Job summary
Comm Inclusion Lead Clinical / Counselling Psychologist
This is an 8B Community Inclusion Psychologist Lead role to address inequalities in access, experience and outcome within Newham's diverse communities. The post holder will work across Adult Mental Health Services within the borough, alongside local community groups and individuals within local communities, to improve the psychological therapies offer for minoritised communities within Newham, with a particular attention to racially and/or ethnically minoritised groups. It will involve leading multiple projects ensuring that psychological therapies services at secondary care level and outreach work is relevant, acceptable and responsive to the needs of our local communities.
The post holder will have an in-depth understanding of race(ism) and how it operates within psychological therapy services. They will also have a keen interest in project management of trauma-informed approaches to healthcare, with the view of creatively integrating their output within the broader Trust's Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) programme.
We are particularly inviting applications from candidates from racially minoritised backgrounds. We want our psychological workforce to be representative of the Newham community on the basis of race and ethnicity, which we are committed to achieving within the service. We are also aware that as well as a diverse workforce, inclusion is essential to meet the needs of our staff and local communities.
Main duties of the job
- To forge effective links and working relationships with key members of local community groups in order to understand and/or advocate for their needs with regards to provision of psychological treatments and to facilitate improved access, outcome and experience of psychological therapies for local communities.
- To attend key meetings within the Trust and local directorate (e.g., Newham Inequalities group) and take the opportunity to amplify the feedback received during working relationships with local communities in the service of enhancing the service offer. To promote and enhance psychological treatment capability within voluntary, community and faith sector (VCFS), where appropriate and with cultural sensitivity at the centre of any input. This may involve direct work within these organisations and/or setting up supervision or other support
- To investigate how established and novel models of psychological therapies and modes of delivery to increase access to racially and ethnically minoritised groups can be implemented within secondary care psychological services
- To establish training needs related to anti-racism and cultural humility within the local
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
This job description is an outline only of the duties to be performed and will be reviewed and altered in light of the changing needs of the service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
This job description is an outline only of the duties to be performed and will be reviewed and altered in light of the changing needs of the service.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by BPS, including specifically: models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more psychological therapies, three or more supervised clinical placements (including lifespan developmental psychology and mental health specialisms) and research skills.
- Formal training in clinical supervision.
- Additional relevant clinical and/or managerial knowledge and skills acquired through formal training, long or short courses, formal supervision (individual and/or group), structured self-study or experience (or a combination of these) to an appropriate level approved by the Head of Psychology and demonstrated by certification, documented supervision logs, management appraisal documentation and/or assessment at interview.
- Project management training or interest in completing this when in role (e.g., PRINCE2
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Further training in community psychology, systemic psychology, organisational change or narrative therapy.
Experience
Essential
- Substantive assessed experience, or demonstrable equivalent level of understanding, knowledge and skill, of working as a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within the NHS
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient 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, inpatient and residential care.
- Experience of managing multiple projects, including those with a focus on addressing racial and ethnic inequalities.
- Experience of undertaking leadership roles
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of racism within local communities.
- Experience of working in and applying psychological frameworks within a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters
- Experience of proposing and implementing service development project within own service area.
Desirable
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi- disciplinary care
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Working knowledge of anti-racism within healthcare settings and change management
- Highly developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment
- Highly developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation.
- Highly developed communication skills at overcoming barriers to understanding and change.
- Skills in working in multidisciplinary settings.
- Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Leadership skills
- Competence in advanced IT packages including keyboard skills.
- Ability to provide high quality supervision and consultation to other qualified psychologists and psychotherapists.
Desirable
- Well developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult - to - treat groups (e.g. complex needs, personality disorder psychosis, dual diagnosis, persons with additional disabilities etc).
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies - preferably CBT and one other
- Knowledge of the academic literature of the specialism.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by BPS, including specifically: models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more psychological therapies, three or more supervised clinical placements (including lifespan developmental psychology and mental health specialisms) and research skills.
- Formal training in clinical supervision.
- Additional relevant clinical and/or managerial knowledge and skills acquired through formal training, long or short courses, formal supervision (individual and/or group), structured self-study or experience (or a combination of these) to an appropriate level approved by the Head of Psychology and demonstrated by certification, documented supervision logs, management appraisal documentation and/or assessment at interview.
- Project management training or interest in completing this when in role (e.g., PRINCE2
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Further training in community psychology, systemic psychology, organisational change or narrative therapy.
Experience
Essential
- Substantive assessed experience, or demonstrable equivalent level of understanding, knowledge and skill, of working as a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within the NHS
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient 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, inpatient and residential care.
- Experience of managing multiple projects, including those with a focus on addressing racial and ethnic inequalities.
- Experience of undertaking leadership roles
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of racism within local communities.
- Experience of working in and applying psychological frameworks within a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters
- Experience of proposing and implementing service development project within own service area.
Desirable
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi- disciplinary care
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Working knowledge of anti-racism within healthcare settings and change management
- Highly developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment
- Highly developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation.
- Highly developed communication skills at overcoming barriers to understanding and change.
- Skills in working in multidisciplinary settings.
- Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Leadership skills
- Competence in advanced IT packages including keyboard skills.
- Ability to provide high quality supervision and consultation to other qualified psychologists and psychotherapists.
Desirable
- Well developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult - to - treat groups (e.g. complex needs, personality disorder psychosis, dual diagnosis, persons with additional disabilities etc).
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies - preferably CBT and one other
- Knowledge of the academic literature of the specialism.
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).
