Job summary
Highly Specialist Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist
This role can be for newly qualified Band 7 psychologist or experienced psychologist to be appointed at Band 8a.
We are excited to recruit a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to a new position that enables a smooth transition of young people from childrens' to adult services. The role is part of the Sutton and Merton Complex Needs Service that offers treatment to people with complex emotional needs. The role will focus on transitions and the needs of 18-25 year olds and their families.
Sutton and Merton Complex Needs is an MDT including Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, however we also have strong connections with Clinical and Counselling Psychologists in adult and child services and you would form part of that professional network.
We welcome applications from final year or newly qualified Clinical / Counselling Psychologists Trainee Clinical Psychologists, with less than 18 months post qualification experience, who could progress from a Band 7 preceptorship to a Band 8a in this post. For preceptorship posts, there will be dedicated CPD funding.
Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:
We are committed to supporting staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties.
Main duties of the job
This post offersa number of opportunities for further training and development; for example, to train in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), to develop this new CAMHS transitions role, develop family interventions and focused work for 18-25 year old people. In addition, you will take a lead in the assessment and engagement of young people with complex emotional and relational needs.
The person recruited would need to be able to develop excellent relationships with the young person and their families/carers to enable trust to be developed to facilitate engagement and understanding of their difficulties.
The person recruited would also need to be able to work across the different teams involved in transitioning their care.
About us
You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team, but will also have regular opportunities for support and working with other Clinical and Counselling Psychologists.
- Sutton and Merton Complex Needs Service is based in Springfield University Hospital and Jubilee Health Centre in Sutton.
- About our locations:
This role is primarily based at our Sutton Base which is a friendly space with a wide variety of teams and professions, but there will also be travel to Springfield University Hospital in Wandsworth.
Our Trust headquarters is located within the impressive grounds of Springfield University Hospital in Tooting and we also operate in nearly 100 other locations throughout the UK. This is easily accessible via the Northern Line (Tooting Bec Station) and via private transport. The Trust provides subsidised parking fares for all our substantive staff. Our main site is located immediately next to Tooting High Street where staff can easily access a range of shops, cafs and restaurants.
Sutton, Cheam and Wallington (Jubilee Health Centre)
Our community hub in Sutton, Cheam and Wallington is based at the Jubilee Health Centre in Wallington, close to a vibrant high street with easy walking distance from Wallington station.
This is an exciting new role and will includeregular opportunities for individual and group supervision to support your development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a qualified Highly Specialist Clinical / Counselling psychology service with an emphasis on provision for 18-25, their families and transitions from Childrens Mental Health Services (CAMHS); The role is part of Sutton and Merton Complex Needs Service, a specialist service offering treatment to people with a diagnoses of Personality Disorder.
The role includes liaison, consultation, assessment as well as delivering Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. This is the key modality offered in CAMHS and so this would enable a shared understanding between client and the transition worker, and also between professionals. If the candidate does not have training in DBT then this will be provided.
The role will be to work within Sutton Borough to enable transition of young people from Child to Adult Services with an emphasis on those with complex emotional and relational difficulties that may meet criteria for a diagnosis of Personality Disorder. To achieve this the post hold will work closely with CAMHS colleagues and Sutton Adult Services.
The role will include developing a family programme for the families to be involved in that transition, and is part of a wider transformation programme meeting the needs of young people who access mental health services. The postholder will be providing highly specialist psychological assessment and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the service.
The Trust also supports staff to attend Health Education England funded training in a variety of interventions and has expanded the delivery of EMDR therapy over recent years, and this is another area for potential development. The Trust also provides an additionalprogramme of regular CPDcovering a wide range of clinical topics.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a qualified Highly Specialist Clinical / Counselling psychology service with an emphasis on provision for 18-25, their families and transitions from Childrens Mental Health Services (CAMHS); The role is part of Sutton and Merton Complex Needs Service, a specialist service offering treatment to people with a diagnoses of Personality Disorder.
The role includes liaison, consultation, assessment as well as delivering Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. This is the key modality offered in CAMHS and so this would enable a shared understanding between client and the transition worker, and also between professionals. If the candidate does not have training in DBT then this will be provided.
The role will be to work within Sutton Borough to enable transition of young people from Child to Adult Services with an emphasis on those with complex emotional and relational difficulties that may meet criteria for a diagnosis of Personality Disorder. To achieve this the post hold will work closely with CAMHS colleagues and Sutton Adult Services.
The role will include developing a family programme for the families to be involved in that transition, and is part of a wider transformation programme meeting the needs of young people who access mental health services. The postholder will be providing highly specialist psychological assessment and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the service.
The Trust also supports staff to attend Health Education England funded training in a variety of interventions and has expanded the delivery of EMDR therapy over recent years, and this is another area for potential development. The Trust also provides an additionalprogramme of regular CPDcovering a wide range of clinical topics.
Person Specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
- o Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council
Desirable
- o Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Training in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- o Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of working with people who experience severe, complex and long-term mental health problems
- Experience of working with young people 16-18 years old
- For 8a: Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision while working as a specialist clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months, or an alternative agreed by the Director of Psychology
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical/counselling psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- For 8a: Formal training in the supervision of doctoral level trainee clinical psychologists
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. dual diagnosis including people experiencing psychosis with personality disorder, substance misuse, learning disability, neurological dysfunction, additional disabilities etc)
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Knowledge of recent policy and legislation in relation to people with severe and enduring mental health problems specifically and concerning mental health in general
- Personal experience of mental health problems
- Ability and willingness to travel between community resources for service provision
Person Specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
- o Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council
Desirable
- o Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Training in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- o Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of working with people who experience severe, complex and long-term mental health problems
- Experience of working with young people 16-18 years old
- For 8a: Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision while working as a specialist clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months, or an alternative agreed by the Director of Psychology
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical/counselling psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- For 8a: Formal training in the supervision of doctoral level trainee clinical psychologists
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. dual diagnosis including people experiencing psychosis with personality disorder, substance misuse, learning disability, neurological dysfunction, additional disabilities etc)
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Knowledge of recent policy and legislation in relation to people with severe and enduring mental health problems specifically and concerning mental health in general
- Personal experience of mental health problems
- Ability and willingness to travel between community resources for service provision
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
