Clinical / Counselling Psychologist | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,488 - £57,802 per annum incl. of HCAs pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW9 8RS |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6211549/334-CLI-6211549 |
Summary
This post role sits within a well-functioning psychology team within the Lambeth Drug and Alcohol Consortium, which includes a Consultant Psychologist, a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist, a Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Clinical Psychologists. There are close ties to the wider SLaM Addictions Clinical Academic Group (CAG) and links with experts in the field at the IOPPN.
There is opportunity for CPD, teaching on the Addictions and Public Health MSc at Kings and DClinPsy courses as well as leadership within the role such as taking up trauma informed service development initiatives and supervising third sector colleagues.
We would be delighted to welcome applications from soon to be or newly qualified counselling/clinical psychologists.
The post-holder will be expected to manage assistant psychologists. They will be professionally and operationally accountable to the highly specialist psychologist in the team.
The client group experience multiple disadvantage and have high levels of complex trauma and interpersonal difficulties coupled with substance misuse issues and risk-taking behaviour. This post involves specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes, clinical consultation, supervision and training as appropriate to third sector staff and to contribute to service development, audit and research.
The Lambeth Consortium is commissioned by Lambeth Local Authority (LA) and led by SLaM Addictions. We have 3 main partners in ‘We Are With You’, ‘Humankind’, and ‘Phoenix Futures’. The Consortium is located over two treatment sites with distinct pathway teams; Alcohol and other Drugs, Opiate, Shared care, Criminal Justice and Recovery teams.
To carry an independent clinical caseload and to support multi-disciplinary treatment of people with substance use problems.
To promote the role of psychosocial support in recovery and to support 3rd sector staff to deliver evidence based and trauma informed practices.
To supervise assistants, lead on service evaluations and support research.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024