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Highly Specialised Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Clinical/ Counselling/ Forensic Psychologist/Forensically Modified DBT

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking for an energetic, highly motivated Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist to join our dynamic Diabetes Psychology Team (30 hours per week).</p> <p>If you are an enthusiastic and motivated clinician with experience in working with people with diabetes or Long-Term Conditions (LTC), and you are passionate about delivering evidence-based psychological interventions and service development, we encourage you to apply.</p> <p>This is an excellent opportunity to develop advanced clinical skills within a multidisciplinary team and be involved in a key service development project. Regular supervision will be provided.</p> <p>The post holder will be responsible for delivering a specialist psychology service to patients living with Type 2 diabetes in Well Street Common PCN and Hackney Marshes PCN.</p> <p>Your work within the Diabetes Psychology team will be central to improving patient engagement, self-management, and overall outcomes, with a specific focus on addressing health inequalities. This includes identifying and working with patients who struggle to attend appointments, as well as providing one-to-one and group-based support for individuals struggling with diabetes related distress. It will also involve wider outreach in the community and skilling up primary care staff to improve effectiveness of patient contact.</p> <p>You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team with disciplines including Endocrinology, Nursing, Psychology, Dietetics, and Diabetes Lay Educators and the wider primary care team.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>  <li>Clinical: Providing specialist psychological interventions to complex patients living with Type 2 diabetes, within HM &amp; WSC PCNs to improve self-management and promote active, healthy lifestyles.</li>  <li>Service &amp; Community Engagement: Identifying barriers to engagement in diabetes management within the two PCNs through focused research, including questionnaires and focus groups.</li>  <li>Awareness &amp; Outreach: Engaging with the community to raise awareness of diabetes management resources, with a strong focus on marginalised groups.</li>  <li>Staff Training &amp; Support: Skilling up existing staff on the knowledge and awareness of psychological barriers to engagement in diabetes care, and utilising resources like MDMs to improve the effectiveness of patient contact and reduce disengagement.</li>  <li>Peer Support: Setting up peer support initiatives based on identified need, making strategic use of existing community resources.</li>  <li>Sustainability: Developing a sustainable model of care that can be fully integrated into the PCN's ongoing services after the initial funding period concludes.</li> </ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.</p> <p>We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).</p> <p>Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.</p> <p>Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.</p> <p>We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.</p> <p>Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.</p> <p>Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ &amp; Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>03 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £56,276 to £63,176 a year
      
        pro rata p.a. incl.
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>12 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Part-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>293-EMRS2-0519</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Homerton Hospital</p>
      <p>Homerton Row</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>E9 6SR</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.</p> <p>The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.</p> <p>The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Education/Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Post graduate qualification in CBT leading to BABCP accreditation or Post-graduate qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology conferring eligibility for chartership by the British Psychological Society, Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with Health Care Professions Council</li>
        
        <li>Models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics CBT and one other psychological therapy</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>BABCP accreditation</li>
          
          <li>Training in and experience of delivering other modalities such as Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT), Counselling for Depression (CfD), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)</li>
          
          <li>Relevant specialist training or qualifications teaching or training other staff</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Skills/ Abilities
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Highly-developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation</li>
        
        <li>Skills in working across multidisciplinary settings</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working in a physical health setting, providing highly specialist health psychology assessment and treatment through 1:1 and group interventions with adults</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working in the clinical field of diabetes/ LTC</li>
        
        <li>Experience of teaching or training other staff</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with individuals who may be considered difficult to engage in their own healthcare</li>
          
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          Trust Values, Equal Opportunities and Other Requirements
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values</li>
        
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            Education/Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Post graduate qualification in CBT leading to BABCP accreditation or Post-graduate qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology conferring eligibility for chartership by the British Psychological Society, Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with Health Care Professions Council</li>
          
          <li>Models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics CBT and one other psychological therapy</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>BABCP accreditation</li>
            
            <li>Training in and experience of delivering other modalities such as Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT), Counselling for Depression (CfD), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)</li>
            
            <li>Relevant specialist training or qualifications teaching or training other staff</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Skills/ Abilities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Highly-developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation</li>
          
          <li>Skills in working across multidisciplinary settings</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in a physical health setting, providing highly specialist health psychology assessment and treatment through 1:1 and group interventions with adults</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in the clinical field of diabetes/ LTC</li>
          
          <li>Experience of teaching or training other staff</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings</li>
            
            <li>Experience of working with individuals who may be considered difficult to engage in their own healthcare</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Trust Values, Equal Opportunities and Other Requirements
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Homerton Hospital</p>
      <p>Homerton Row</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>E9 6SR</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Homerton Hospital</p>
          <p>Homerton Row</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>E9 6SR</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

CBT Therapist / Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

Head of Psychology & Psychotherapy (Neurodevelopmental Services)

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are excited to be recruiting a clinical or counselling psychologist based in Tier 4 Aquarius general adolescent unit, based at Springfield University Hospital working with young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. You will be working within a multi-disciplinary team and will have regular opportunities for CPD and training.</p> <p>Aquarius ward offers a service for 12- to 17-year-olds experiencing a range of significant and multiple mental health difficulties requiring inpatient treatment. This post will be based within the Aquarius MDT, with strong links with the Adolescent Outreach Team. We are able to offer this role as a full time or part time position.</p> <p>Please note candidates need to be qualified clinical/counselling psychologists (or about to qualify) and registered with the Health &amp; Care Professions Council or clearly state in their application how they are planning to achieve this registration.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>We will also consider applications from newly qualified and recently qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologists eligible to occupy the post at band 7 in a preceptorship role. An applicant appointed to the band 7 preceptorship role will be supported through a preceptorship model that includes a professional and clinical development plan for continuing professional development training. A Preceptorship Clinical/Counselling Psychologist will be supported to acquire the knowledge, skills and experience that meet the person specifications for the post at band 8a after a period of 18 months. Where these conditions are met the post holder will be expected to progress to band 8a subject to successful interview.</p> <p>At Band 8a, there will be opportunities to attend supervision skills training, and supervise doctoral clinical psychology trainees, through strong links with the University of Surrey Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) Training Scheme</p> <p>Ideally the post holder will have experience of working within a specialist inpatient CAMHS service. We will offer in-house training, regular supervision and a thorough induction to all new staff. The post is a substantive role.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.</p>
<p>We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.</p>
<p>This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.</p>
<p>We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.</p>
<p>We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>23 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £64,156 to £71,148 a year
      
        per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAs
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>294-CAMHS-7627806-JB-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Springfield University Hospital</p>
            <p>Tooting</p>
            <p>SW17 0YF</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>1. To provide specialist psychological assessments to children who are referred to the Team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the child or young persons care.</p> <p>2. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of the mental health problems of children and young people who are based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of their problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy across the full range of care settings.</p> <p>3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological and psycho-educational interventions for individual children, carers, families and groups, within and across teams including community settings employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.</p> <p>4. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options for children and their families in conjunction with other professional colleagues, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, group or system.</p> <p>5. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children whose problems are managed by psychologically-based standard care plans.</p> <p>6. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan for the children.</p> <p>7. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically-based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all children, across all settings and agencies serving this client group.</p> <p>8. To undertake mental health risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.</p> <p>9. To act as mental health care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under enhanced CPA including the children, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care. This includes organising case conferences and professional network meetings where appropriate.</p> <p>10. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>1. To provide specialist psychological assessments to children who are referred to the Team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the child or young persons care.</p> <p>2. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of the mental health problems of children and young people who are based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of their problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy across the full range of care settings.</p> <p>3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological and psycho-educational interventions for individual children, carers, families and groups, within and across teams including community settings employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.</p> <p>4. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options for children and their families in conjunction with other professional colleagues, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, group or system.</p> <p>5. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children whose problems are managed by psychologically-based standard care plans.</p> <p>6. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan for the children.</p> <p>7. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically-based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all children, across all settings and agencies serving this client group.</p> <p>8. To undertake mental health risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.</p> <p>9. To act as mental health care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under enhanced CPA including the children, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care. This includes organising case conferences and professional network meetings where appropriate.</p> <p>10. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Training and Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Qualified Clinical / Counselling  Psychologist registered with  the HCPC as a Practitioner  Psychologist under the domain  of Clinical Psychologist</li>
        
        <li>Post qualification training in  the clinical supervision of  trainees</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Training as part of a  CYP IAPT  collaborative in a  recognised evidenced  based approach.</li>
          
          <li>Formal training in the  supervision of a  psychotherapeutic  modality.</li>
          
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Consolidated experience of  specialist psychological  assessment and treatment of  clients across the full range of  care settings, including  outpatient, community, primary  care, and in-patient settings.</li>
        
        <li>Consolidated experience of  working with a wide variety of  client groups, across the whole  life course presenting  problems that reflect the full  range of clinical severity  including maintaining a high  degree of professionalism in  the face of highly emotive and  distressing problems, verbal  abuse and the threat of  physical abuse.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrate further specialist  training and experience by  having received a minimum of  50 hours of clinical supervision  of working as a specialist  psychologist or  psychotherapist over a  minimum of 18 months.</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Experience of  teaching, training  and/or supervision.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of service  development or of a leadership role.</li>
          
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            Training and Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Qualified Clinical / Counselling  Psychologist registered with  the HCPC as a Practitioner  Psychologist under the domain  of Clinical Psychologist</li>
          
          <li>Post qualification training in  the clinical supervision of  trainees</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Training as part of a  CYP IAPT  collaborative in a  recognised evidenced  based approach.</li>
            
            <li>Formal training in the  supervision of a  psychotherapeutic  modality.</li>
            
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Consolidated experience of  specialist psychological  assessment and treatment of  clients across the full range of  care settings, including  outpatient, community, primary  care, and in-patient settings.</li>
          
          <li>Consolidated experience of  working with a wide variety of  client groups, across the whole  life course presenting  problems that reflect the full  range of clinical severity  including maintaining a high  degree of professionalism in  the face of highly emotive and  distressing problems, verbal  abuse and the threat of  physical abuse.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrate further specialist  training and experience by  having received a minimum of  50 hours of clinical supervision  of working as a specialist  psychologist or  psychotherapist over a  minimum of 18 months.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Experience of  teaching, training  and/or supervision.</li>
            
            <li>Experience of service  development or of a leadership role.</li>
            
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
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    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
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Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Job overview <p>We are looking for an experienced an Accredited Counsellor, Psychotherapist or Counselling Psychologist to join our team at<b> Brent Talking Therapies</b>.</p> Main duties of the job <p><b>NHS Talking Therapies services require all counsellors/psychotherapists to be registrants on the Accredited Register of Counsellors with the Professional Standards Authority</b>.</p> <p>To be shortlisted, recruiters search the PSA Accredited Register for Counsellors of your professional organisation's register (BACP, BPC, COSCA, NCS, UK AHPP, UKCP, HCPC). <b>Please ensure you provide the correct Registration Number in your application for us to confirm you are an Accredited Counsellor or Psychotherapist with your registering association</b>. Counselling Psychologists are checked against the HCPC Register and would need experience of working within a counselling role.</p> <p><b>We would consider applicants who have not yet obtained accreditation but have submitted their applications and are awaiting a decision. This needs to be clearly noted in your supporting statement.</b></p> <p>This is within London borough of Brent. The main hub is at Fairfields House in Kingsbury and a satellite hub at Bell House in Willesden Green. You will be required to work across both hubs and in other parts of the borough, e.g. GP surgeries/community settings.</p> <p>We operate an agile working policy. Staff combine remote working and being on-site to deliver face-to-face appointments and other service commitments that require a hub-based presence. The post-holder may be required to work at any times between 8am and 8pm on weekdays including an evening clinic as required by the service.</p> Working for our organisation <p>Benefits of working for Brent include:</p> <ul> <li>Wellbeing is important within our service and we are a collaborative and cohesive team.</li> <li>27 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service</li> <li>NHS discount</li> <li>Opportunities for career progression</li> <li>We are committed to professional development, an support further training in a specialist IAPT modality, i.e. Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Counselling for Depression and Couples Counselling for Depression. This will enable you to progress to a Band 7 IAPT High Intensity Counsellor with the service on completion of the training.</li> </ul> Detailed job description and main responsibilities <ul> <li>Provide a systematic time-limited assessment and counselling / psychological therapy service to people with defined common mental health difficulties within the Primary Care setting.</li> <li>Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of patients whose problems are managed by psychologically based care plans.</li> <li>Provide consultation to referring GPs and the primary and community care teams about psychological therapy aspects of patient care and a range of mental health issues; attend primary care meetings where appropriate.</li> <li>When necessary, arrange onward referral of patients to other NHS and non-NHS teams and organisations in consultation with the referring GP.</li> <li>Work as part of local mental and physical health services to provide a clear patient pathway for patients receiving a range of psychological therapies and interventions</li> <li>Provide comprehensive and timely clinical information when referring within and between these teams and services.</li> <li>Liaise with voluntary organisations and other mental and physical health agencies over patient care and provide advice around primary care issues; have extensive local knowledge of associated services.</li> <li>Use analytical and judgement skills across complex presenting facts or situations in devising an appropriate response and intervention.</li> <li>Responsible for keeping clinical records and maintaining patient records in secure locations across sites; ensure any patient identifiable data is not carried outside of these NHS premises or between sites.</li> </ul> Person specification Education and qualifications <ul> <li>Qualified Counsellor / Psychotherapist, current Registrant on the Professional Standards Authority Accredited Register of Counsellors (BACP, BPC, UKCP, NCS Accredited Professional , COSCA, UKAHPP) OR Qualified Counselling Psychologist, current registrant with the HCPC</li> <li>Substantial post-qualification experience of generic counselling (minimum of 450hrs client contact), demonstrable through an additional supervisory reference</li> <li>Continued professional development that includes learning/knowledge of other clinical modalities and theoretical models</li> <li>Post-qualification training in one or more IAPT modality eg DIT, IPT, CfD, Couples Counselling for Depression</li> <li>Post-qualification training in additional specialist mental health areas eg CBT principles, ACT</li> </ul> Previous Experience <ul> <li>Recent experience of working with adults with common mental health problems</li> <li>Recent experience of working in a primary care setting using brief, time limited counselling interventions</li> <li>Assessed experience of undertaking assessments for brief therapy / counselling, including risk management</li> <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of clients over the age of 16 years presenting with common mental health problems</li> <li>Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.</li> <li>Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for clients' emotional care and treatment including maintaining confidentiality</li> <li>Experience of assessing clinical risk in the context of common mental health problems.</li> <li>Experience of working in a multicultural setting and with diversity</li> <li>Experience of working with adults with Serious Mental Illness</li> <li>Experience of working therapeutically with people presenting with Long Term Health Conditions</li> <li>Experience of working with interpreters</li> <li>Experience of managing an independent and specialist caseload.</li> </ul> Skills and Knowledge <ul> <li>Skills in psychological assessment for counselling, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.</li> <li>Competency in working within a recognised theoretical framework.</li> <li>Ability to draw on an evidence-base in choice of interventions in line with NICE Guidelines</li> <li>Competency in working with a clinical model in brief counselling that includes working with a focus and goals for therapy</li> <li>Ability to work independently and manage a caseload, with freedom to act and take decisions about patient care, within professional discretion.</li> <li>Ability to provide support to colleagues, GPs and other members of the Primary Care Team with knowledge of mental health issues as appropriate.</li> <li>Ability to offer mentoring to counsellors on placement within the team.</li> <li>Knowledge of more than one model of intervention and the ability to choose and apply different interventions.</li> <li>Familiarity with mental health issues in the field of primary care counselling</li> <li>Familiarity with issues around clinical governance.</li> <li>Ability to provide counselling in mother tongue within the Brent population.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.</li> <li>Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system</li> <li>Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.</li> <li>If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.</li> </ul> Employer certification / accreditation badges <p>You must have appropriate UK professional registration.</p> <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.</p>

Counsellor/Counselling Psychologist

A mental health service provider in Greater London seeks an experienced Accredited Counsellor, Psychotherapist, or Counselling Psychologist to join their team. The role involves delivering psychological therapy in primary care settings, requiring professional registration and significant experience. Benefits include extensive annual leave, NHS discounts, and clear career progression pathways. The role operates under an agile working policy, combining remote and on-site services, with flexible working hours required, including evenings.

NHS Counselling Psychologist - Primary Care (Hybrid)

Those Huge Small Victories <p>Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.</p> Get out what you put in <p>This role is based at Felden Hall School.</p> <p>Opening in Spring 2026, Felden Hall School is an independent, specialist day school providing high quality education for boys and girls. Based in Hemel Hempstead, the school meets the needs of pupils with special educational needs including ADHD, autism, speech, language &amp; communication difficulties and social &amp; emotional difficulties. The initial age range will be 5-16 years.</p> <p>Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children's homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.</p> <p>As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.</p> <p>Our Senior Psychologists work collaboratively within our schools and children's homes, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.</p> What we do for you <p>We know you're going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you'll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you'll get:</p> <p><b>Training</b>: A full induction and on the job training</p> <p><b>Holiday</b>: You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays</p> <p><b>Clinical Development</b>: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development</p> <p><b>Flexible benefits</b>: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits here</p> <p><b>Wellbeing</b>: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance</p> <p><b>Medical cover</b> so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of <b>high-street discounts</b></p> <p>A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time</p> Bring your whole self to work <p>Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs - and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person we're looking for will:</p> <p>Be a qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC</p> <p>Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to assess, formulate and support the delivery of therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs</p> <p>Have experience of supporting the team around a child or young person to provide clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences</p> <p>Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer</p> <p>Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative</p> <p>Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people</p> <p>Be a member of a multi-disciplinary team, receiving regular supervision and supported in your CPD</p> <p>Have lengthy sector experience and a background in team supervision are all vital</p> <p>Be a car driver, as there's some travel involved</p> <p>This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. You'll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.</p> Interested in joining us? <p>Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.</p> <p>The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.</p> <p>Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD</p>

Senior Psychologist

A leading healthcare organization in London is seeking a part-time Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to provide high-quality therapeutic care. The role offers flexibility in working patterns and includes delivering assessments and interventions to support client mental health. Ideal candidates will hold a professional doctorate and have general adult mental health experience. Join us to help make health happen by providing excellent care to our customers.

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Hybrid & Flexible Hours

Introduction <p>Are you an experienced and innovative HCPC-registered Practitioner Psychologist looking to take the next step in your career? This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a multi disciplinary psychological therapies team which covers both male and female adult acute inpatient wards (23 beds in total) at Potters Bar Clinic.</p> <p>You will be joining us at an exciting time as we are developing a new pathway for young adults who present with complex trauma, and you will have a key role in contributing to this service development. There are opportunities for further training relevant to the therapeutic work.</p> <p>You will provide a clinical service of specialist psychology assessments and interventions to a number of adult service users with acute mental health needs on the ward. You will also provide a specialist clinical perspective in relation to other service users with whom you might not be directly involved. Potters Bar uses a formulation driven and trauma informed model of care.</p> <p>Reporting directly to the Lead Psychologist, you will be responsible for individual and group interventions, diagnostic and cognitive assessments, MDT working and risk assessments. You will also facilitate staff reflective practice sessions and be requested to design and deliver training.</p> <p>As a Psychologist, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a service user's caseload, including assessing complex needs and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatments to support their care plans.</p> <p>Your Psychologist career at Potters Bar Clinic will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills throughout your time with us. Your professional growth is valued and there are numerous career development opportunities on offer. There is an extensive range of courses designed to help you grow and succeed in your career.</p> <p>It's a career that brings pride and fulfilment, a true representation of what delivering great healthcare should feel like.</p> <p>For more information, please contact Sigal Spigel, Principal Clinical Psychologist, Email: ; T: </p> Please refer to the job spec when applying. The job spec gives detailed information regarding the job requirements in terms of hours and skills. As a Psychologist you will be: <ul> <li>Working autonomously to provide a specialist psychology service to patients as agreed by Consultant Psychiatrist, Therapies Lead, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and in discussion with wider MDT.</li> <li>Undertaking specialist assessments.</li> <li>Providing specialist interventions according to formulations based on an appropriate conceptual framework, NICE guidelines, evidence from research, and in accordance with the wider MDT formulation and interventions.</li> <li>Being involved in running therapeutic groups on the ward as agreed.</li> <li>Continually monitoring risk of all patients for whom there is direct contact, or regarding which the post holder receives relevant information, ensuring acute risk is managed, liaising with MDT (and in particular responsible psychiatrist) regarding risk, and updating electronic record including risk assessment as required.</li> <li>Ensuring that all clinical work is adequately recorded in the electronic patient record.</li> <li>Attending ward rounds (and other MDT meetings), case conferences, CPAs as required, and providing reports in advance for these in accordance with local procedures.</li> <li>Preparing clinical reports as required, e.g. assessment reports, discharge summaries.</li> <li>Liaising with internal and external colleagues as required.</li> <li>Completing all recording and reporting tasks associated with clinical work.</li> <li>Facilitating 'reflective practice' sessions for the ward-based staff as agreed within the psychological therapies team and in discussion with wider MDT. Please note that the reflective practice sessions take place at 7:30 am and 7:30 pm to cover day and night ward-based staff. There is flexibility in the working arrangements to accommodate these working patterns.</li> </ul> To be successful in this role, you'll need: <ul> <li>Have BPS recognised psychology degrees.</li> <li>Be HCPC registered.</li> <li>Have understanding of evidence-based psychological practice.</li> <li>Have experience of applying psychological knowledge to a psychiatric setting.</li> <li>Experience in inpatient work preferable but not essential.</li> </ul> Where you will be working: <p><b>Location:</b> 190 Barnet Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 2SE</p> <p>Join the team at Potters Bar Clinic providing care for young people and adults with acute mental health needs and personality disorders in an established 24 hour care environment. The CAMHS Tier 4 Low Secure services are for young people aged 13-18.</p> <p>Potters Bar Clinic is located in a residential area, only one minute drive from the M25 and a short bus ride from Potters Bar Train Station, with a bus stop right outside, making it an easy commute for most.</p> What you will get: <ul> <li>Annual salary of £53,000, pro rata considered 4 days a week.</li> <li>The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) - plus your birthday off!</li> <li>Free meals and parking.</li> <li>Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work life balance.</li> <li>24 hour GP Service to ensure you are the best you can be.</li> <li>Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.</li> <li>Pension contribution to secure your future.</li> <li>Life Assurance for added peace of mind.</li> <li>Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.</li> </ul> <p>There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.</p> <p>A full job description and personal specification is available upon request.</p> About your next employer: <p>You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities &amp; Autism, Children &amp; Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.</p> <p>Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.</p> <p>The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID 19.</p> <p>Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.</p>

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