At a Glance
- Tasks: Support children's emotional wellbeing through innovative psychological assessments and training.
- Company: Join a pioneering service within Belfast Health & Social Care Trust.
- Benefits: Flexible working hours, competitive pay, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Work in a dynamic, multidisciplinary team with excellent career development prospects.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of looked-after children across Northern Ireland.
- Qualifications: Must be HCPC registered with experience in child-focused services.
The predicted salary is between 28.48 - 28.48 £ per hour.
- Registered Practitioner Psychologist (Band 8a) (MP/MM) Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Registered Practitioner Psychologist (Band 8a)
Rate
£28.48 per hour
Location
To be confirmed, dependent on successful candidate (Belfast Health & Social Care Trust hosted service)
Hours
Full-Time, Part-Time, Compressed Hours and Flexible Working options considered
Contract
Temporary ongoing until 31 March 2027
About the Role
- We are seeking an experienced
- HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist to join the innovative
- Primary Children Looked After Advisory Service , a regional partnership between
- Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (BHSCT) and the
Education Authority .
This pioneering service supports children who are looked after by improving their emotional wellbeing, educational engagement and long-term outcomes through trauma-informed and attachment-focused approaches.
Working across schools, health and social care services, you will play a key role in supporting professionals and carers around the child rather than delivering direct therapeutic interventions.
The successful candidate will work autonomously within a multidisciplinary and inter-agency team, providing specialist psychological assessment, consultation, training and intervention planning to support children, school staff, carers and professional networks across Northern Ireland.
This is a hybrid role, using home as a base with travel to schools, meetings and partner agencies across designated Education Authority areas.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide specialist psychological assessments relating to the emotional wellbeing, attachment, trauma and developmental needs of Children Looked After.
- Formulate and support evidence-based intervention plans for children and their support networks.
- Deliver psychological consultation, advice and training to school staff, carers and partner agencies.
- Contribute specialist psychological perspectives at reviews, consultations and multidisciplinary meetings.
- Support schools in implementing trauma-informed and attachment-friendly practices.
- Manage an autonomous caseload and maintain high professional standards of practice.
- Undertake risk assessments and communicate psychological aspects of risk management to relevant professionals.
- Support and supervise Assistant, Associate or Trainee Psychologists where appropriate.
- Promote a formulation-based approach across the service.
- Lead and contribute to service development, evaluation, clinical audit and research activities.
- Work collaboratively with Health & Social Care Trusts, Education Authority colleagues and wider professional networks.
- Contribute to the ongoing development and regional rollout of the Primary Children Looked After Advisory Service.
Applicants must possess
- An Honours Degree in Psychology (or equivalent) conferring eligibility for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
- A Postgraduate Doctorate (or equivalent qualification) accredited by the BPS and qualifying the individual to practise as an HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist.
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Post-qualification experience working therapeutically within a child-focused service, such as CAMHS, Looked After Children Services or related settings.
- Experience undertaking specialist psychological assessments and interventions across a range of care settings.
- Experience working within a consultative model of practice.
- A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use.
- Experience working with Children Looked After and their support networks.
- Experience working in multidisciplinary and inter‑agency environments.
- Experience of therapeutic practice across diverse cultural contexts.
- Evidence of reflective practice and commitment to continuous professional development.
- Experience in clinical research, service evaluation and service development initiatives.
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