Job summary
This post offers the opportunity to work with a variety of clients at Step 2 and Step 3 whilst attached to several teams within South London & Maudsley NHS Trust, Southwark. You will be supported to use your skills to work with complex presentations from a trauma-informed and 3rd wave CBT perspective. You will be involved in liaising with multi-disciplinary team professionals to provide best care to service users and you will work closely with P&P colleagues to consider the best ways to provide high quality services. Candidates with Schema Therapy and/or EMDR training are particularly welcome as models that are promoted within the department.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist / CBT Therapist / Psychotherapist to provide assessments and psychological therapy for people with presentations of mood, anxiety and personality disorder in the Primary Care Mental Health (PCMHT) Psychology & Psychotherapy (P&P) Team Step 2 and Step 3 service.
Part of the role will be supporting CMHT colleagues in decision making around therapy referrals to PCMHT, and in delivering psychologically-informed care-plans.
A passion to consider the impact of a client's cultural context is essential and working in Southwark will provide the opportunity to use your passion in your work with racial and ethnic diversity, along with the important differences that exist in other aspects of a holistic assessment of a person. We welcome applicants with experience in working with a diverse population and a desire to reach out to under-represented groups.
About us
The Psychology Service is a small friendly team committed to ensuring an ethical, evidence-based therapy service, collaborative working with colleagues and creative sharing of professional development. Whilst recognising the severity and chronicity of many presentations we work with, we are committed to a culture that values the use of goal-oriented, time-limited and focused interventions where we work with the client using trauma-informed, goal-oriented interventions. We are keen to support and develop trauma-informed care and schema-informed practice within our service and in the wider mental health teams we work with.
The Psychology Department has links with University College London and the Institute of Psychiatry providing placements for their trainee psychologists and CAPs and MHWP, as well as with a number of universities who we have counselling psychology trainees from.
We sit within a larger Step 3 Psychology & Psychotherapy (P&P) Service that includes Clinical/Counselling psychologists, CBT practitioners, Psychotherapists, Psychologists in training, Clinical Associates in Psychology and a Mental Health and Well Being Practitioner. There are a range of therapeutic modalities in this service eg CAT, Family Therapy and Psychodynamic and we have a number of shared meetings and close relationships with our colleagues, affording opportunity for P&P to think together on creative and active ways to harness our energy and address the issues required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full job des
The Psychology Service is a small friendly team committed to ensuring an ethical and evidence-based therapy service to our clients, and collaborative working with our colleagues, creative sharing of professional development. Whilst recognising the severity and chronicity of many of the presentations we work with, we are also committed to a culture that values the use of goal-oriented, time-limited and focused interventions where we work together with the client using trauma-informed, goal-oriented interventions. We are keen to support and develop trauma-informed care and schema-informed practice within our immediate service and within the wider mental health teams we work with.
As a Psychology Department we have links with University College London and the Institute of Psychiatry providing placements for their trainee psychologists and Clinical Associate Psychologists and Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners, as well as with a number of universities who we have counselling psychology trainees from.
We sit within a larger Step 3 Psychology & Psychotherapy (P&P) Service that includes Clinical/Counselling psychologists, CBT practitioners, Psychotherapists, Psychologists in training, Clinical Associates in Psychology and a Mental Health and Well Being Practitioner. There are a range of different therapeutic modalities within this service eg CAT, Family Therapy and Psychodynamic and we have a number of shared meetings and close relationships with our colleagues, affording the opportunity for P&P to think together on creative and active ways to harness our energy and address the issues required.
We have good relationships with the multi disciplinary teams we work with.
cription and person specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full job des
The Psychology Service is a small friendly team committed to ensuring an ethical and evidence-based therapy service to our clients, and collaborative working with our colleagues, creative sharing of professional development. Whilst recognising the severity and chronicity of many of the presentations we work with, we are also committed to a culture that values the use of goal-oriented, time-limited and focused interventions where we work together with the client using trauma-informed, goal-oriented interventions. We are keen to support and develop trauma-informed care and schema-informed practice within our immediate service and within the wider mental health teams we work with.
As a Psychology Department we have links with University College London and the Institute of Psychiatry providing placements for their trainee psychologists and Clinical Associate Psychologists and Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners, as well as with a number of universities who we have counselling psychology trainees from.
We sit within a larger Step 3 Psychology & Psychotherapy (P&P) Service that includes Clinical/Counselling psychologists, CBT practitioners, Psychotherapists, Psychologists in training, Clinical Associates in Psychology and a Mental Health and Well Being Practitioner. There are a range of different therapeutic modalities within this service eg CAT, Family Therapy and Psychodynamic and we have a number of shared meetings and close relationships with our colleagues, affording the opportunity for P&P to think together on creative and active ways to harness our energy and address the issues required.
We have good relationships with the multi disciplinary teams we work with.
cription and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oQualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training or equivalent) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration (A/I)
- oRegistered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, or with UKCP /BABCP or equivalent for CBT Therapist / Adult Psychotherapist (A/I)
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs
- oExperience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in an adult mental health secondary care mood, anxiety, trauma and personality service.
- oExperience 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
- oExperience of developing and carrying out research projects
Desirable
- Experience of schema therapy/ EMDR therapy
Knowledge
Essential
- oTheoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment (structured CBT/CBT-based trauma-informed therapy for complex presentations including personality disorder).
- oKnowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics.
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities
- oDoctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis
- oKnowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.
Skills
Essential
- oTo 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 information
- oTo plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews.
- oTo plan allocation of tasks to assistant psychologists.
- oTo be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials.
- oWell-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oQualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training or equivalent) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration (A/I)
- oRegistered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, or with UKCP /BABCP or equivalent for CBT Therapist / Adult Psychotherapist (A/I)
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs
- oExperience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in an adult mental health secondary care mood, anxiety, trauma and personality service.
- oExperience 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
- oExperience of developing and carrying out research projects
Desirable
- Experience of schema therapy/ EMDR therapy
Knowledge
Essential
- oTheoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment (structured CBT/CBT-based trauma-informed therapy for complex presentations including personality disorder).
- oKnowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics.
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities
- oDoctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis
- oKnowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.
Skills
Essential
- oTo 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 information
- oTo plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews.
- oTo plan allocation of tasks to assistant psychologists.
- oTo be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials.
- oWell-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
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).
