Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinical or counselling psychologist with experience of working with adults with Learning Disabilities at Islington Learning Disability Partnership (ILDP).

ILDP is a forward thinking, fully integrated health and social care team whose dedicated staff and service providers were awarded the Camden & Islington Team of the Year (2021). We are a well-resourced service and are passionate about delivering high quality support to adults with global learning disabilities and their networks. We are a multidisciplinary team (MDT) consisting of psychiatry, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, speech & language therapy and physiotherapy and we pride ourselves on our high levels of collaboration, working alongside social work and the Community Support Outreach teams.

Our MDT has a reputation for being friendly, inclusive and sociable. We have regular celebrations within the office to mark a range of religious festivals, bring and share lunches and a monthly walking group. We are located in Islington beside the Arsenal and enjoy the benefits of our own building with many of our day provisions and residential services being a short walk away.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work within the vibrant and well-established psychological therapies team, which consists of clinical psychologists, an Arts Therapist, trainee psychologists and honorary undergraduate psychology placement students.

The team provides skilled psychological assessments, including autism diagnostics and complex neuropsychology assessments, and psychosocial interventions including systemic, narrative, CBT, PBS and EMDR to adults with learning disabilities in Islington.

The successful applicant will contribute to carrying out autism assessments for people with learning disabilities, and work on our Behaviours of Concern, Mental Health and Dementia pathways. There will also be opportunities to contribute to service development work within the service (e.g. Anti-Racism Steering Group, Embedding Trauma Informed Care and Improving Women's Health) and with our partners, including offering training and consultation.

The successful candidate will be able to access the CPD programme provided by the trust's learning and development department, including systemic practice (Foundation Level 1), advanced CBT skills, and other specialist CPD opportunities that arise.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities

• To provide assessments for individuals referred to the Psychological Therapies team using appropriate methods, including interviews, observations, and formal assessment measures (including psychometric assessments).
• To formulate and provide psychological interventions for service-users, their families and care networks referred to the Psychological Therapies team, including those with multiple and complex presentations, mental health problems, Autism, ADHD, dementia and/or behaviours that challenge. This includes using a range of psychological interventions appropriate to the service (e.g. Positive Behaviour Support, CBT, behavioural approaches, systemic/family approaches, psychodynamic approaches, EMDR, etc.).
• To provide psychological advice, guidance and consultation to others and to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of service-users with complex health needs and/or high-risk presentations.
• To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of service-users.
• To liaise with other health and social care staff, from a range of agencies, in the care provided to people with GLD.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence.
• Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a clinical psychologist or a counselling psychologist (or registration at the time the post commences).
• Completion of pre- or post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training in areas of practice relevant to the post (e.g. Positive Behaviour Support).

Experience

• Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Experience working with adults with Global Learning Disabilities, or with a related client group (with clear transferrable skills).
• Experience of supervising others.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Skills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment (including psychometric assessments), intervention and management for the full range of problems presented by adults with Global Learning Disabilities, including behaviours that challenge.
• Well-developed knowledge in the areas of Global Learning Disabilities, mental health, Autism Spectrum Disorders, behaviours that challenge (including Positive Behaviour Support) and dementia.
• Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

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.

Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership

£54,320 to £60,981 a year per annum Inclu HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-CANDI-1264

Job locations

Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership