Horizon Care and Education Group Job Description
JOB TITLE:
Clinical Psychologist
RESPONSIBLE TO:
Clinical Director
PROFILE:
The purpose of the role is to assume the position of Clinical
Psychologist within the Psychological Therapies team. The post holder will have responsibility for delivering highly specialist psychological assessment, intervention and therapeutic support to the children & young people in Horizon care; providing highly specialist psychological consultation and training to residential and education staff.
The post holder will be responsible for delivering psychological services to homes in a specific geographical area and to be flexible in travelling to other locations where required. They will also contribute to the development of ‘therapeutically lead’ care/services across the organisation. The post holder role will also be responsible for supervising other staff within the Psychological therapies team.

Horizon Care and Education Group Job Description
September 2015
MAIN DUTIES
Core Responsibilities
To undertake comprehensive psychological assessments and write psychological reports for children and young people in the care of Horizon care and education.
To develop, write and regularly review/update therapeutic care plans for children and young people in residential care.
To develop and contribute to the delivery of therapeutic and psychological training to all staff in the organisation.
To deliver psychological/therapeutic interventions to Children and Young people where appropriate.
To use outcome and evaluation tools to measure the effectiveness of services and to report this data back to the Lead Clinical Psychologist.
To manage a limited caseload of individual clients, providing specialist psychological input to young people and their carer’s in residential care and educational settings.
To contribute to the development of a ‘therapeutically driven’ service across education and residential teams.
To deliver and manage clinical services to Horizon care homes and schools in an agreed geographical patch.
To offer clinical supervision to other Clinical Psychologists and other Clinical staff members.
To deliver evidence based therapeutic and psychologically lead care which conforms to the standards outlined by the HCPC and BPS.
Clinical Responsibilities
To be responsible for the provision of specialised psychological services at various levels of intervention to clients within Horizon care.
To engage flexibly with children/young people and staff to promote constructive working relationships.
To provide support, guidance and knowledge to staff to develop therapeutically informed relationships with young people and to develop appropriate behaviour management and care plan strategies.
To provide highly specialist psychological consultation to staff teams to enable them to improve their understanding of the psychological and emotional well- being and needs of the children/young people in Horizon care.
To support the work of staff working with children/young people through psychological consultation and supervision.

Horizon Care and Education Group Job Description
To liaise with Social Services, CAMHS, Schools, Child Protection, General
Practitioners, other NHS services and other staff where appropriate in the provision of services to children/young people.
To produce comprehensive Psychological assessments and other reports as required (using psychometric tests and neuro-psychological assessment where necessary).
Where appropriate, to undertake assessments using a range of psychological tools and measures and produce reports as required.
Organisational
To organise and attend regular team meetings and CPD days with other colleagues.
To positively engage with both clinical and line management supervision.
To maintain open and straightforward communication with colleagues and provide information within the time and format required.
To provide regular feedback to the Psychological Therapies team regarding
Clinical service delivery.
To provide a psychological/therapeutic perspective in the development of organisational strategies and decisions.
Administration
To maintain proper clinical records and provide statistical returns as required.
To be involved in monitoring and evaluation of the psychology service within the organisation.
To maintain expenses and other organisational records as required.
To maintain confidentiality for and with clients (individual and organisational).
Research
To undertake research in areas relevant to clinical work and organisational development is encouraged and may be undertaken in collaboration with other professionals, where appropriate. To be agreed and authorised by the Executive team.
General
The post holder will be required to -

Horizon Care and Education Group Job Description
1.
Ensure that Horizon care’s policy on equality of opportunity is promoted through his / her own actions and those of any staff for whom he / she has responsibility.
2.
Co-­­operate fully with the implementation of Health and Safety arrangements, reporting any accidents/incidents/equipment defects to his/her manager, and maintaining a clean, uncluttered and safe environment for patients/clients, members of the public and staff.
3.
Adhere at all times to all Horizon care policies/codes of conduct, including for example:
1.
Smoke Free policy
2.
I.T Security Policy and Code of Conduct
3.
Standards of attendance, appearance and behaviour
4.
Safeguarding
4.
All employees of Horizon care are legally responsible for all records held, created or used as part of their employment including clients, corporate and administrative records whether paper based or electronic and also including emails. All such records are public records and are accessible to the general public, with limited exception, under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the Data Protection Act 1998.
5.
Take responsibility for his/her own ongoing learning and development, including full participation in clinical and line management supervision and appraisals, in order to maximise his/her potential and continue to meet the demands of the post.
6.
Represent Horizon care’s commitment to providing the highest possible standard of service to patients/clients and members of the public, by treating all those with whom he/she comes into contact in the course of work, in a pleasant, courteous and respectful manner.
7.
Understand that this post may evolve over time and that this Job
Description will therefore be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the role may be assigned from time to time.
8.
It is a standard condition that all Horizon care staff may be required to serve at any location within the assigned region, as needs of the service demand.
The above is not meant to be an exhaustive list but a summary of the important elements of the role.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
It is the nature of the work of Horizon Care and Education that tasks and responsibilities are, in many circumstances unpredictable and varied. All employees are therefore, expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises so that tasks which are not specifically

Horizon Care and Education Group Job Description covered in the job description have to be undertaken. These additional duties will normally be to cover unforeseen circumstances or changes in work. If the additional responsibility or task becomes a regular of frequent part of the member of staff’s job, it will be included in the job description in consultation with the member of staff.
Horizon Care and Education is committed to quality, equality and valuing diversity.