If you are an enthusiastic and motivated HCPC registered Clinical / Counselling Psychologist interested in working with adults with learning disabilities, we look forward to you joining our well-established service. A full-time permanent Band 7 position has arisen in NELFT Learning Disabilities Psychological Services, based in the multi-disciplinary Barking and Dagenham Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) who work in an integrated approach with our client group. The post holder will be supported by the Senior Psychologist, Principal Psychologist and Professional Lead of the service.
Our service comprises clinical psychologists, behaviour specialists, art therapists, systemic/family therapists, assistant psychologists, clinical associate in psychology (CAP) and trainees from the Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling training courses based in London. The post-holder will work closely with the local Talking Therapies service to support access to mainstream services for our clients. We focus on trauma informed and culturally sensitive care for people with learning disabilities and their families.
We have excellent opportunities for enhancing clinical skills through CPD, peer support and service development and have regular Trust wide forums to meet as Learning Disabilities Psychological Professionals, including specialist systemic and EMDR supervision. We have a vibrant and active R&D department.
To provide a qualified, high-quality specialist Learning Disability Psychology Professional service to individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) and support the Talking Therapies (TT) service towards the needs of people with learning disabilities referred to the service in line with best, evidence-based practice and trust care pathways.
2 To be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload to clients referred to the Community Learning Disability Teams and utilising planning and organisational skills, to exercise autonomous assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the parameters of the service operational policy and professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload
To employ analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.
• To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a senior clinical/counselling psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues specialising in specific disorders or therapeutic modalities.
North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) requires the highest standards of personal and professional conduct from all of its employees. All employees must comply with the Code of Professional Conduct appropriate to their professional governing body.
As an NHS employee, you are required to observe the following principles:
· Make the care and safety of patients my first concern and act to protect them from risk.
· Respect the public, patients, relatives, carers, NHS staff and partners in other agencies.
· Be honest and act with integrity.
· Accept responsibility for my own work and the proper performance of the people I manage.
· Show my commitment to working as a team member of working with all my colleagues in the NHS and the wider community.
· Take responsibility for my own and continuous learning and development
1.To provide specialist clinical/counselling psychology service to clients referred to the Community Learning Disability Teams.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
5Under supervision, to employ analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.
To when appropriate, manage, assistant psychologists and allocated Trainee Psychologists working in Learning Disabilities Psychological Professions.
To utilise research skills to undertake service evaluation and clinically relevant research as agreedunder the supervision of the professional leadand to disseminate the results across the Learning Disabilities service, NELFT and where appropriate, nationally.
T To plan, organise and provide teaching, training, consultation and as appropriate, clinical supervision to other professionals and disciplines within the CLDT in the psychological aspects of their work.
T Teaching and training for TT practitioners, developing reasonable adjustments to enable access for people with learning disabilities to TT, providing consultation and advice to TT practitioners working people with learning disabilities to assist assessment and treatment within TT services.
This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Mar 2025