Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a full time clinical or counselling psychologist with experience both in working with adults with Learning Disabilities and managing other clinicians to be the lead for the Clinical Psychology team at Camden Learning Disability Service (CLDS).
CLDS is a forward thinking, fully integrated health and social care team whose dedicated staff and service providers have recently been award the prestigious accolade of Learning Disability Team of the Year by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. We are a well-resourced service, and are passionate about delivering high quality support to adults with global learning disabilities and their networks. We are a multidisciplinary team consisting of psychiatry, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, speech & language therapy and physiotherapy and we pride ourselves on our high levels of collaboration, working alongside social work and specialist support worker teams
CLDS further provides services to both Camden and non-Camden learners within Alexandra Centre for Further Education, a college facility for young people aged 16 to 25 who present with severe learning disabilities.
We are located beside King's Cross and St Pancras stations and enjoy the benefits of a modern building with many of our day provisions and residential services being a short walk away. We further benefit from an onsite IT department with walk-in clinics.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will manage the clinical service provision within the vibrant and well-established psychology team, which consists of clinical and counselling psychologists, trainee psychologists, an assistant psychologist and honorary undergraduate psychology placement students.
The Psychology team provides skilled psychological assessments, including autism diagnostics and complex neuropsychology assessments, and psychosocial interventions including CBT, systemic, PBS, EMDR to adults with learning disabilities in Camden.
The successful candidate will also work closely with the CLDS management team, and actively design and implement service development projects. The service works closely with provider organisations and the lead psychologist further oversees psychology staff providing assessments and intervention to young adult learners at our Alexandra Centre for Further Education site.
The successful candidate will also have the opportunity further to develop our close relationships with UCL, RHUL and UEL clinical training courses, and will be able to access the CPD programme provided by the trust's learning and development department, including specialist psychology CPD.
About us
At Camden and Islington NHS foundation trust our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.
We have 3 key priorities which are:
Early and Effective Intervention,
Helping People to Live Well
Research and Innovation
The cultural pillars that help us achieve our key priorities are:
We value each other
We are empowered
We keep things simple
We are connected
By coming to work at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be joining a Trust with a national reputation for research, where services recognise that research underpins its commitment to providing high quality and innovative clinical care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide psychological assessments of referred clients, using interview, formal psychometric and other assessment methods as appropriate.- To formulate and devise individualised psychological treatment and management plans for referred clients with a range of problems of severity and complexity, including those with challenging behaviours, and to provide psychological treatment for such clients, using a range of psychological interventions appropriate to the service and the needs of the individual client.- To provide psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of clients, particular those with complex or high risk presentations.- To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.- To liaise with other health and social care staff, from a range of agencies, in the care provided to clients.
- To provide professional and clinical supervision of clinical and counselling psychologists, other psychological therapists as relevant, and in conjunction with other permanent psychologists supervision of trainees, graduates and undergraduates and psychological therapy staff.- To ensure that the work of all members of the Psychological Therapies service is adequately governed via managerial, professional and clinical supervision.- To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision, where appropriate, to other health and social care staff working with the client group.
- To act as the manager for the Camden Learning Disabilities Service (CLDS) Psychological Therapies service, being responsible for coordination and management of that service provision within CLDS.- To manage the CLDS Psychological Service staff within the sector and to be responsible for their appraisal and continuing professional development, both conducting appraisals for direct line managed staff and ensuring that they are conducted for lower grades.- To propose and develop procedures and policies for service provision within CLDS, taking account of policies for Trust services as a whole and the need to ensure good working practice within London Borough of Camden (LBC, ie the local authority).- To develop the psychological service provision at Alexandra Centre for Higher Education (ACFHE) taking into account local agreements for service provision and partnership working with other local authorities who send learners to attend the college.- To monitor and audit service provision, ensuring practice meets best professional and evidence-based standards.
- To liaise with GPs, mental health service managers, other senior clinicians and managers in health, social care and non-public sector (e.g. external care providers, advocacy groups) in delivery and development of psychological therapies and, by agreement with the Senior Service Manager, wider CLDS service provision.- To lead on the development of an agreed areas of service or practice across the Trusts services for people with learning disabilities (e.g. in-patient services, Memory Clinic, use of mainstream services by people with learning disabilities).
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide psychological assessments of referred clients, using interview, formal psychometric and other assessment methods as appropriate.- To formulate and devise individualised psychological treatment and management plans for referred clients with a range of problems of severity and complexity, including those with challenging behaviours, and to provide psychological treatment for such clients, using a range of psychological interventions appropriate to the service and the needs of the individual client.- To provide psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of clients, particular those with complex or high risk presentations.- To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.- To liaise with other health and social care staff, from a range of agencies, in the care provided to clients.
- To provide professional and clinical supervision of clinical and counselling psychologists, other psychological therapists as relevant, and in conjunction with other permanent psychologists supervision of trainees, graduates and undergraduates and psychological therapy staff.- To ensure that the work of all members of the Psychological Therapies service is adequately governed via managerial, professional and clinical supervision.- To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision, where appropriate, to other health and social care staff working with the client group.
- To act as the manager for the Camden Learning Disabilities Service (CLDS) Psychological Therapies service, being responsible for coordination and management of that service provision within CLDS.- To manage the CLDS Psychological Service staff within the sector and to be responsible for their appraisal and continuing professional development, both conducting appraisals for direct line managed staff and ensuring that they are conducted for lower grades.- To propose and develop procedures and policies for service provision within CLDS, taking account of policies for Trust services as a whole and the need to ensure good working practice within London Borough of Camden (LBC, ie the local authority).- To develop the psychological service provision at Alexandra Centre for Higher Education (ACFHE) taking into account local agreements for service provision and partnership working with other local authorities who send learners to attend the college.- To monitor and audit service provision, ensuring practice meets best professional and evidence-based standards.
- To liaise with GPs, mental health service managers, other senior clinicians and managers in health, social care and non-public sector (e.g. external care providers, advocacy groups) in delivery and development of psychological therapies and, by agreement with the Senior Service Manager, wider CLDS service provision.- To lead on the development of an agreed areas of service or practice across the Trusts services for people with learning disabilities (e.g. in-patient services, Memory Clinic, use of mainstream services by people with learning disabilities).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- registration with the HPCP
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence
skills
Essential
- Psychological assessment and treatment of complex psychological presentations in adults with Learning Disabilities and their systems.
abilities
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships within MDT and with other services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- registration with the HPCP
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence
skills
Essential
- Psychological assessment and treatment of complex psychological presentations in adults with Learning Disabilities and their systems.
abilities
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships within MDT and with other services.
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).
