Job Description

Band 7 to Band 8a

Main area

CAMHS-LD team

Grade

Band 7 to Band 8a

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time Part time Flexible working
37.5 hours per week

Job ref

201-25-743

Site

Countywide Service

Town

Redruth

Salary

47,810 - 62,682 Per Annum / Pro Rata

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

27/10/2025 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care


Care based on what matters to people.*
Care provided at home or close to home.*
Improvement through learning, research and innovation.*
Prevention and alternatives to hospital.*

Great Organisation


Buildings that support health and wellbeing.*
Technology enabled care.*
Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.*
Safe, efficient, effective and productive.*

Great People


A place people love to work and feel valued.*
Living our values with staff (all voices count).*
Attract, grow and develop talent.*
Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.*

Great Partner


Encourage and enable effective partnerships.*
Joined-up community services.*
Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.*
Reduce our impact on the environment.*


At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Job overview

If you are passionate about working with children and young people with a Learning Disability who are experiencing poor mental health or emotional dysregulation, we would love to hear from you. We are a highly experienced team of community based clinicians, who love our work, love our team and the families we work with.



You'll be working Monday to Friday visiting young people and families in a variety of settings offering multi disciplinary assessment and interventions as part of agreed care options and interventions. you'll have the opportunity to get involved in our various research and audit projects, participate in team learning events, training as required and service developments.



We'll offer you robust clinical supervision including the opportunity to work with other professionals and share learning, appraisal and CPD for psychology. We have regular psychology meetings, and we are a super supportive team culture of compassion and respect.



In return, you'll need to bring experience from a similar role, lots of commitment, and enthusiasm, and of course, a sense of humour.

For further discussion about opportunities for a Band 7 to 8a developmental role, please contact Keri Lowes.

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Main duties of the job

A key member of the team leading a clinical psychologist community support service for children, young people with moderate to severe Learning Disabilities and their families across Cornwall. The post-holder will lead on community clinical work across their area within the CAMHS Learning Disabilities service.



With lead responsibility for assessment, formulation and intervention work for children and young people with moderate to severe Learning Disabilities and additional mental health needs, the post-holder will provide specialist support within the CAMHS Learning Disabilities services and locally, through consultation, to the CAMHS teams, and the partners and agencies we work with across the county.



A focus of the role is working with complex psychological problems and distress and delivering specialist individual and family psychological assessment, formulations and intervention. The post holder will provide and support regular supervision and consultation on children and young people's psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues. Working as a team and also autonomously to ensure psychology support is delivered within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.

Working for our organisation

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.





We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.



Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.





We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.





Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see 'supporting documents'.

Person specification

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Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

Essential criteria

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology Current HCPC registration Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the British Psychological Society (BPS)

Desirable criteria

Managerial or supervisory responsibilities #

Skills and Aptitude

Essential criteria

Skills in training preparation and delivery to a wide range of staff groups Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

Desirable criteria

Additional training in one or more specialised areas of psychological practice (e.g. Positive Behaviour Support, Learning Disability & Mental Health) #

Knowledge and Abilities

Essential criteria

Experience as a psychologist, working with children in either clinical or community settings Experience of working with young children with severe emotional/behavioural difficulties. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment, both as professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-agency care plan. Well developed skills in communicating effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients and families, carers and other professional colleagues. Knowledge of the Children and social Work Act 2017, Childrens Act 1989 (2004) Well developed skills in communicating effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients and families, carers and other professional colleagues.

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:


Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management Protected CPD time for registered staff Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff Leadership and Management development programmes Coaching and mentoring opportunities A full clinical induction programme for operational skills Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff Individual professional development programmes

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:


Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff Free DBS checks where required Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions NHS Pension Scheme Salary sacrifice car scheme Cycle to work scheme The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.



Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.



If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.



Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644