Job summary
The tri-borough learning disabilities service in Kensington and Chelsea is a well-established team co-located with the RBKC learning disabilities social care team. Providing high quality services for people with learning disabilities. Within this team psychology plays a key role in the development and delivery of these services.
We are seeking to recruit a qualified psychologist with a keen interest in working in adult learning disability services. Happy to accept applications from trainees who are coming up to completing their doctorate. You will be required to provide specialist psychological assessment and interventions along with advice and consultation on service users' psychological care to non- psychologist colleagues, staff and families who access our service.
You will undertake direct and indirect work with service users with learning disabilities, autism and challenging behavior, their carers, family members and other agencies and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The person appointed will have a Professional Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology and will be registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
The service has good links with the North London Doctoral Training courses in Clinical Psychology, to which it regularly provides clinical placements to doctoral trainees.
Informal discussions are welcome by contacting: Dr. Sheetal Gopal (Sheetal.gopal1@nhs.net)
Main duties of the job
To provide a qualified clinical psychology service to adults with learning disabilities; providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy, as well 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 team's policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. To be involved in project work which can support service delivery and policy changes within the area served by the team/service.
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About us
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Single occupancy accommodation in Central London - (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
As an NHS trust,we are committed to equal opportunities and ensuring equality and diversity in the workplace.
We have a number of staff networks: Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN), Race Equality Network and the Rainbow Network which supports LGBT+ staff. Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetingsto discuss issues andmake plans to improve CLCH.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of service users. This may include applying psychological tests, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service users care. To facilitate the enhancement of each individual clients sense of wellbeing through attaining his or her optimum level of psychological functioning. To practice using non-discriminatory interventions that respect the clients customs, values, and spiritual beliefs at all times. To teach, or give training in, psychological skills and in aspects of learning disabilities to other professionals working with clients with learning disabilities in the Learning Disability Team and in other private and voluntary organizations as agreed. To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings. To balance the safeguarding of vulnerable adults with risk management and positive risk taking.Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of service users. This may include applying psychological tests, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service users care. To facilitate the enhancement of each individual clients sense of wellbeing through attaining his or her optimum level of psychological functioning. To practice using non-discriminatory interventions that respect the clients customs, values, and spiritual beliefs at all times. To teach, or give training in, psychological skills and in aspects of learning disabilities to other professionals working with clients with learning disabilities in the Learning Disability Team and in other private and voluntary organizations as agreed. To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings. To balance the safeguarding of vulnerable adults with risk management and positive risk taking.Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, e.g. outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly of a motive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching training and/or supervision
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.3.2 Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. 3.3 Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Knowledge of positive behaviour support approaches
Other
Essential
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- 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.
- +Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, e.g. outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly of a motive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching training and/or supervision
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.3.2 Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. 3.3 Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Knowledge of positive behaviour support approaches
Other
Essential
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- 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.
- +Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
