Highly Specialist Psychologist/Psychological Therapist/Psychotherapist
| Posting date: | 10 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £64,156.00 to £71,148.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £64156.00 - £71148.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 December 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE5 8AZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9334-25-1291 |
Summary
The Parenting Well with Psychosis Project has been funded by the Maudsley Charitys Living Well with Psychosis Programme which funds initiatives and research to improve the treatment and support the recovery of people affected by psychosis. The Charity also has a focus on work that supports families and carers and addresses inequalities in the experiences of racialised communities with mental health services. Social deprivation, discrimination and racial trauma are all linked to an increased likelihood of developing a psychotic illness. In southeast London, rates of psychosis are up to two times higher than the UK national average, some of the highest rates in Europe with Black men and women disproportionately affected both in prevalence and in their experience of mental health services and treatment. The senior clinician will contribute to the development and co-ordination of the provision of the culturally sensitive Parenting Well with Psychosis project, including promotion of Clinical Governance. The senior clinician will be able to work clinically within the Helping Families Team and within the partnership holding a small caseload, depending on previous experience and clinical interest. The team will be an example of the Trust Think Family Strategy in practice where integrated care and partnership working are fundamental to whole family assessment, intervention and change. The program emphasizes diversity and inclusion, promoting access to parenting resources for marginalized communities. The project will commit to ensuring families from local Black communities, who are disproportionately affected by a diagnosis of psychosis, are invited to contribute to the design, delivery, evaluation as well as be in receipt of the programme as part of their care plan. We employ the Family Partnership Model as a framework to create partnerships, to promote respectful and honest engagement with families and professionals. Develop and co-deliver Think Family professional training focusing on empowering practitioners to consider the needs of children and young people impacted by parental mental illness. Coordinate delivery and supervise Being a Parent-Enjoying Family Life parenting groups, an evidence-based, 10-week parenting group intervention for parents dealing with mental health difficulties co-delivered by peer supporters and clinicians. The intervention will empower parents by building family resilience, supporting them to mentalise their experiences of being a parent and increasing their confidence in parenting their children. To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment, through team work, clinical supervision and management Contribute to the evaluation of the project alongside peer supporters and service users. To follow systems that are in place to support the clinical and professional supervision and support of other psychologists and multi-disciplinary colleagues within the Parenting Well team Clinical responsibility for child and adult safeguarding and clinical risk management of families being supported by the project. To contribute to various stages of the project implementation and evaluate through focus groups, interviews, and quantitative measures, with the aim of fostering long-term change and integrated care across mental health services.