Senior Psychologist in Newark on Trent

At YMCA Robin Hood Group, we provide warm, loving, Ofsted registered homes across the East Midlands and Yorkshire where the children in our care receive the therapeutic care they need to heal and thrive. As a not-for-profit organisation, children are always our priority. Our unique, trauma-informed, therapeutic care model sets us apart, putting well-being before profit every time.

We are seeking a Senior Psychologist to join our in-house team. You will be instrumental in ensuring the children in our care receive the highest level of support but also support our staff by delivering training and supervision to ensure their well-being and growth.

We are looking for a passionate, values-led Senior Psychologist to join our children's residential care service, to provide a high-quality therapeutic and psychological service to children in our homes. Due to the unique nature of our work, this role would suit someone from an education, counselling or forensic psychology background. The primary purpose of this role will be to promote the mental health, safety and wellbeing of children in our care.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Supporting our teams to recognise and address the needs of children in our care through consultation, reflective practice, training and development.
• Providing therapeutic support to young people where appropriate.
• Leading on a pilot project with a local secondary school to support young people with their mental health and wellbeing.

Our Clinical Services team works relentlessly to provide looked-after children the therapeutic care they need to recover, grow and thrive. We work with compassion and dedication to create and deliver nurturing clinical care, with homes, environments and support that enable children to build connections, discover their strengths and shape their own futures.

We also extend our services across the organisation and with local partners to support the overall wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. We recognise each child as an individual, with their own interests, challenges and ways of understanding the world. Our department meets children where they are and provides the psychologically informed care that they need to grow their capabilities and engage and contribute to the world around them.

If you are driven by the empowerment of children who have faced significant trauma and are committed to unlocking their development and wellbeing, this is where your work can make a life-changing impact.

Responsibilities:

• Managing and developing clinical services in therapeutic children's residential care.
• Ensuring high-quality assessments, therapy and therapeutic care of children in our care.
• Delivering the schools wellbeing programme and other therapeutic programs aligned to YMCA RHG's objectives.
• People management responsibility for the psychologists and therapists in the Clinical Services team.
• Leading the development of effective clinical governance within the YMCA RHG.
• Providing operational management to the clinical services team.
• Maintaining, developing, and nurturing the current therapeutic and psychological services.
• Raising the profile of YMCA RHG Residential Services and Clinical Services among the wider community.
• Facilitating a culture of learning throughout the services.

Qualifications:

• Doctorate (or equivalent) in Clinical Psychology / Counselling Psychology / Forensic Psychology.
• Post-Doctorate training and development in specific modalities such as CBT, DBT, DDP, PACE, EMDR etc.
• Registered / accredited with a professional body e.g. HCPC.
• Full driving licence and willingness to drive Association vehicles.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service.