Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Psychological Therapist
| Posting date: | 30 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,927 - £68,676 per annum incl. of HCAs pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 30 July 2025 |
| Location: | Croydon, CR0 1FE |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7251414/334-CLI-7251414 |
Summary
A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
The START Team have provided specialist mental health services to homeless people across South London for over 30 years. The successful post holder will join a new small specialist team, providing trauma-informed care to homeless people presenting with substance misuse and mental health difficulties in Croydon. This sub-team will have close links to the core START Team.
The role is to provide a specialist psychology service to adult rough sleepers in the borough of Croydon, who have difficulties with their mental health and alcohol/substance use (i.e. supporting the ‘dual diagnosis’ rough sleeping population).
This is part of an exciting Public Health England led project, targeting the local authorities with the highest numbers of people sleeping rough, who have been moved into emergency accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic. The project is planned for four years and will provide specialist support for individuals to access and engage with drug and alcohol treatment and move towards longer-term accommodation.
The role will involve the provision of direct psychological interventions to homeless people, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes. These will be delivered through street outreach (including to local homeless day services) and in-reach to emergency accommodation (including hotels, hostels and temporary supported accommodation). Direct clinical work will be undertaken with patients presenting with a range of difficulties. The successful candidate will be proficient in evidence based interventions for people presenting with psychosis and other mental health difficulties.
The role will also involve providing indirect interventions, using a trauma-informed model, including clinical consultation, supervision, and training to colleagues and staff from partnership organisations (mainly from addiction and homelessness services).
To contribute to contract reports, service evaluation, audit and research, to support future service commissioning and the development of new models of best practice.
This post is a 12 month fixed-term post. It is a part-time post, 30 hours per week.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust(SLaM) provide 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 organisations 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 employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, 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; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation 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.
· To ensure the systematic provision of a psychological therapy service for the START (Homeless Outreach Team) and personally provide 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 specialist for the START (Homeless Outreach) Team.
· 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 staff support initiatives within their area, working with senior colleagues and, Corporate Psychology and Psychotherapy, where appropriate, to support colleagues and ensure staff in SLaM have access to evidence based support. To participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate.
This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Jul 2025
The START Team have provided specialist mental health services to homeless people across South London for over 30 years. The successful post holder will join a new small specialist team, providing trauma-informed care to homeless people presenting with substance misuse and mental health difficulties in Croydon. This sub-team will have close links to the core START Team.
The role is to provide a specialist psychology service to adult rough sleepers in the borough of Croydon, who have difficulties with their mental health and alcohol/substance use (i.e. supporting the ‘dual diagnosis’ rough sleeping population).
This is part of an exciting Public Health England led project, targeting the local authorities with the highest numbers of people sleeping rough, who have been moved into emergency accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic. The project is planned for four years and will provide specialist support for individuals to access and engage with drug and alcohol treatment and move towards longer-term accommodation.
The role will involve the provision of direct psychological interventions to homeless people, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes. These will be delivered through street outreach (including to local homeless day services) and in-reach to emergency accommodation (including hotels, hostels and temporary supported accommodation). Direct clinical work will be undertaken with patients presenting with a range of difficulties. The successful candidate will be proficient in evidence based interventions for people presenting with psychosis and other mental health difficulties.
The role will also involve providing indirect interventions, using a trauma-informed model, including clinical consultation, supervision, and training to colleagues and staff from partnership organisations (mainly from addiction and homelessness services).
To contribute to contract reports, service evaluation, audit and research, to support future service commissioning and the development of new models of best practice.
This post is a 12 month fixed-term post. It is a part-time post, 30 hours per week.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust(SLaM) provide 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 organisations 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 employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, 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; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation 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.
· To ensure the systematic provision of a psychological therapy service for the START (Homeless Outreach Team) and personally provide 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 specialist for the START (Homeless Outreach) Team.
· 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 staff support initiatives within their area, working with senior colleagues and, Corporate Psychology and Psychotherapy, where appropriate, to support colleagues and ensure staff in SLaM have access to evidence based support. To participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate.
This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Jul 2025