Lead Psychologist

Location

Newmarket, Suffolk | United Kingdom

Job description

Role: Clinical/ Forensic Psychologist
Salary: Competitive

Hours: Full time, will consider part time applications
Location: Cambian Merida

Are you an ambitious clinical psychologist looking for a new challenge, career development and a competitive salary?

The Cambian Group, the UK’s largest provider of specialist services in education, mental health rehabilitation, and learning disabilities, is looking for a dedicated, caring individual to join the company as a psychologist. Cambian Merida is a new service and will consists of five Registered children’s homes, one being a two bedded high dependency provision operating 52 weeks of the year alongside on-site educational support.

Job Role

To take a lead role in the development of the psychology service for Merida, a Specialist Mental Health Residential Service for CYP. Merida specialises in caring for CYP who have ongoing mental health needs and challenging behaviours that may prevent them from functioning within the wider community without ongoing support. The clinical psychologist will be part of a wider MDT, including psychiatrist, Mental Health Practitioner, Occupational Therapist, education and care staff team.

Candidate Profile

To be successful in this role you will be excited by the Cambian vision and values and will relish an opportunity to make a difference. You will need to be a clear communicator, well-organised, confident and capable of managing a complex caseload in a demanding environment. Experience of supervising others and providing training to multi-disciplinary staff is required.

Successful candidates will have to meet the person specification in order to be offered this post. Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks. Cambian is an equal opportunities employer.

Note:

Successful candidates will need to meet the person specification in order to be offered this post.

Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care.

All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks. Cambian is an equal opportunities employer.

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Salary

£75k per annum