Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

1.To provide individual or group therapy sessions, in line with evidence-based practice including NICE guideline recommended treatment for PTSD to survivors of torture and organised violence. To ensure that regular reviews, risk assessments and outcome measures are undertaken. To maintain appropriate clinical records of assessments, clinical work/group interventions and keep the FfT client database updated at all times.

2.To assess the service users needs and create an appropriate, jointly agreed treatment plan which is reviewed regularly with the service user and in collaboration with the clinical team. To offer a range of psychotherapeutic interventions based on client need and in line with the evidence base.

3.To manage an appropriate caseload, ensuring that regular reviews, risk assessments and outcome measures are undertaken.

4.To work holistically in support of clients care, ensuring appropriate onward internal and external referrals are undertaken to address client needs

5.To provide clinical evidence in the form of reports and clinical letters to the standard required by the Clinical Letters Team

6.To offer clinical supervision to trainees and to volunteer therapists and paid staff as appropriate.

7.To provide indirect work such as fundraising activity, advocacy and training in support of clients.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified in a relevant discipline e.g. Counselling Psychology or Clinical Psychology.
• Accredited by and Member of a relevant professional body (BACP, UKCP, BABCP, HCPC)

Desirable

• Training or teaching qualification
• Qualification in clinical supervision

Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing psychological therapy in a multi-cultural setting.
• Experience of providing psychological therapy to survivors of torture and organised violence.
• Experience of providing psychological therapy to traumatised individuals, with a range of tools to manage psychological trauma
• Knowledge of relevant mental health law and including the Mental Health Act and other relevant safeguarding legislation
• Knowledge of at least one evidence-based approach to trauma therapy including trauma focused CBT, NET and EMDR sufficient to be able to deploy this model clinically under supervision

Desirable

• An understanding of the experience of refugees and people seeking asylum, both in terms of pre-flight experience and the experience of living in exile.
• Experience of working with community language interpreters in a psychological therapy setting.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to psychological therapists.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Freedom From Torture

Address

111 Isledon Rd

London

N7 7JW

Employer's website

https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/ (Opens in a new tab)