Job summary
Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Haringey Learning Disability Partnership
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Band 8b Lead Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to provide leadership and strategic direction for psychology provision within the Haringey Learning Disability Partnership (HLDP). This is a full-time permanent role.
HLDP is a well-established integrated multi-disciplinary health and social care service for people with learning disabilities, their families and carers. The service currently consists of community nurses, community support officers, occupational therapists, a physiotherapist, psychiatrists, psychologists, reviewing officers, social workers, and speech and language therapists. We also have access to external art and music therapy provision where required. The office base is conveniently located opposite Wood Green tube station with excellent transport links across the borough.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to lead the provision and development of the Haringey learning disabilities psychology service. The service currently includes a band 8a, and band 7 psychologist and two band 4 assistant psychologists. The service works with people with learning disabilities who present with a range of psychological difficulties including behaviour that challenges and provides specialist assessment, formulation, intervention and evaluation. Psychology also provides support and supervision to staff within our innovative intensive support service for people with behaviour that challenges and mental health difficulties who may be at risk of admission or placement breakdown as well as those who may be being discharged from hospital back to the local community.
Strong leadership and engagement skills alongside the ability to work creatively and therapeutically in relation to the psychological needs of people with learning disabilities is essential to this role.
About us
BEHMHT is a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London with over 3000 staff delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million. In Enfield, we provide a full range of child and adult community health services, which over the last few years has been integrating with its mental health services to provide better and more holistic care.
BEH manages the renowned North London Forensic Services (NLFS) which delivers MH care across some of the prisons and provides MH services as HM Young Offenders Institutions in Aylesbury. We are rated as 'Outstanding' by the CQC. We have also been appointed as the lead provider of forensic mental health services across North London managing the devolved New Models of care budget of £170m from 2018/19.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist for a minimum of four years with two years at a highly specialist level.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings 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.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of working with people presenting with behaviour that challenges.
Desirable
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Excellent team working, interpersonal skills, written and verbal skills.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviour.
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist for a minimum of four years with two years at a highly specialist level.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings 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.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of working with people presenting with behaviour that challenges.
Desirable
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Excellent team working, interpersonal skills, written and verbal skills.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviour.
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
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).
