Senior Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join our Specialist Community Learning Disability Service (SCLDS). You will provide assessment, formulation and talking therapies to adults with learning disabilities. You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team and receive excellent supervision and support. You will provide consultancy and workshops on topics such as mental health, positive behaviour support, dementia or autism to families and providers.

Our aim is to provide high quality, strengths based, trauma-informed, person-centred care which enhances the lives of adults with learning disabilities.

The main duties of the job will be to provide psychological assessment, formulation and interventions for adults who have mental health difficulties and/or behaviours of concern. You will work with the person, their family, and their carers to develop person-centred care plans designed to improve quality of life. Direct work will include offering adapted talking therapies (e.g., adapted CBT, CAT or CFT) designed to reduce psychological distress and increase coping strategies and quality of life. You will also offer staff or family workshops to help support the 'team around the person' better understand and respond to their needs.

For full details please read the Job Description document.

Main duties of the job

To provide a specialist Clinical Psychology service to clients referred to the service from all sectors of care; providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy 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 team/service.

General requirements

• To work within a large multi-disciplinary team alongside colleagues in Psychiatry, Occupational Therapy, Community Nursing, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Business Support.
• To support service level leadership in identified areas (e.g., specific clinical pathways)
• To supervise junior colleagues and trainee clinical psychologists
• To liaise and work closely with colleagues with regard to specific clients who have mental health problems and/or distressed behaviours of concern.
• To provide frequent assessment and intervention within a variety of care settings, e.g., residential care homes for people with learning disabilities, day centres and supported living.

For full details please read the Job Description document.

About us

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of

If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.