Principal Practitioner Psychologist or Psychotherapist
Maudsley Learning
London, UK
Counselling / Psychotherapy
Permanent
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Principal Practitioner Psychologist or Psychotherapist NHS AfC: Band 8b Main area: Psychiatry
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref: 334-CLI-
Site: 190 Kennington Lane
Town: Southwark
Salary: £70,387 - £80,465 per annum incl. of HCAs pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/04/:59
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links, and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth, and Richmond.
We are committed to providing high-quality specialist care to our service users and are recognized for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives, in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes, and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognizes the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen, and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview This is a rare and exciting opportunity to work within the South Thames Assessment Resource and Treatment Homeless Outreach Team (START). START is a multi-award-winning service that has provided specialist mental health care to people who are rough sleeping in South London for over 30 years.
The successful post holder will join our Lambeth and Southwark teams as Principal Practitioner Psychologist or Psychotherapist (8b). These are small specialist multi-disciplinary teams, which also include psychiatric nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, administrators, psychiatrists, trainee psychologists, and GP trainees. We provide an Assertive Outreach service to some of the most marginalized people in the local community. There is a supportive atmosphere to the team, where psychological therapies are a valued and integral part of the service.
We expect the successful applicant to be highly motivated to work in this service area and be passionate about using psychological therapy approaches to improve outcomes for people affected by homelessness. We welcome applicants with lived experience of mental health difficulties.
Main duties of the job The post holder will lead a psychology and psychotherapy service to adults who are rough sleeping (or have a recent history of rough sleeping) in the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, who have 'severe and enduring' mental health problems and find it difficult to engage with mainstream mental health services. Many people the team assesses and works with will have additional needs, including alcohol/substance use, learning disability/acquired brain injury/social communication difficulties, and seeking asylum/complications with immigration.
We work closely with local homeless charities and third sector organizations, providing consultation, training, direct joint assessment, and ongoing care. The role involves a lot of creative outreach, carefully building relationships with people who are understandably wary of professionals.
Usual working hours are Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm - some flexibility to work out of hours on occasion will be expected.
Working for our organization South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organizations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
SLaM employs around 5000 staff and serves a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. Currently, we provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark.
By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organization with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. SLaM delivered more than 14,000 training experiences in 2014, providing an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff at all levels.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Principal Practitioner Psychologist or Psychotherapist NHS AfC: Band 8b Main area: Psychiatry
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref: 334-CLI-
Site: 190 Kennington Lane
Town: Southwark
Salary: £70,387 - £80,465 per annum incl. of HCAs pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/04/:59
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links, and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth, and Richmond.
We are committed to providing high-quality specialist care to our service users and are recognized for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives, in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes, and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognizes the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen, and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview This is a rare and exciting opportunity to work within the South Thames Assessment Resource and Treatment Homeless Outreach Team (START). START is a multi-award-winning service that has provided specialist mental health care to people who are rough sleeping in South London for over 30 years.
The successful post holder will join our Lambeth and Southwark teams as Principal Practitioner Psychologist or Psychotherapist (8b). These are small specialist multi-disciplinary teams, which also include psychiatric nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, administrators, psychiatrists, trainee psychologists, and GP trainees. We provide an Assertive Outreach service to some of the most marginalized people in the local community. There is a supportive atmosphere to the team, where psychological therapies are a valued and integral part of the service.
We expect the successful applicant to be highly motivated to work in this service area and be passionate about using psychological therapy approaches to improve outcomes for people affected by homelessness. We welcome applicants with lived experience of mental health difficulties.
Main duties of the job The post holder will lead a psychology and psychotherapy service to adults who are rough sleeping (or have a recent history of rough sleeping) in the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, who have 'severe and enduring' mental health problems and find it difficult to engage with mainstream mental health services. Many people the team assesses and works with will have additional needs, including alcohol/substance use, learning disability/acquired brain injury/social communication difficulties, and seeking asylum/complications with immigration.
We work closely with local homeless charities and third sector organizations, providing consultation, training, direct joint assessment, and ongoing care. The role involves a lot of creative outreach, carefully building relationships with people who are understandably wary of professionals.
Usual working hours are Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm - some flexibility to work out of hours on occasion will be expected.
Working for our organization South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organizations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
SLaM employs around 5000 staff and serves a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. Currently, we provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark.
By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organization with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. SLaM delivered more than 14,000 training experiences in 2014, providing an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff at all levels.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a psychological therapy service for the START (Homeless Outreach Team) 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 for the START (Homeless Outreach) Team.
- To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of other psychological practitioners.
- To promote service evaluation, audit, research, and policy development.
- To work as an autonomous professional within registration body 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 support the coordination of staff support within their area, working closely with Corporate Psychology and Psychotherapy to support colleagues and ensure all staff in SLaM have access to evidence-based support. To participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate.
- To have undertaken a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions, e.g., psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, medicine, social work, and occupational therapy OR to have equivalent relevant experience and demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field in the NHS. Entry-level qualification in applied psychological therapy/mental health/social welfare profession or equivalent and demonstrable practice in this field (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level/supervised practice/additional training) that has been accepted for the purposes of professional registration.
- For Psychologists: Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration. (A/I) (for a job requiring specific professional qualification(s), change this point to specify the required qualification(s): Clinical psychologist: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent; Counselling psychologist: MSc and PG Diploma in Counselling Psychology; Forensic psychologist: MSc in Forensic Psychology plus completion of the British Psychological Society's Qualification in Forensic Psychology Stage 2) For Family/Systemic Psychotherapists: Post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession and demonstrable practice in this field (A/I) PLUS Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy or equivalent qualification, accredited by UKCP For Psychotherapists: Entry-level qualification in Psychotherapy that has been accepted by the UKCP/BABCP (specify which, according to nature of post) for purposes of professional registration.
- Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice (specify options required by the post) through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by a registered body and/or an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma or higher.
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in services for people with psychosis and other complex mental health difficulties . click apply for full job details