£7500 joining bonus!*

Role: Psychologist

Salary: £53,600

Location: Midlands

Driving licence and access to a car required

Bright Futures, Inspired By You.

At Horizon, we live up to our values, and we value our people. We are proud to be one of the most innovative providers of young people's residential care and education in the UK. Our success means that we are opening new residential homes and schools and making a difference for young people in a variety of new areas as well as continuing to support young people in our established services.

Horizon Care & Education are looking for 3 Clinical Psychologists to join our passionate team, delivering a comprehensive therapeutic service for children in our care.

What you'll get to do

Deliver evidence based therapeutic and psychologically led care which conforms to the standards outlined by the HCPC and BPS under supervision
Undertake comprehensive psychological assessments and write psychological reports for children and young people in the care of Horizon Care & Education
Develop, write and regularly review/update therapeutic care plans for children and young people in residential care and education
Manage a limited caseload for individual intervention, providing specialist psychological input to young people and teams in residential care and educational settings
Contribute to the development of a therapeutically informed service across education and residential teams.

What we're looking for from you

Experience of working with Children and Young People or relevant demonstrable transferable skills is essential
Post-doctoral knowledge of applied psychology including developmental lifespan psychology, models of psychopathology
Experiencing in the assessment and management of self-harm / risk / crisis management / safeguarding
Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
Practitioner doctorate or equivalent accepted by the British Psychological Society as qualifying the person to work as a clinical/ counselling/ forensic psychologist/relevant qualification to enable HCPC registration
Knowledge of Therapeutic practices
Experience of working with sensory strategies
A desire to support services through embedding therapeutic practice
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
Ability to work autonomously with the support from individual and peer supervision
Ability to role model behaviours and attitudes in line with organisational values
A sound understanding of Microsoft Office components, including knowledge of Excel, Teams and SharePoint
Full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle
Here are just some of the benefits of working for us:

Real Living Wage employer
Competitive pay rates
Christmas bonus
Blue Light Card
Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards - earn up to £2500 per referral!*
Financial wellbeing service
Life Assurance
Option to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave
Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development.
Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics
Employee assistance programme - free, confidential support via Bupa.
Community and wellbeing - Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. We're in this together.
Supportive management and senior leaders.
High quality CPD opportunities.
Free eye checks.
​If you would like to come and join us on our journey, changing the lives of the children and young people that we care for, then we would like you to get in touch with our recruitment team for an informal conversation! Email us in the first instance

Horizon Care and Education is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity.

This post is subject to satisfactory criminal records check and satisfactory references.

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