Thank you for your interest in working at St Mary s School & College.

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1 Psychologist Cover Letter- Website Pack - July July 2018 Dear Sir/Madam Re: Psychologist Thank you for your interest in working at St Mary s School & College. s part of our safer recruitment process we require a completed application form and a recruitment monitoring form. ll the relevant forms and documents necessary to apply for this role are available on the vacancies page on our website Your application should include a personal statement. Your personal statement should be used to tell us how you think your skills and attributes equip you for the post, with particular reference to the job description and person specification which is attached to this letter. Please focus on your transferable skills. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and epects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. ll successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check on appointment and at three yearly intervals thereafter. Copies of our policies relating to Safeguarding and the Recruitment of E-Offenders are also available on the website for information. You may be required to undertake an assessment as part of the interview process. The closing date for applications is Thursday 2 nd ugust Yours sincerely Emma Tucker Gould Human Resources Officer

2 St Mary s Job Description TTLE: Psychologist CCOUNTBLE TO: Head of Therapy, Health and Wellbeing 1. PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: To work as a member of the Therapy Health and Wellbeing Team providing a high quality, specialist applied psychology service to pupils, their families or carers. n addition, to support psychological practice within the school through consultation, supervision, formulation and training. To utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the team. nterventions should be child centred and evidence based and aim to reduce barriers to communication and learning and to enable pupils to participate in daily life as successfully as possible. 2. RESPONSBLTES: Within the contet of St Mary s Mission Statement and its ims and Objectives, this post includes the following key responsibilities: To play a major role in: a) Providing a highly specialist psychology service to pupils, their families and staff in line with best, evidence based practice. b) Being responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload. c) Eercising autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment and provision of interventions for pupils. d) Managing and supervising assistant psychologists and trainee psychologists. e) Providing consultation and advice about psychological issues to other members of the organisation working with the pupil. f) Working autonomously within professional guidelines. g) Contributing to service developments under the supervision of the Head of Therapy, Health and Wellbeing. h) Utilising research skills to undertake evaluation, audit and research, as appropriate, and disseminate the results within the school. i) Providing psychologically informed knowledge to support the proposal, implementation and dissemination of policy and practice changes within the school. Clinical Responsibility 1. To carry out specialist psychological assessments of pupils based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of comple psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with pupils, family members and staff, in order to reach a psychological formulation of the pupil s barriers to learning. 2. To formulate and implement psychological interventions based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the pupil s needs, and to practice within the contet of evidence based approaches and the overall therapeutic approach of the school.

3 3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for pupils, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different eplanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. 4. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professional contributing directly to a pupil s intervention plan. 5. To ensure that all members of the Wellbeing Team have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding and care of the pupils, through the provision of advice and consultation for the dissemination of psychological research and theory. 6. To undertake risk assessment, formulation and management for individual pupils and to provide advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment, formulation and management, in order to contribute to effective and therapeutic management of risk. 7. To attend multi-disciplinary reviews. 8. To communicate information concerning the assessment, formulation of interventions in a skilled and sensitive manner in order to promote effective multi-disciplinary working and therapeutic outcomes for the pupils. 9. To promote and participate in multi-disciplinary team-working, development and liaison. 10. To promote actively, pupil involvement in care planning and service development. 11. To write reports reflecting the level of knowledge required for the post, and which meet departmental and tribunal standards. 12. To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate. 13. To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and St Mary s Staff Code of Conduct. Education and Development Responsibility 1. To receive and provide regular clinical professional supervision. 2. To engage in Continued Professional Development in line with a professional development plan and in keeping with service needs. 3. To provide professional and clinical supervision of assistant psychologists and trainee applied psychologists. 4. To provide epert advice and consultation to staff. 5. To deliver or assist in the delivery of training/education for families and school staff to support their understanding of psychologically based frameworks and treatment approaches. 6. To be aware of changing trends in treatment and promote evidence based practice work. 7. To assist with the organisation and delivery of courses and in-service training programmes. 8. To take responsibility for identifying suitable courses and training programmes to enhance your own professional development, keeping abreast of new developments within relevant fields. 9. To be actively involved in own supervision and peer support. Management and Leadership Responsibility including human resources, financial and other resources 1. To participate in identifying and implementing the development of a high quality, responsible and accessible service, in consultation with the Head of Therapy, Health and Wellbeing. 2. To contribute psychological knowledge and epertise to policy and service development. 3. To participate in the management of the psychological resources available to the team in the form of psychological materials used in the assessment and interventions with the pupils.

4 4. To participate, as appropriate, in staff recruitment for assistant and trainee applied psychologists. 5. To provide effective leadership and management to the Wellbeing Team and promote high performance standards both individually and as a team, in the achievement of the school s objectives and priorities. Managers will be epected to: Understand the school s key priorities and those of your department and translate these into key priorities for the Wellbeing Team. Ensure clarity and effectiveness in the developing and designing of roles. Ensure management of staff is consistent with the school s HR policies. Complete annual appraisals for the Wellbeing Team which reflect these priorities and ensure staff have access to appropriate training and development. Communicate regularly through meetings with the Wellbeing Team and provide opportunity for two-way feedback. Promote an effective team ethos. Promote equality, diversity and rights, and treat others with dignity and respect ensuring services are developed, managed and delivered to meet specific needs linked to protected characteristics. 6. To keep the Lead Therapists and Head of Therapy, Health and Wellbeing up-to-date with service provision issues and report any untoward incidences clinical or non-clinical, promptly, co-operating with any investigation undertaken. 7. To actively review efficacy of service delivery and facilitate setting up of new standards, or amend eisting ones, in close liaison with the team. 8. To develop good working relationships with multi-disciplinary teams, parents outside agencies and voluntary agencies to ensure that professionalism and service delivery are maintained. 9. To work alongside the Lead Therapists to develop and promote the wellbeing service at St Mary s. Responsibility for Research and Development 1. To contribute and take a lead in the setting, monitoring and evaluation of standards and policies. 2. To be involved in wellbeing and departmental clinical audits as required. General 1. To ensure HCPC registration is maintained, complying with Continuing Professional Development requirements to maintain registration. 2. To ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal, and where appropriate, eternal CPD training and development programmes. 3. To participate fully in the school s performance review and personal development planning process on an annual basis. 4. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping, report writing and the responsible eercise of clinical self-governance in accordance with the professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society, Healthcare Professionals Council and school procedures. 5. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to SEN and mental health. 6. To work within agreed school policies and guidelines including adult and child protection guidelines and including health and safety regulations and policies. 7. To use T skills at a high level of competence in order to maintain effective communication systems within the service. 8. To receive instruction from and carry out any other duties as reasonably requested/delegated by the Head of Therapy, Health and Wellbeing.

5 This Job Description sets out the duties of the post at the time it was drawn up. Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot of themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and epects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. ll successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check on appointment and at three yearly intervals.

6 St Mary s Person Specification TTLE: Psychologist KEY: = PPLCTON, = NTERVEW, R= REFERENCE Qualifications Post-graduate Masters or doctoral level training in applied psychology Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) registration Essential () Desirable () Membership of relevant Clinical Ecellence Networks Eperience Eperience of specialist psychological working / (assessment, formulation and intervention) with a wide variety of client groups, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems Masters level knowledge of research design and methodology Eperience of offering teaching, training and/or supervision Eperience of representing psychology within a multidisciplinary team / Eperience in the use of relevant assessments and treatment approaches and practices, including the use of standardised assessments Eperience of assessment for placement within a school environment Eperience of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) / Evidence of effective multi-disciplinary and multi-agency work Eperience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contets and eperience of working within a multicultural framework Eperience in teaching and training others, using a variety of media / Eperience of managing a small team / Eperience of working with a paediatric caseload / Eperience of working in a school environment Eperience of representing at tribunals Eperience of providing consultation and advice Eperience of delivering specialist training Knowledge Knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions underpinned by evidence based practice Specialist knowledge and understanding of typical child development Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to children and young people with SEN

7 Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies Knowledge and awareness of relevant procedures and legal frameworks e.g. safeguarding children /R Skills bility to prioritise workload effectively Evidence of own self-development through appraisal, CPD and portfolio The ability to work autonomously and use initiative (seeking support as appropriate) Ecellent record keeping. Training in Sign Supported English (SSE), BSL Skilled in the use of comple methods of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention Skilled in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups Personal attributes Ecellent interpersonal skills /R ble to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team Well developed skills in the ability to communicate / effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information Ecellent analytical, problem solving and reflection skills Ecellent organisational and planning skills which show strong attention to detail Enthusiastic and committed to eliciting the best possible outcomes for pupils Willing to undertake out of hours and weekend work / Good humoured, positive in outlook and caring bility to maintain sustained concentration over considerable time and to be able to manage a number of competing work demands Good attendance and punctuality /R KEY : = PPLCTON, = NTERVEW, R= REFERENCE