This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP), who is keen to take on the challenges of working in a diverse borough working with people in the Complex Emotional Needs pathway in Bethnal Green. The post-holder will sit within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team as part of the Psychology service.
Candidates should have an interest in working with people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties from a range of religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The post-holder will work closely with other Psychologists, and supervision will be provided by a qualified Psychologist.
The successful candidate will be part of a vibrant multi-disciplinary team operating out of our community office based in Bethnal Green. Alongside other Psychology staff the post-holder will provide assessment and empirically-informed therapy to service users. In collaboration with more senior staff, the successful candidate will contribute to staff training and provide psychological advice (informal,ad hoc, and formal consultation) to other staff, support family members and liaise with primary and secondary care providers and various other statutory and non-statutory agencies involved in service users’ care.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
• Provide psychological assessments of service users of the locality service.
• Be responsible for the formulation and implementation of psychological treatment and/or management of service users’ mental health problems, based on an appropriate level of skills and knowledge.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical, development and cultural processes and systems which have shaped the individual, family or group.
• Be responsible for providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive, distressing and emotional information in relation to mental and physical health issues.
• Communicate across language and cultural barriers.
• Spend sustained amounts of time with individuals who may be aggressive and hostile to themselves or others, who may have poor communication and/or self-care skills and special physical and/or mental health needs.
• Be responsible for recording, monitoring and reporting on clinical work.
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users as appropriate.
This advert closes on Friday 14 Mar 2025