Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in London seeks a Sub-Team Lead for the Learning Disabilities team, specializing in psychological care for children with learning disabilities. The role involves providing clinical leadership, developing care plans, and ensuring high-quality psychological assessments and therapies. Candidates should have relevant experience and skills in this area. Flexibility in hours as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing clinical psychology services to children with learning disabilities.
• Ability to co-lead a multidisciplinary team and provide clinical leadership.
• Skilled in psychological assessment and therapy.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level clinical leadership to the Learning Disabilities team.
• Develop person-centred care plans and creative activities.
• Deliver highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy.

Job description

Overview

The postholder will be co-lead of the multidisciplinary Learning Disabilities sub-team, embedded within the Harrow CAMH Service. The Learning Disabilities team delivers high-quality, evidence-based and effective psychological care to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities with co-occurring mental health and behavioural difficulties. The role also includes the provision of specialist psychological assessment, therapy, advice, and consultation on children and young people's psychological care. The postholder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. The postholder will utilise research skills for audit, policy, and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level clinical leadership to the Learning Disabilities (LD) team, working closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist co-lead.
• Develop opportunities to work with services involved with children and young people to co-produce creative activities and person-centred care plans.
• Embrace new ways of working to respond to the needs and aspirations of the children and young people served.
• Provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to children with learning disabilities and their families across all sectors of care, delivering highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy.
• Offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the team’s policies and procedures.
• Utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the service area.
• Provide supervision and training to others within Clinical Psychology and the CAMHS LD Team and external partners to the service, in work with the client group.
• Liaise and consult with other health care professionals both within and external to the team, including Paediatricians, Physiotherapists, OTs, Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists, Educational Psychologists, Specialist Teachers, Children's Social Care Workers, voluntary sector groups and others.

About us

The Harrow CAMH service is based at Ash Tree Clinic in South Harrow. The team is well established and is staffed by a large multi-disciplinary team of clinicians. We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children in the area using the whole range of therapeutic interventions, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, systemic and family therapies, psychotherapy, psychoeducation and therapy groups and multi-family work as well as Positive Behaviour Support. Harrow CAMHS consists of four main sub-teams: Emotional Disorders Team; Neurodevelopmental Team; Enhanced Treatment Team, and; Learning Disabilities Team. The post holder will hold the role of Sub-Team Lead for the Harrow CAMHS LD Team. The post holder may also be required to travel to other parts of the catchment area and/or wider service and trust as necessary, including working within the community (e.g., special schools).

The service operates Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00 with some flexibility to work extended hours to meet service need.