Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Clinical / Practitioner Psychologist to join our psychology service provision in the Gwent Regional My Support Team (MyST) Programme. It is a specialist mental health service for children and young people who are looked after by their local authority, typically in foster or residential care, or who have extensive involvement from children’s social care. MyST is a based multi-agency partnership that involves the whole system in the care of its young people. It is a value based, relational model of community care, co-creating enabling environments that promote inclusion, involvement, a sense of belonging and agency, a culture of enquiry, openness, and a quality of safety for all.

This fulfilling job would best suit a candidate who:

·         Is passionate about working psychologically with young people, families and their whole systems.

·         Is highly motivated to support children looked after or on the edge of care.

·         Wants to contribute to a values driven approach.

·         Enjoys working innovatively.

·         Believes in using psychology to empower others to realise their potential.

·         Places relationships at the heart of their practice.

·         Wants to belong to working culture which cares for and supports practitioners and their development.

·         And, wants to help bring about life changing shifts for children and families.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

You will contribute to the psychology service provision into the Regional Programme for children who are looked after and have complex mental health needs.

Our role is to enable our multidisciplinary  team colleagues to provide the  quality of psychological work to our service users. Our Psychologists do this by providing psychological assessment, formulation, clinical intervention planning, direct therapeutic work with children and families, consultation, clinical supervision, reflective practice, training, audit and research into the MyST Regional Programme. 

You will be a valued member of the Gwent Child & Family Psychology & Therapies Service, which is a thriving and supportive team with a wide variety of psychological service strands and specialisms. There is a caring and compassionate culture and a strong track record in developing and delivering excellent psychological services for children, their families and the professionals in systems which support them. Many of our psychologists are longstanding with our service, which supports continued professional development and values the wellbeing of our staff.  Within MyST, you will  sit within a small team of friendly, nurturing and dynamic Psychologists, and you will work in a fantastic, dedicated MyST building, with excellent resources.

This post is being advertised as a Band 8A but we invite less experienced applicants to apply with a view to starting on Band 7 and to commit to a plan to develop into the Band 8A role.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

This post is being advertised as a Band 8A but we invite less experienced applicants to apply with a view to starting on Band 7 and to commit to a plan to develop into the Band 8A role.