Clincial/Counselling Psychologist

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated psychologist to work across Learning Disability Services in Brent, including into our Assessment and Treatment Units at the Kingswood Centre. As a valued member of the inpatient and community Learning Disability multi-disciplinary teams, you will provide psychological expertise at an individual, team and system level which will enable people with learning disabilities accessing our services to enjoy valued and meaningful lives.
The ideal candidate will be have a passion for improving the lives of people with learning disabilities through psychological interventions, using trauma informed approaches and Positive Behaviour Support.
The post holder will be a part of the wider network of psychologists working in Learning Disability services within the trust. You will have opportunities to develop your own areas of interest, through formal training in therapeutic modalities (e.g. family therapy, EMDR), CPD opportunities and research opportunities.
The post holder will provide a clinical psychology service to people with learning disabilities either admitted to our inpatient units at the Kingswood Centre, or accessing the Brent Community Learning Disability Team.
This will include providing psychological assessment, formulation and interventions, both directly and indirectly to manage people’s psychological needs and contribute to enhancing their quality of life. This may include assessment of learning disability, autism and dementia, offering direct psychological therapies, and supporting the development and implementation of behavioural interventions. The post holder will offer consultation to colleagues and staff from their own and other services to support the psychological needs of people with learning disabilities and other complex needs.
Engagement with other services to support people with learning disabilities accessing mainstream services, and to support safe and effective discharge planning is another important element of this role.
The post holder will monitor and evaluate their work, contribute to service developments and audits and will have opportunities to get involved in research.
The post holder will offer supervision to trainee and assistant practitioner psychologists, and multi-disciplinary colleagues working within a psychological framework.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Come and join us and be part of the large network of psychological professionals in CNWL. We work across many different teams in both physical and mental health, as well as within specialist areas. You could have a career for life with us.
Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession, and this enables us to invest in the development of our staff. We offer excellent internal training and development opportunities, as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. This ensures all our psychological professionals reach their full potential at every stage of their career. Our commitment to research, audit and evidence-based practice is made possible by our strong links with local universities.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are a priority for us in CNWL we expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective and open to culturally diverse CPD opportunities. We are working hard support the recruitment and development of staff from all protected characteristics and welcome applications from any interested applicants.
Please see the attached Job Description for full details.
The post holder will provide a highly specialist psychology service to people with learning disabilities admitted to specialist inpatient units at the Kingswood Centre, and people accessing the Brent Community Learning Disability Team including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes. They will contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment. They will provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in Learning Disability. The post holder will agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional leads within both services and decide how they are best achieved. The post holder will also be expected to undertake service evaluation, audit and researc

Please refer the Job description for details