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Person specification

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), with current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC); OR Postgraduate Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy from an ACP-accredited training school, with current registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP).
• Evidence of additional specialist post-qualification training, research or advanced study conferring highly developed theoretical and practical knowledge in Parent Infant Mental Health (PIMH) and Under 5 services.
• Sufficient experience as a qualified PIMH psychological therapist, to develop the necessary competencies to fulfil the senior and specialist role as described.
• Experience of one or more areas of specialist PIMH psychological/psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment.
• Specialist managerial experience and training, including extensive supervision and management of PIMH clinical staff.
• Experience working within multi-agency and multi-disciplinary mental health services.
• Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of PIMH psychological approaches to the treatment of the users of PIMH services.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice with the users of PIMH services.
• Well developed, effective communication skills, both orally and in writing, enabling complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to be shared with clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues within the NHS and other agencies.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional bodies.
• An understanding of the needs of psychological therapists at all grades (pre and post-qualification).
• Ability to prioritise work, meet short deadlines and an unpredictable work pattern, which requires regular revision of plans.
• Ability to work at a high level of professional autonomy and responsibility.
• Ability to work and communicate highly sensitive, contentious information effectively in a highly emotive or hostile atmosphere, and to overcome barriers to acceptance/psychological resistance to potentially threatening information.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Ability to work towards goals agreed at individual appraisal with the SSCG Professional Lead for Psychology and the GM ICB PIMH Strategic Lead.
• Ability to work to professional practice guidelines of the appropriate professional body.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualifications in leadership, strategic management, service improvement or commissioning.
• Qualification in specific PIMH psychotherapy.
• Supervision qualification.
• Experience of leading a service.
• Experience of working with multi-cultural staff and local population.
• Experience of managing multi-professional teams.
• Experience of teaching, training, and supervision.
• Publication of pure and/or clinical research in peer reviewed journals.

Consultant Clinical Psychologist Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist

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Person specification