A Vacancy at 306 North London NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you aspirational about the lives of people with learningdisabilities? Then joinEnfield Integrated Learning Disabilities Services (EILDS)!
The successful clinical or counselling psychologist must enjoy working in community settings, and have a commitment to evidence-based practice, service development, and client and carer participation.
Thepost holder would work in a variety of psychological approaches including systemic, trauma informed, DBT, CBT and positive behaviour support.
Strong engagement skills and the ability to work creatively with people and their families and complex multi-agency networks are essential.
EILDS is a thriving service of social workers, community nurses, OTs, SLTs, art therapists, physiotherapists, psychiatrists, and specialist employment service, psychologists, and administrators. We work closely together in a supportive environment. We are proud to be the Trusts Team of the Year 2024.
This post provides for those people eligible for the EILDS, which serves a wide range of adult users with learning disabilities, their families, relatives and other carers. The psychology team consists of 3 senior psychologists, and 3 assistant psychologists, and an occupational therapist, forming a PBS team. Fortnightly clinical supervision would be offered to the post holder, and peer support. We actively encourage CPD, including developing as a clinical supervisor and in leadership opportunities.
We welcome pre-interview discussion/ visits.
Clinical:
1. To provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complexdata from a variety of sources
2. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological assessment and intervention/treatment and/or management of a client’s challenging behaviours, mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
4. To evaluate and make decisions about intervention/treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
5. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of users whose problems are managed by psychologically based assessments/interventions.
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.
Why NLFT?
· We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
· We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
· NHS Discounts, generous annual leave, and NHS pension scheme
· Excellent internal staff network
The postholder will be aligned with our Values:
· 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 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.
Enfield, North London has excellent transport links and easy access to the city and the countryside.
Enfield Integrated Learning Disabilities Service is a successful health and social care service, providing a wide range of support to people with learning disabilities, their families and support networks.
We are fully committed to working with people with learning disabilities to increase their independence and inclusion and to support people to maximise control over their lives.
ILDS has a supportive and inclusive culture, encouraging personal and professional development, high levels of collaborative working and an environment where people's views are respected and listened to.
We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored. Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.
This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Feb 2025