Specialist Clinical/Counselling/Practitioner Psychologist

Specialist Clinical/Counselling/Practitioner Psychologist
Employer
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Location
London
Salary
£51,488 to £57,802 per annum inclusive of HCAs
Closing date
2 Jun 2024
Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist/Specialist Practitioner Psychologist or Psychotherapist,Band 7, full time permanent postWe are looking for a someone to join our friendly community service for adults with Learning Disabilities. You will need to be a qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, or Practitioner Psychologist/Psychotherapist with specialist skills, knowledge and experience required for the role, including neuropsychological assessment. We would welcome applications from current final year trainees, looking to start in Autumn 2023You would be joining a friendly and well-established department of up to 20 Psychologists and Behavioural Support Practitioners, working in three Inner London boroughs, each borough led by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist. There are a range of opportunities for support and supervision from both Senior, Lead and Consultant Clinical Psychologists, many of whom have worked in the team since being newly-qualified themselves. We are a core placement for Trainee Clinical Psychologists, who are an important and valued part of our departmentYou will be working within the Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Service (MHLD), a specialist community service for adults with learning disabilities, covering the London boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham, working with adults who have additional mental health difficulties and/or behaviour that challenges, and their support networks.Main duties of the jobYou will based in the Lewisham borough team, coordinated by a Team Leader, working jointly with Psychiatry and CPN colleagues. The team is co-located with the local CTLD and works in close partnership them as well as social care colleagues, with psychological and behavioural interventions delivered as part of a multidisciplinary care plan.You will be expected to work directly and indirectly with people with learning disabilities, families, paid carers and support networks to provide a range of high quality, collaborative and person-centred psychological assessments and interventions. We are looking for someone who is compassionate and creative, with a commitment to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities who have additional mental health needs and/or behaviours that challenge, and their families.Across the three boroughs, we offer a range of psychological assessments and interventions for people with learning disabilities and their networks, delivered individually and in groups, face to face and online. We have developed expertise in specialist areas, for example, Systemic and Open Dialogue approaches, Cognitive Analytic Therapy and Positive Behaviour Support and Behavioural Analysis, and you will be invited to make use of regular supervision and special interest groups as part of your development.About usWe are committed to learning from the people and the local population we serve, and contribute to Trust-wide initiatives to develop anti-racist practice, promote race equity, improve local service provision and a develop a more representative workforce. As a newly qualified Psychologist, you would have weekly supervision and have a range of opportunities available to help develop your clinical, leadership and supervision skills as part of your continuing professional developmentWe have close links with the Doctorate of Clinical Psychology courses at IOPPN and Salomons, providing core placements and teaching on the academic programmes, as well as with Estia Centre, a specialist training and research arm of the service to enhance skills of local service providers. This means you will have opportunities to develop your teaching and training skills to a range of staff and trainees in the region.We are part of a Clinical Academic Group (CAG) within Kings Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre, which means there are opportunities to further develop your research skills and interests, to help improve physical and mental health care for people with learning disabilities. There are also opportunities to work with Trust colleagues to offer training and consultation to our adult mental health teams to help improve access for people with mild learning disabilities, and opportunities to work closely with ND-CAMHS as part of our transition pathwaysJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesFor full details of the job description and person specification for this post please see the attached document. When applying for the post please be sure to demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria in your personal statement.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialEntry-level qualification in applied psychological therapy/mental health/social welfare profession and demonstrable practice in this field (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level/supervised practice/additional training) that has been accepted for the purposes of professional registrationRegistered with professional body as appropriate to discipline HCPC/APC/BPC/UKCP/BACP/BABCP/ADMP-UK.ExperienceEssentialExperience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature seen within the speciality of learning disabilities.Experience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needsExperience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience.Experience of developing and carrying out research, audit or service evaluation projects.DesirableLived experience of mental health or learning disabilities challenges.KnowledgeEssentialTheoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment of adults with learning disabilities who have additional mental health needs, psychological distress or challenging behaviourKnowledge of psychological assessment, therapy and clinical psychometrics.Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalitiesKnowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for people with learning disabilitiesKnowledge of racial and other diversity issues and factors affecting access to mental health careTo deliver psychological/psychotherapeutic therapy across cultural and other differences.SkillsEssentialTo communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of informationTo be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials.Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groupsConsultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups and sensitively managing, a number of people's needs simultaneously within the context of therapeutic work/consultation.To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, including neuropsychological assessments, formulation and interventions, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sourcesAbilitiesEssentialAbility to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team rolesAbility to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriateAbility to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviourAbility to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetingsEmployer detailsEmployer nameSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation TrustAddressFirst Floor, Old Town HallCatford RoadLondonSE6 4RUAny attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.334-CLI-6016154-A Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.
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