Clinical or Counselling Psychologist | South West and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust Job London area,England UK,Healthcare

Position:
Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Band: 7.

Hours:

37.5 hours (WTE
1). Part‑time considered.

An exciting opportunity for a clinical/counselling psychologist to join NDT. The role offers a valuable opportunity for people with an interest in neurodevelopmental presentations such as Autism Spectrum Disorders and ADHD. Supervised by senior clinical/counselling psychologists, the post is highly suitable for candidates who aspire to learn more and/or specialise in neurodevelopmental conditions.

Primary Responsibilities

To support the development, organisation and delivery of a triage and assessment service.
To contribute to the effective working of the NDT team by creating and maintaining databases to track referrals, assessments, interventions and producing reports from this data.
To support in the design and implementation of audit and research projects to inform the Lead Psychologist and others in the development of Trust psychology and other services, training provision and research activities.
Conduct surveys with service users and carers to gather views on service provision.
To receive regular clinical and professional supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines and undertake personal training relevant to the post in agreement with the supervising psychologist and the manager.
To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and to support others involved in such situations.
Be involved in the pre‑ and post‑diagnostic offer, by supporting groups and workshops delivery.
Support screening and review of clinical information related to young people presenting with neurodevelopmental (ND) difficulties, and make onward referrals for assessments within NDT or signpost to other services as required.
Be involved in a variety of tasks in the NDT, including liaising with young people, families and multi‑agency professionals, arranging school observations, managing risk, and offering clinical assessments if indicated.
Supervise Assistant Psychologists and Interns.

Clinical Responsibilities

Provide specialist assessments, including cognitive assessments, of young children and their parents/carers referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and where appropriate, self‑report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi‑structured interviews in line with CYP IAPT methodology.

Formulate and implement plans for evidence‑based interventions, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, to improve the parent/child relationship.

Be responsible for implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions employed individually and in synthesis, maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses, adjusting and refining formulations or understandings, drawing upon different explanatory models and employing methods of intervention that are based upon evidence of efficacy.

Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and the family.

Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.

Provide specialist mental health advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the care of the young child and their parents/carers.

Contribute to and/or use evidence‑based, integrated working tools and processes, to ensure young children and their parents/carers receive holistic and co‑ordinated services in response to their mental health needs.

Undertake risk assessment and risk management for young children and their parents/carers.

Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of young children and their parents/carers who are under their care.

Monitor progress during the course of interventions,…


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