Working in Clinical Services

Benefits

Training and career progression

Our original founding members of the Clinical Services team are still with us today. This is not only because of the healthy empowering and collaborative team culture we create, but also the training and opportunities for progression. We enable our staff to develop and flourish in their roles; we recognise the need for growth and have supported progression to Senior Principal Psychologist grades. We have also supported others to become UKCP registered child psychotherapists. We also work closely with Universities that provide Doctorate Clinical Psychology training, to offer supervised placements to trainees.

At Five Rivers, we prioritise and discuss your personal development goals to ensure you’re getting the most out of your career. We offer the following opportunities to our Clinical Services colleagues: 

• Certification in a range of trainings related to trauma expertise for clinicians 
• Opportunities to be involved in research projects with leading universities and research centres 
• Two-day events are planned throughout year that focus on our growth, both as individuals and as a team 

“I have been working for the Assessment & Therapy team for 4 years and it has been the most supportive and contained working environment I have experienced since qualifying in 2005. I have had many opportunities for career development including training, clinical experience and research.”

– Alison Hodgetts, Senior Principal Psychologist

Leadership, support and supervision

Our team structure provides support and supervision by experts in the fields of assessment, formulation, interventions and consultancy. These supports are planned and predictable, and are complemented by informal, easily accessible contact with the senior leadership team. 

We place a significant focus on ensuring we maintain a healthy positive culture within the group. All members of the Assessment & Therapy team are empowered to be creative and to bring their ideas to the table. We are progressive in that we have a safe learning culture, which is all about growing and developing, both as an individual and together as a team.  

Meet the team

Why Five Rivers?

• On-going training and learning: Our Learning and Development team are committed to sourcing and delivering up to date, high quality training opportunities. We continually look at new learning initiatives to make sure we’re providing the best continuing professional development we can. We also prioritise and discuss your personal development goals to ensure you’re getting the most out of your career. 
• Simplyhealth Cashback scheme: You will automatically be enrolled in the Simply Health Cash Plan scheme, which means you can claim back the cost of your everyday healthcare appointments. The membership also offers free, immediate access to a 24/7 GP telephone helpline. 
• Employee discount scheme: Access to the Blue Light discount card, which gives you two years of access to more than 15,000 discounts from large national retailers to local businesses across categories such as holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones, and more.
• Employee assistance programme: We know how demanding our lives can be and that life isn’t always plain sailing, so we take great care in supporting and caring for you. You will automatically have access to free, confidential, 24/7 counselling. 
• Long service and recognition scheme: We appreciate the invaluable contribution our employees make, so we recognise and reward loyal service. Our recognition scheme provides additional holiday entitlement for length of service and financial recognition for ten years and above. 
• Annual leave allowance: Our generous annual leave allowance increases with your length of service. 
• Employee referral scheme: We know how important it is to have the right workforce, and we’re confident your network includes professionals who could bring expertise and experience to our work. We offer financial rewards to staff for successful appointments from your network. 
• We have an enhanced maternity policy: In addition, mothers with a year’s service can choose to return to work on a part-time basis for three months, while being paid their previous full-time pay.