(Part-time) Clinical Psychologist - Children & Young People

Are you a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist who wants to further develop your skills with neurodivergence in a friendly, supportive, and innovative team? Are you passionate about delivering quality assessments for Autism and ADHD using a neuro-affirming approach in the beautiful county of Buckinghamshire?

We're recruiting a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Bucks CAMHS team assessing for ADHD and autism. Please note this role is part-time, working 22.5 hours per week.

You will join a well-established, knowledgeable, friendly, kind, and neuro-affirmative multi-professional team. You will receive quality reflective supervision. You will use your skills to deliver quality assessments and influence service improvements. You will have opportunities to grow in your career, including developing your leadership skills and supervision of others, as well as continuing professional development and research opportunities. You will be a vital member of the team helping the system to understand the complete identity of the young person, including their neurodivergence, mental health, and developmental profile.

In this role, you'll be contributing to the assessment process for neurodivergent children and young people. We work closely with families to understand their child's needs both prior to and within the assessment experience. The team consists of multi-agency professionals who bring robust assessment and reflection to MDT and team meetings.

The service has recently moved through a new model and is now embedding this 1-day assessments model which supports families and clinicians in managing the assessment process.

Our values are: “Caring, safe, and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants, and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

The main duties of the job include:

• Carrying out comprehensive ADHD and Autism assessments
• ADOS assessments when training is completed, if needed
• Supporting team and service development
• Shared formulation
• Support and supervision of colleagues
• Multi-agency working

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification, and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.