Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and committed psychological professional to provide management and leadership to psychological professionals working in the Mental Health and Wellness teams in Waltham Forest, working with adults with complex mental health problems.
Our staff are skilled and committed professionals including Clinical and counselling psychologists, Adult Psychotherapists, CBT therapists, Family intervention workers and CAPs. We offer a range of evidence based interventions to clients and families including CBT, MBT, EMDR, CBTp, FI and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Psychological professionals work within the multidisciplinary teams supporting psychologically minded and trauma informed care.
Our teams in Waltham Forest are trained in Open Dialogue and we are committed to supporting relational and dialogical ways of working.
Tackling health inequalities in mental health care is a key priority of NELFT as a Trust. In Waltham Forest we are particularly interested in improving access, experience and outcomes for black men. We are looking for a lead who can help support this work and ensure our services support our populations equally.
The post holder will work closely with the Community Psychology and Trauma informed care lead for Waltham Forest who leads psychological professionals working with our communities, refugees and people experiencing homelessness.
Main duties of the job
o Providing operational and professional leadership and supervision of Psychological Professions working in Waltham Forests Mental health and Wellness teamsto ensure excellence in clinical care and service delivery, which is consistent with the initiatives and drivers of the NELFT's Adult Mental Health Clinical Strategy.
Candidates should have substantial experience of delivering one or more evidence based therapies and supervision of staff, within multidisciplinary teams. You should have the ability to provide clear and compassionate leadership to our staff and support innovation and service improvement, in partnership with users and service and carers. The postholder will work closely with the Waltham Forest management team.
About us
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us tostrive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
NELFT place great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).
On-call paymentThis post will be required to participate in the Trust on-call rota and attracts payment of 1% of the basic salary.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To lead on the delivery of high quality, responsive and accessible psychological provision to individual adult Service Users and their families, who are receiving care in the Mental Health and Wellness Teams of the assigned borough.
2. Leading on the provision of expert advice, consultation and support to to colleagues in the Mental Health and Wellness Teams and other professionals who are referring Service Users to the service. To include providing a psychological perspective to care planning for Service Users who are complex and/or present with risk.
3. To provide the necessary leadership and infrastructure to support evidence-based practice.
4. To participate in dialogue with other Psychological Professional leads regarding best practice in order to promote the provision of high quality, evidence based practice which promotes anti-discriminatory practice, cultural competence and equality of opportunity.
5. To work in collaboration within a variety of forums to ensure consistency and quality of clinical standards, to support service development and Trust initiatives.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
This position will not be supported for visa sponsorship, as it does not meet the minimum requirements. All applicants are expected to have valid right to work document to work in the UK when applying for this position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To lead on the delivery of high quality, responsive and accessible psychological provision to individual adult Service Users and their families, who are receiving care in the Mental Health and Wellness Teams of the assigned borough.
2. Leading on the provision of expert advice, consultation and support to to colleagues in the Mental Health and Wellness Teams and other professionals who are referring Service Users to the service. To include providing a psychological perspective to care planning for Service Users who are complex and/or present with risk.
3. To provide the necessary leadership and infrastructure to support evidence-based practice.
4. To participate in dialogue with other Psychological Professional leads regarding best practice in order to promote the provision of high quality, evidence based practice which promotes anti-discriminatory practice, cultural competence and equality of opportunity.
5. To work in collaboration within a variety of forums to ensure consistency and quality of clinical standards, to support service development and Trust initiatives.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
This position will not be supported for visa sponsorship, as it does not meet the minimum requirements. All applicants are expected to have valid right to work document to work in the UK when applying for this position.
Person Specification
essential
Essential
- Professional registration with the appropriate body (e.g. HCPC, BPS) as a Practitioner Psychologist
essential: knowledge and skills SMI
Essential
- Additional qualification and/or experience in psychological treatments for serious mental illness / complex emotional needs.
- Proven extensive experience of working with people with serious mental illness and complex emotional needs.
- Knowledge and understanding of working with service users from diverse ethnic, economic and cultural backgrounds
Essential: leadership
Essential
- Ability to represent a psychological perspective within the team and with multidisciplinary colleagues across a number of service areas
- Experience of providing staff supervision and appraisal to both qualified and non-professionally aligned staff
- Extensive knowledge and experience with working with safeguarding issues, issues concerning risk and highly complex mental health problems.
Person Specification
essential
Essential
- Professional registration with the appropriate body (e.g. HCPC, BPS) as a Practitioner Psychologist
essential: knowledge and skills SMI
Essential
- Additional qualification and/or experience in psychological treatments for serious mental illness / complex emotional needs.
- Proven extensive experience of working with people with serious mental illness and complex emotional needs.
- Knowledge and understanding of working with service users from diverse ethnic, economic and cultural backgrounds
Essential: leadership
Essential
- Ability to represent a psychological perspective within the team and with multidisciplinary colleagues across a number of service areas
- Experience of providing staff supervision and appraisal to both qualified and non-professionally aligned staff
- Extensive knowledge and experience with working with safeguarding issues, issues concerning risk and highly complex mental health problems.
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).
