Job Description:

Clincail Psychologist - Autism and Learning Disabilities
Location - Home based but withtravel across multiple Schools and residentiual homes and School in the Warringotn and Cheshire area
Salary £60,000 - £65,000

At Bright Futures, we champion the potential of every person with autism and a learning disability, believing wholeheartedly in their ability to thrive and lead the most fulfilling lives. We’re looking for an experienced Clinical Psychologist to provide specialist psychological leadership across our care and education services for children and adults with autism, learning disabilities and complex needs. 

The Clinical Psychologist will provide specialist psychological leadership across Bright Futures’ care and education settings for children, young people, and adults with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs. 

What you'll bring

You’ll be a confident and compassionate Clinical Psychologist with experience of working with people with autism, learning disabilities and complex needs. You’ll bring strong expertise in trauma-informed practice, psychological formulation and evidence-based intervention, alongside the ability to influence, coach and inspire teams. 

You’ll have the opportunity to: 

• Lead the development of trauma-informed practice across care and education. Conducting specialist psychological assessments for children, young people, and adults with learning disabilities and autism.
   
• Develop evidence-based intervention plans tailored to individual needs.
   
• Clincial psychological assessment and intervention.
   
• Trauma-Informed Practice Leadership
   
• Lead the implementation and ongoing development of trauma-informed practice across all care and education services.
   
• Support teams to understand the impact of trauma, attachment difficulties, sensory processing differences, and adverse life experiences.
   
• Develop the confidence and capability of our teams through training, coaching and reflective practice.
   
• Work alongside our Specialist Support Team and wider multidisciplinary professionals. 
   
• Lead and contribute to the development of psychologically informed services. Develop systems for measuring outcomes and evaluating effectiveness of interventions.
   
• Champion best practice and service development and Governance quality improvement, clinical governance. 
   
• Work collaboratively with the Specialist Support Team; inclusive of PBS practitioners to develop evidence-based support strategies.
   
• Ensure psychological formulations inform behaviour support plans.
   
• Work closely with individuals, families, support teams, education colleagues, managers and our wider multidisciplinary teams to turn psychological principles into meaningful, everyday practice. 

Interview date: Tuesday 17th November  

The Company

At Bright Futures, we make a real difference in the lives of young people and adults with autism, special educational and complex needs. Through our dedicated and expert team, we deliver outstanding care and education.

We can’t promise that it will always be easy, but we can promise here at Bright Futures it will be worthwhile. You’ll be making a difference to the lives of the people we support, celebrating their achievements, and providing unwavering support during challenging times. The feedback from our people is that the good days will always outshine; especially with the backing and support of the whole team.

Benefits

30 days holiday plus bank holidays with increased holidays based on service
Simply Health Cashback - Save money at the Dentist, on prescriptions, eyecare, physio and wellbeing
Meals at work – Food for meal provided wherever you work!
Life Assurance x 2 annual salary
Referral Rewards – We use Care friends where you can earn points and get up to £2,000 for referring friends and family
Discounts – Access to Blue Light Card discounts
Salary sacrifice schemes  - Top up your pension through our Bright Futures Salary Exchange pension scheme.
Cycle to Work Scheme
Electric Vehicle car scheme
Wellbeing Support – Employee Assistance program
Training and Development