Registered (HCPC) Principal Clinical Psychologist- CYP

at  Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The Havens is London’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre. The Havens provide comprehensive forensic, medical and aftercare services to clients who have experienced serious sexual assault within the past 12 months. We are a longstanding partnership initiative between the Mayors’ Office for Policing and Crime and NHS England.
The CYP Psychology Service at the Havens provides CYP and their families, presenting with psychological difficulties post-sexual abuse with specialist psychological assessment and short to medium term interventions. Additionally, the service provides forensic interviewing of CYP, alongside being active in audit, research and training. The service has close links with local Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programs, offering both core and elective placements. More details on the role and requirements are detailed in the job description.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Clinical Psychologist to lead a warm, enthusiastic and proactive therapies team who prioritise evidence-based and trauma-informed care. The team encourages creativity, welcomes diversity and always appreciate ideas on how to improve our service.

• To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a psychology service to children,
• young people and their families attending the Havens, the CYP Psychology Service at the
• Havens, and personally provide highly specialist clinical input.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to
• flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in
• psychological assessment and intervention with children, young people and their families who
• have experienced sexual assault / abuse / exploitation.
• To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional
• supervision and support of other psychologists within CYP Psychology Service.
• To undertake service evaluation, audit, research and policy development.
• To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct,
• and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for
• interpreting policies within defined parameters.
• To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best
• achieved.
• To work closely with and advise the other lead CYP psychologist and Head of Psychology and
• Counselling service on aspects of service delivery.

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Clinical and Client Care

• To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a highly specialist psychology service to children, young people and their families attending the Havens.
• To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients in the CYP Psychology Service including:

o Specialist assessment and clinical formulation of children and adolescents who have experienced sexual assault, rape or who have been sexually exploited. To include psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured / semi-structured and unstructured observations and interviews with the client, family members and others involved in their care.
o Specialist evidence-based brief intervention for children and adolescents who have experienced sexual abuse / exploitation, monitoring outcomes and modifying / adapting intervention as required and drawing on a range of theoretical options, and supporting their transition to local services as required.
o Undertake liaison psychology with The Havens and borough services, including:

advocates; local borough CAMHS teams; local charity and third sector services; local early support services; and local IAPTS and school counsellors.

• To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
• To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
• To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a highly specialist psychology led forensic interview service, in collaboration with the Metropolitan police, for children and young people reporting sexual assault, abuse or exploitation.
• To undertake visually recorded forensic interviews (VRI) in collaboration with the Metropolitan police, following receipt of specialist training by the Metropolitan Police.
• To develop, co-ordinate and ensure an effective care pathway between CYP Psychology Service and London Sector CSA hubs / Child House(s), to promote coordinated, safe and effective client care and client choice.
• To provide consultation and supervision to services across South West London, as part of Havens CYP Psychology service development.
• To communicate skilfully, complex and sensitive information with clients, parents, carers, and colleagues taking account of sensory, developmental and cultural barriers to communication.
• To prepare written reports, including court reports as a professional witness.
• To work as an autonomous professional within Health Care and Professions Council (HCPC) and BPS guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own

work including treatment and discharge decisions

Please refer the Job description for details