Person Specification Essential Desirable Qualifications and Training An upper second class honours Further post graduate degree or higher in psychology. training in relevant areas Entitlement to graduate of professional membership of the British psychology, mental health Psychological Society practice and/or research design and analysis. Experience Work with children with mental Experience of paid work in health problems and/or direct care provision. disabilities. Experience of working Experience working with trauma or within an Education or understanding of Trauma models. Social Care setting. High standard of report writing. Experience of working Experience in analysing data and with care leavers. providing statistical analysis of Experience of clinically collected data. relevant research or audit. Experience working with Looked After Children. Experience developing and delivering training to other professionals. Knowledge High level communication skills An understanding of (written and verbal) including an children’s social care, ability to communicate and work in including care leaver settings in which the atmosphere provision. may be highly emotive. Experience using Ability to communicate sensitive microcomputers for information to young people and databases or family, carers and colleagues in a for example way that addresses psychological SPSS for Windows. resistance. Experience of working An understanding of the needs alongside independent and difficulties of young people evaluators. with mental/emotional health problems or other disabilities. An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health and social care context An understanding of psychology applied to health care. Ability to use Excel and develop reports. Personal Qualities An ability to interact effectively An interest in working with with staff from all disciplines. young people with An ability to interact with young emotional/ mental health people with emotional/ mental problems or other health problems. An ability to be disabilities. sensitive to young people’s needs
Person Specification Essential Desirable Qualifications and Training An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis. Experience Work with children with mental health problems and/or disabilities. Experience working with trauma or understanding of Trauma models. High standard of report writing. Experience in analysing data and providing statistical analysis of collected data. Experience working with Looked After Children. Experience developing and delivering training to other professionals. Experience of paid work in direct care provision. Experience of working within an Education or Social Care setting. Experience of working with care leavers. Experience of clinically relevant research or audit. Knowledge High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive. Ability to communicate sensitive information to young people and family, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance. An understanding of the needs and difficulties of young people with mental/emotional health problems or other disabilities. An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health and social care context An understanding of psychology applied to health care. Ability to use Excel and develop reports. An understanding of children’s social care, including care leaver provision. Experience using microcomputers for databases or for example SPSS for Windows. Experience of working alongside independent evaluators. Personal Qualities An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with young people with emotional/ mental health problems. An ability to be sensitive to young people’s needs An interest in working with young people with emotional/ mental health problems or other disabilities.
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