated Wellbeing is a mental health service for young people that blends psychological, psychotherapeutic and psychosocial support with pharmacological treatment. •A very rewarding role in the sense that you are able to see the progress of the children you are supporting. •You will be supported by our experienced management team and wider multi-disciplinary team. •Competitive salary depending on experience and qualifications. •Plenty of training and development opportunities. •DBS/ update service fee paid by us. Our ideal candidate: •Post-graduate doctoral level training (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, or counselling psychology, as accredited by the BPS. •Training should include specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro-psychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. •HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist: Clinical Psychologist. •Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity around mental health concerns across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse. •Experience of delivering evidence-based treatment using a range of modalities in a number of cultural contexts. •Experience of teaching, training and / or supervision. •Supervised experience of evidence-based treatment in relation to children with mental health concerns. •Empathetic to people and kind •Good communication skills •A desire to genuinely help other people and make a difference •Honesty and integrity •Kind, caring and compassionate Key responsibilities: •To join the multi-disciplinary Service in the delivery of mental health care to children and young people and their families, including involvement in the multi-disciplinary assessment pathway. •To manage a small team of DBT therapists. •To provide specialist psychological and / or mental health input to children and young people and their families/carers. •To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy. •To offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to colleagues from all disciplines and to individuals external to us working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. •To support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other professionals and to offer supervision as agreed per job plan. Please note the company is not able to offer sponsorship or relocation assistance for this role so candidates must already possess the right to live and work in the UK to be considered.