Job summary
Band 7/8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
We are looking for a motivated, dynamic and creative clinical/counselling psychologist to join our team. Haringey Learning Disability Partnership is an integrated health and social care team supporting adults with learning disabilities and their networks. The post holder will join a small but supportive psychology team, as well as wider multi-disciplinary colleagues which include psychiatry, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, nursing, speech and language therapy and social care.
Work opportunities are extremely varied and include a mix of direct and indirect clinical work, teaching and training, consultation and support in service development. We have strong links with North Thames Clinical Psychology training courses with trainees regularly on placement with the team. The post holder can benefit from professional development opportunities both through North London Mental Health partnership and Haringey Local Authority.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a motivated, creative, and passionate Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join a specialist Learning Disability Service in Haringey. They will join a friendly and experienced multidisciplinary team.
Haringey Learning Disability Partnership (HLDP) meets the health and social care needs of adults with learning disabilities in Haringey. The applicant will have the opportunity to implement a variety of psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions to support people with learning disabilities and the team around them. HLDP places value on strength-based approaches and the post holder will have a key responsibility in promoting a trauma informed approach. There are opportunities to draw on different psychological frameworks and to develop skills in clinical leadership, providing supervision and delivery of teaching and training. This is a varied role and most suitable for a dynamic practitioner keen to challenge themselves and committed to collaborative working.
Our Psychology team is extremely supportive and the postholder will receive individual supervision. There are opportunities to access reflective practice facilitated by an external facilitator and multi-disciplinary supervision for complex cases drawing on PTMF. This is a development post, which offers the possibility of moving to a Band 8a upon achievement of the necessary skills, knowledge and competencies.
About us
The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
- We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
- Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
- Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
- Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
- We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
- Generous Annual Leave Allowance
- NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
- We have excellent internal staff network support groups.
The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts' values and cultural pillars:
- We are kind
- We are respectful
- We work together
- We keep things simple
- We empower
- We are proudly diverse
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to adults with learning disabilities of all ability levels, their service providers and carers within Haringey community. To provide specialist psychological assessment and interventions, as well as offering advice and consultation on service user psychological care to non-psychology colleagues and other non-professional carers. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To use research skills for audit, service development and research. To contribute to identifying key areas and priorities for psychology service provision.
Person Specification
Training and Qualification
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology.
- Registered as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council.
Desirable
Further training/qualification in Trauma Informed Care
Further training/qualification in Positive Behaviour Support
Further training/qualification in specialist assessment such as Autism
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users with a learning disability.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across a range presenting problems and clinical severity, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of Positive Behaviour Support as a way to work with behaviours of concern.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Skills in methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
OTHER
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to adults with learning disabilities of all ability levels, their service providers and carers within Haringey community. To provide specialist psychological assessment and interventions, as well as offering advice and consultation on service user psychological care to non-psychology colleagues and other non-professional carers. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To use research skills for audit, service development and research. To contribute to identifying key areas and priorities for psychology service provision.
Person Specification
Training and Qualification
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology.
- Registered as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council.
Desirable
Further training/qualification in Trauma Informed Care
Further training/qualification in Positive Behaviour Support
Further training/qualification in specialist assessment such as Autism
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users with a learning disability.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across a range presenting problems and clinical severity, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of Positive Behaviour Support as a way to work with behaviours of concern.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Skills in methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
OTHER
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
Desirable
- Further training in PBS
- Further training in Trauma Informed Care
- Further training in Autism Assessment
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience working with adults with learning disabilities
- Experience offering psychological assessment and evidence based interventions
- Experience of offering Positive Behaviour Support
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Experiencing of providing clinical supervision to junior colleagues
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Skills in delivering complex psychological assessment
- Skills in written and verbal communication of highly sensitive information
- Doctoral level knowledge of at least 2 evidence based psychological therapy approaches
- Doctoral level research skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
Desirable
- Further training in PBS
- Further training in Trauma Informed Care
- Further training in Autism Assessment
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience working with adults with learning disabilities
- Experience offering psychological assessment and evidence based interventions
- Experience of offering Positive Behaviour Support
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Experiencing of providing clinical supervision to junior colleagues
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Skills in delivering complex psychological assessment
- Skills in written and verbal communication of highly sensitive information
- Doctoral level knowledge of at least 2 evidence based psychological therapy approaches
- Doctoral level research skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
Haringey Learning Disability Partnership
4th Floor 48 Station Road
Wood Green
N22 7TY
Employer's website
http://www.beh-mht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
