Turning Point is looking for an Part Time Practitioner Psychologist in Wiltshire
Part Time: 18.5 Hours Per Week / 2.5 Days Per Week
Location: Sailsbury, Trowbridge, Chippenham
“Newly Qualified Applications Considered”
At Turning Point we provide services across the whole country which delivers end to end drug and alcohol treatment and support, family services, housing advice and support for those in contact with the criminal justice system, needle exchange system, and custody outreach. We are a specialist in delivering whole treatment system approaches across cities and county areas, which has led to the reduction in people falling through gaps between services and delivers improved outcomes.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly skilled Practitioner Psychologist to join our successful team within Wiltshire. You will use your expertise to work within our core Substance Use service, and play a pivotal role in implementing the provision of trauma-informed psycho-social interventions. You will also offer psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions to people affected by substance use, and co-occurring mental ill-health. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic, creative and caring multi-disciplinary team.
You will offer clinical guidance, training and leadership to a team that delivers psycho-social interventions to both individuals and groups. You will use your skill to build on a range of innovative approaches with people who use substances and offer practical advice on trauma-informed evidence-based psychological interventions to colleagues as well as local agencies and organisations. We will also expect you to have a small caseload of service users with complex needs, providing specialist psychological assessments and therapies.
Further, you will contribute to the strategic direction and development of the service as a whole. This will include building strong professional links with other statutory and voluntary service providers and using your expertise to put relevant support and education structures in place. You will also explore ways to continuously improve our services and integrate wider issues - housing, employment and finances, for example – into the overall treatment process. You will be invited to work with our national team of Clinical, Counselling and Forensic Psychologists to develop psychological and psycho-social approaches used across services, and to pursue a therapeutic specialism that fits with service needs.
Along with up to date registration through the Health and Social Professions Council (HCPC) as a Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist, you will need a doctorate in your professional specialism and proven ability to deliver psychological services. Your experience of leading and supervising clinical staff will ideally be supported by, experience of working with substance use service users, and experience of working with people who have been affected by domestic abuse. Formal training in supervision, whilst not essential, would be desirable. Excellent communication skills, adaptability and commitment to the Recovery Agenda, will all contribute to you becoming a vital member of our clinical leadership team.
We are able to consider final year trainees who are approaching registration within a preceptorship role.
Previous experiences of working with young people and supervising others in Psychological roles would desirable.
What Benefits Will I Receive?
We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
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