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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Job Overview:</p> <p>The Transforming Care in Autism (TCA) service was developed to meet the needs of autistic individuals at risk of admission to, or within, mainstream mental health services.An exciting new opportunity has arisen for autistic peer support workers to be part of a sensory Quality Improvement (QI) project aimed to support autistic people as part of the Transforming Care in Autism (TCA) team. We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, compassionate, positive thinking and self-motivated individual(s) with lived experience of autism. This may include some lived experience of mental health problems and recovery. The primary role is to provide caring and non-judgemental support to autistic individuals experiencing mental health challenges. The role will also involve providing training to staff and carers to impart knowledge and skills to support autistic service users.</p> <p>The successful candidate will have completed an accredited Peer Worker training course or be willing to complete training shortly after starting their role. They will be a member of a multidisciplinary team, working alongside autism-specialists and mental health professionals.</p> <p>Peer Support Workers will be fully supported in their role through regular 1 to 1 supervision within the team line management structure and have access to monthly peer mentoring and weekly online group supervision. </p>   <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Key Responsibilities:</p> <p>To use lived experience to inspire hope that change is possible.To share lived experience safely and effectively.To share your own and other examples of lived experience of recovery or times when you have experience behaviours that have been challenging and how you overcome this challenge.To work in a way that acknowledges the personal, social, cultural and spiritual strengths of the person.To use a number of agreed recovery tools that are person-centred in a flexible way to support the service users.To support the service users to understand the role of autism and mental health services and how they can support their treatment alongside other community resources.To record information in a clear and accessible way.To promote service users involvement in all aspects of their work.</p>  <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 overviews please view the attached Job Description with the job advert.</p> <p><strong>Please note vacancy will be closed early once max application have been met.</strong></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>To build and maintain professional working relationships with others in the multi-disciplinary team, to encourage open channels of communication and actively participate in the creation of an open and safe working environment that promotes shared learning, growth and development.</p>
<p>Our values and commitments:</p>
<p>I will be caring, kind &amp; polite</p>
<p>I will be prompt and value your time</p>
<p>I will take time to listen to you</p>
<p>I will be honest and direct with you</p>
<p>I will do what I say I am going to do</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>06 October 2025</p>

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

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 4</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £33,094 to £36,195 a year
      
        per annum pro rata (inc of HCAS)
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>4 months</p>
  

  
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          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Job share
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>334-NUR-7492913-SA</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Maudsley Hospital</p>
            <p>Denmark Hill</p>
            <p>SE5 8AZ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>To ensure confidentiality and safe keeping of client records.To be able to signpost to community and/or online resources and access appropriate mainstream and autism resources.To be aware of, teach others and challenge issues in relation to autism and stigma, low expectations and anti-discriminatory practice as appropriate.To attend team meetings as appropriate.With agreement of line manager, to promote the role of peer support both within SLAM and externally, through co-delivery of presentations, workshops, and information sharing. In addition, to participate in Trust-wide peer related projects and audits.To take part in regular one-to-one supervision with senior staff.To contribute and commit to undertaking an annual appraisal.To complete mandatory training.To take part in group supervision and mentoring for peer workers.To work with sensory pilot project team within TCA in co-production (design), delivery (processes), evaluation (of outcomes) and dissemination (of findings) as part of this Quality Improvement (QI) projectTo work with the sensory pilot project team within TCA to co-produce (design) and co-deliver teaching, training and workshops focused on autism and related topics for service users, carers/supporters and staffTo work within the spirit of co-production and co-delivery for all presentations and workshopsTo support autistic service users and/or carers accessing the sensory pilot within the TCA team in relation to wellbeing, social inclusion and other aspects of recoveryTo role-model the positive use and impact of lived experience of mental ill-health, recovery and self-management with service users and/or carer they are supportingThe post holder will be required to be self-reflective about their personal lived experience of autism and/or mental ill-health. This is an essential criteria of the role and successful applicants will be expected to use this experience within co-production and delivery of the sensory pilot aims and objectives. Peer support workers will need to be able to recognise the value and impact of their own lived experience. Effective use of personal experience of recovery and wellbeing is an essential role requirement to support the service users, carers/supporters and staff to understand the teaching materials and develop knowledge, attitudes and skills to enable wellbeing and self-management. Successful applicants will be offered regular team and individual supervision and training opportunities to support their own wellbeing and links to their work activities.To work closely with sensory pilot project team within TCA, and practitioners from a variety of professions and roles within SLaM.To ensure that any concerns regarding an individuals mental and physical health and wellbeing highlighted within interactions with service users are shares with the team and/or their line manager in order that a decision to notify the individuals care team is madeTo identify the diverse needs of the service users, carers and staff and to adapt teaching and communication style in response to the audience's level of need and understanding.To work flexibly including travelling to sites within the boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark where relevant and appropriate. There is not an expectation to work out of hours.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>To ensure confidentiality and safe keeping of client records.To be able to signpost to community and/or online resources and access appropriate mainstream and autism resources.To be aware of, teach others and challenge issues in relation to autism and stigma, low expectations and anti-discriminatory practice as appropriate.To attend team meetings as appropriate.With agreement of line manager, to promote the role of peer support both within SLAM and externally, through co-delivery of presentations, workshops, and information sharing. In addition, to participate in Trust-wide peer related projects and audits.To take part in regular one-to-one supervision with senior staff.To contribute and commit to undertaking an annual appraisal.To complete mandatory training.To take part in group supervision and mentoring for peer workers.To work with sensory pilot project team within TCA in co-production (design), delivery (processes), evaluation (of outcomes) and dissemination (of findings) as part of this Quality Improvement (QI) projectTo work with the sensory pilot project team within TCA to co-produce (design) and co-deliver teaching, training and workshops focused on autism and related topics for service users, carers/supporters and staffTo work within the spirit of co-production and co-delivery for all presentations and workshopsTo support autistic service users and/or carers accessing the sensory pilot within the TCA team in relation to wellbeing, social inclusion and other aspects of recoveryTo role-model the positive use and impact of lived experience of mental ill-health, recovery and self-management with service users and/or carer they are supportingThe post holder will be required to be self-reflective about their personal lived experience of autism and/or mental ill-health. This is an essential criteria of the role and successful applicants will be expected to use this experience within co-production and delivery of the sensory pilot aims and objectives. Peer support workers will need to be able to recognise the value and impact of their own lived experience. Effective use of personal experience of recovery and wellbeing is an essential role requirement to support the service users, carers/supporters and staff to understand the teaching materials and develop knowledge, attitudes and skills to enable wellbeing and self-management. Successful applicants will be offered regular team and individual supervision and training opportunities to support their own wellbeing and links to their work activities.To work closely with sensory pilot project team within TCA, and practitioners from a variety of professions and roles within SLaM.To ensure that any concerns regarding an individuals mental and physical health and wellbeing highlighted within interactions with service users are shares with the team and/or their line manager in order that a decision to notify the individuals care team is madeTo identify the diverse needs of the service users, carers and staff and to adapt teaching and communication style in response to the audience's level of need and understanding.To work flexibly including travelling to sites within the boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark where relevant and appropriate. There is not an expectation to work out of hours.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Educated to GCSE or equivalent  level/or evidence of competency  specifically in English and Maths</li>
        
        <li>Lived Experience / Peer Support  Training (or willing to complete)</li>
        
        <li>Commitment to obtain further  underpinning knowledge through  work based learning and mandatory  training</li>
        
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Personal experience of autism and mental health difficulties and  recovery</li>
        
        <li>Experience of using autism and  mental health services (for example  a community mental health team /  promoting recovery team, home  treatment team, inpatient stay,  emergency department, talking  therapies, etc)</li>
        
        <li>Willing to positively share your own  life experiences, with service users, carers, and colleagues</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working or  volunteering with autistic people and  mental health difficulties (paid or  voluntary)</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Experience of delivering peer  support services</li>
          
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Lived experience of autism and mental health difficulties and recovery</li>
        
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Undertaken or willing to undertake peer support worker or coproduction/ facilitation training</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Educated to GCSE or equivalent  level/or evidence of competency  specifically in English and Maths</li>
          
          <li>Lived Experience / Peer Support  Training (or willing to complete)</li>
          
          <li>Commitment to obtain further  underpinning knowledge through  work based learning and mandatory  training</li>
          
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Personal experience of autism and mental health difficulties and  recovery</li>
          
          <li>Experience of using autism and  mental health services (for example  a community mental health team /  promoting recovery team, home  treatment team, inpatient stay,  emergency department, talking  therapies, etc)</li>
          
          <li>Willing to positively share your own  life experiences, with service users, carers, and colleagues</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working or  volunteering with autistic people and  mental health difficulties (paid or  voluntary)</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Experience of delivering peer  support services</li>
            
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Lived experience of autism and mental health difficulties and recovery</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Undertaken or willing to undertake peer support worker or coproduction/ facilitation training</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>
  

  
    <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>
  

  


 
  
    
      
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        <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>
      

      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Maudsley Hospital</p>
            <p>Denmark Hill</p>
            <p>SE5 8AZ</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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          <p>Maudsley Hospital</p>
                    <p>Denmark Hill</p>
                    <p>SE5 8AZ</p>
        
      

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

NHS Jobs

Autism Peer Support Worker

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Psychologists are integral and valued key members of the Mental Health Care of Older People's multidisciplinary teams (MHCOP) in each borough across East London. Within and across the service, in line with National Guidance, the post holder will be responsible and accountable for the provision of high quality, person-centred and culturally sensitive psychological services to older adults presenting to the service, their families and carers. Our goal is to alleviate psychological distress and promote psychological well-being, working alongside our multi-disciplinary team colleagues in the community and liaison into the centralised wards, where required through consultation, teaching and training.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holder will be an active member of City and Hackney's Mental Health Care of Older Adult's service including the centralised MHCOP inpatient wards and wider East London MHCOP Psychology and Arts therapies professional group.</p> <p>They will work closely with psychologists and other professionals in the team maintaining a standardised approach to the assessment and care of Service Users with complex needs across community and inpatient settings. As part of this, they will contribute to the provision of a specialist psychological perspective for the work of the team, providing highly specialist psychological advice and consultation to other members of the team as well as consultation into the borough's residential and nursing homes.</p> <p>They will be responsible and accountable for the systematic provision of a highly specialist psychology service for people with severe, complex and enduring mental health and dementia related difficulties and their families, presenting to the service and across community and, where appropriate, acute physical health and psychiatric settings.</p> <p>They will develop working partnerships with other members of psychology services locally and across East London boroughs, relevant statutory and voluntary agencies, locality services and providers/commissioners as appropriate</p>   <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>03 October 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 pro rata inc HCA
      
    </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>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>363-CH7500929</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>City and Hackney Mental Health Care of Older People</p>
      <p>30 Felstead Street</p>
      <p>Hackney Wick</p>
            <p>E9 5LG</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
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          Education/ Qualification/ Training
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS (2)</li>
        
        <li>Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC)</li>
        
        <li>Clinical supervision training for doctoral trainees</li>
        
        <li>Relevant specialist older adult training or qualifications, which should include include neuropsychological assessment skills</li>
        
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Significant experience of work as a qualified Clinical Psychologist in NHS setting, including experience in neuropsychology assessment, formulation, and/or neuro-rehabilitation</li>
        
        <li>Use of psychological models for consultation with staff teams, notably relating to behaviours that challenge</li>
        
        <li>Experience of providing a clinical service to multicultural populations and use of interpreters</li>
        
        <li>Substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management</li>
        
        <li>Experience of supervising others' clinical work</li>
        
        <li>Substantial experience of delivering teaching and training events</li>
        
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          Knowledge and Skills
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Evidence of highly specialist clinical skills and knowledge in older adult mental health/ neuropsychology/ dementia</li>
        
        <li>High level ability to plan and conduct assessment and psychological interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, relevant for specialist MHCOP presentations</li>
        
        <li>Highly specialist skills in applying theory to work with individuals, couples, families, groups and organisations</li>
        
        <li>Skilled in dementia assessments and competence and confidence in selection and administration of cognitive assessment and neuropsychological test equipment</li>
        
        <li>Awareness of national policy and guidelines as related to dementia and older adult mental health</li>
        
        <li>Able to manage own time and caseload</li>
        
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        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
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            Education/ Qualification/ Training
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS (2)</li>
          
          <li>Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC)</li>
          
          <li>Clinical supervision training for doctoral trainees</li>
          
          <li>Relevant specialist older adult training or qualifications, which should include include neuropsychological assessment skills</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Significant experience of work as a qualified Clinical Psychologist in NHS setting, including experience in neuropsychology assessment, formulation, and/or neuro-rehabilitation</li>
          
          <li>Use of psychological models for consultation with staff teams, notably relating to behaviours that challenge</li>
          
          <li>Experience of providing a clinical service to multicultural populations and use of interpreters</li>
          
          <li>Substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management</li>
          
          <li>Experience of supervising others' clinical work</li>
          
          <li>Substantial experience of delivering teaching and training events</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Knowledge and Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Evidence of highly specialist clinical skills and knowledge in older adult mental health/ neuropsychology/ dementia</li>
          
          <li>High level ability to plan and conduct assessment and psychological interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, relevant for specialist MHCOP presentations</li>
          
          <li>Highly specialist skills in applying theory to work with individuals, couples, families, groups and organisations</li>
          
          <li>Skilled in dementia assessments and competence and confidence in selection and administration of cognitive assessment and neuropsychological test equipment</li>
          
          <li>Awareness of national policy and guidelines as related to dementia and older adult mental health</li>
          
          <li>Able to manage own time and caseload</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>
  

  
    <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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        <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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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>City and Hackney Mental Health Care of Older People</p>
      <p>30 Felstead Street</p>
      <p>Hackney Wick</p>
            <p>E9 5LG</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>City and Hackney Mental Health Care of Older People</p>
          <p>30 Felstead Street</p>
          <p>Hackney Wick</p>
                    <p>E9 5LG</p>
        
      

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

Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>The SET CAMHS crisis and therapeutic home treatment team offer assessment and interventions to those young people presenting with mental deterioration or crisis presentations. As a service we now work within the Thrive model and implement collaborative care plans with our community services and community SET CAMHS team to promote positive outcomes for vulnerable young people and their families-there are opportunities here for join working and co-ordinating alongside the community based teams. Our approach to working is being developed with a focus on meeting the needs of the young person to ensure effective clinical practice and brief therapeutic interventions, and to reduce risk to have a stabilising impact within a containing approach. Within the service there are opportunities for development and training in various therapeutic approaches, and all new starters will be provided with a full induction and opportunities to shadow the team and to learn about the various departments/teams within the SET CAMHS model. We also welcome candidates from internal teams who may be interested in career progression and are wishing to enhance their practice and skillset in relation to this client group. Regular clinical supervision and reflective space is offered to members of the team, and the team operates on a shared risk model to ensure that decisions are made collectively with effective formulations of need.</p>
  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holder will benefit from being part of a friendly, supportive, dynamic and developing service based within Essex. The successful candidate will work alongside highly motivated colleagues and have access to effective supervision, both individually and group formats, and be supported with CPD requirements through relevant training. There will also be additional training and development opportunities as the service grows and develops, including opportunity to contribute to the care of young people within the A&amp;E pathway.</p>
<p>We are looking for candidates who have enthusiasm and passion for meeting the needs of young people in crisis and supporting the families who support them, as well as being adaptable, enjoying variety, working independently, as well as understanding the relevance of team working.</p>
  <h3>About us</h3>
   <p><strong>Probationary Period</strong></p> <p>This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).</p> <p><strong>Starting with NELFT</strong></p> <p>NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.</p>         
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>02 October 2025</p>

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

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £38,682 to £46,580 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </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>395-EC131-25-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Stapleford House</p>
      <p>103 Stapleford Close</p>
      <p>Chelmsford</p>
            <p>CM2 0QX</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>We are particularly looking for clinicians who can meet the following criteria:</p>
<ul>
<li>Skilled in assessment, formulation, management and delivery of therapy to people experiencing acute mental health crisis in both community and hospital settings</li>
<li>Experienced in assessing and managing clinical risk, drawing on dynamic case formulation skills and working collaboratively with service users to agree their treatment and safety plans</li>
<li>Possess a current Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapist, Counselling, Psychotherapy or equivalent professional qualification and be skilled and experienced in the delivery of evidence-based approaches to therapy (including DBT/CBT/Systemic &amp; Creative therapies). </li>
<li>Having knowledge, understanding and experience of working with the legal frameworks which relate to the care and treatment of children and young people, with particular reference to Children Act 1989, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended in 2007)</li>
<li>Flexibility to work within a service which operates 7 days a week 365 days per year which includes unsociable hours</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The candidate will possess the ability to work independently as well as being a collaborative and supportive member of the Multidisciplinary Team, and have an understanding and appreciation of the networks that surround young people in a modern age, especially in relation to mental health and mental health crisis.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Are flexible in practice and approach and able to carry out high quality Mental Health and Risk Assessments and deliver talking therapy and aforementioned evidence-based informed interventions in a variety of settings, including young peoples homes, colleges, schools, community settings and A&amp;Es</li>
<li>Able to formulate specific highly specialist care and treatment plans, providing skilled and specialist interventions and care to young people with complex mental health problems. Completing detailed written assessments in a timely manner.</li>
<li>Have a passion and enthusiasm for delivering high quality care to young people and their families</li>
<li>The use and management of clients electronic records.</li>
<li>Managing busy or complex workloads as part of a team.</li>
</ul>
<p>This post is open to Registered Mental Health Nurses (<strong>RMN's), Occupational Therapists (OT), Social Workers,, Psychotherapists</strong> <strong>and Psychological Therapists, Creative therapists</strong> who will be responsible for providing evidence-based intervention to young people and families within the Intensive Support Service Community Pathway. Applicants who do not have a registration but who do have significant CAMHS experience/relevant experience may be considered.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>We are particularly looking for clinicians who can meet the following criteria:</p>
<ul>
<li>Skilled in assessment, formulation, management and delivery of therapy to people experiencing acute mental health crisis in both community and hospital settings</li>
<li>Experienced in assessing and managing clinical risk, drawing on dynamic case formulation skills and working collaboratively with service users to agree their treatment and safety plans</li>
<li>Possess a current Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapist, Counselling, Psychotherapy or equivalent professional qualification and be skilled and experienced in the delivery of evidence-based approaches to therapy (including DBT/CBT/Systemic &amp; Creative therapies). </li>
<li>Having knowledge, understanding and experience of working with the legal frameworks which relate to the care and treatment of children and young people, with particular reference to Children Act 1989, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended in 2007)</li>
<li>Flexibility to work within a service which operates 7 days a week 365 days per year which includes unsociable hours</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The candidate will possess the ability to work independently as well as being a collaborative and supportive member of the Multidisciplinary Team, and have an understanding and appreciation of the networks that surround young people in a modern age, especially in relation to mental health and mental health crisis.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Are flexible in practice and approach and able to carry out high quality Mental Health and Risk Assessments and deliver talking therapy and aforementioned evidence-based informed interventions in a variety of settings, including young peoples homes, colleges, schools, community settings and A&amp;Es</li>
<li>Able to formulate specific highly specialist care and treatment plans, providing skilled and specialist interventions and care to young people with complex mental health problems. Completing detailed written assessments in a timely manner.</li>
<li>Have a passion and enthusiasm for delivering high quality care to young people and their families</li>
<li>The use and management of clients electronic records.</li>
<li>Managing busy or complex workloads as part of a team.</li>
</ul>
<p>This post is open to Registered Mental Health Nurses (<strong>RMN's), Occupational Therapists (OT), Social Workers,, Psychotherapists</strong> <strong>and Psychological Therapists, Creative therapists</strong> who will be responsible for providing evidence-based intervention to young people and families within the Intensive Support Service Community Pathway. Applicants who do not have a registration but who do have significant CAMHS experience/relevant experience may be considered.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualification
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Has a professional qualification</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Registration
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Has a professional registration or significant CAMHS experience</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Able to communicate in highly emotive situations</li>
        
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Experience of mental health in hospital and community settings</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience in formulating care and treatment plans</li>
        
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            Qualification
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Has a professional qualification</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Registration
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Has a professional registration or significant CAMHS experience</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Able to communicate in highly emotive situations</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of mental health in hospital and community settings</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience in formulating care and treatment plans</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>
  

  
    <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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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>NELFT North East London Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Stapleford House</p>
      <p>103 Stapleford Close</p>
      <p>Chelmsford</p>
            <p>CM2 0QX</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>NELFT North East London Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Stapleford House</p>
          <p>103 Stapleford Close</p>
          <p>Chelmsford</p>
                    <p>CM2 0QX</p>
        
      

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

SET CAMHS Crisis Practitioner (mid/west)

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An exciting new part time permanent position has arisen within the Royal London Hospital NICU for an experienced psychotherapist.</p>
<p>The Unit consists of a multidisciplinary team of neonatologists, surgeons, junior doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, health care support workers and other members of the wider hospital team. The psychotherapist plays an integral role in providing psychological support to all NICU &amp; NTS staff, parents and occasionally other members of the families who use our service.</p>
<p>The Royal London neonatal service comprises a Neonatal Intensive Care L3 Tertiary Unit with 45 beds, caring for over 700 babies every year. We receive admissions of sick and premature babies from our maternity Delivery Suite , as well as other hospitals within our network for specialist medical and surgical intensive care. We care for some of the sickest babies with significant morbidity and mortality and the psychotherapist plays an important role in supporting the parents and families of these infants.</p>
<p>The Hospital hosts the Neonatal Transfer Service which has close ties with the NICU and rotation of staff occurs.</p>
<p>The Royal London Hospital serves a diverse community and equally consists of a large multi-disciplinary team with different backgrounds. It is therefore important that the post holder can demonstrate an ability to work with people from all backgrounds. Language and cultural barriers may need to be overcome with creative and empathic communication.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>1. To provide a high quality specialist psychotherapy service to the parents / carers of babies on the NICU and the NICU staff team</p> <p>2. To provide specialist consultation, assessment and treatment for parents / carers of babies on the NICU</p> <p>3. To provide specialist consultation, supervision, debriefing and psychological support to the NICU staff team</p> <p>4. To develop and support the psychotherapeutic skills of the NICU staff via teaching, supervision and reflective spaces, support and consultation.</p> <p>5. To provide a psychotherapeutic perspective / expertise for NICU activities, including clinical care, team or service dynamics, systems, as part of case discussions, team meetings and in other relevant settings</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.</p>
<p>The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.</p>
<p>Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.</p>
<p>We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>06 October 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
      
        per annum inc pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>259-7279677RLH-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Royal London Hospital</p>
            <p>London</p>
            <p>E1 1FR</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
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    <p><strong>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 below.</strong></p>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Postgraduate diploma or degree in counselling / psychotherapy which is accredited by UKCP / BACP / ACP</li>
        
        <li>Current registration with UKCP / BACP / ACP</li>
        
        <li>A psychoanalytic or psychodynamic qualification</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Parent - infant psychotherapy qualification or experience</li>
          
          <li>Perinatal mental health qualification or experience</li>
          
          <li>Supervision qualification</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Significant post-qualifying experience in an NHS setting, including medium, short term and long term work</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with couples and / or groups</li>
        
        <li>Significant experience with neonatal bereavement / loss</li>
        
        <li>Significant experience with trauma</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with parents / carers and their babies psychoanalytically</li>
        
        <li>Experience in offering brief and longer term models of care for this client group</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge and experience of working with safeguarding issues and mental health problems</li>
        
        <li>Experience of consultation to colleagues from other disciplines</li>
        
        <li>Experience providing clinical supervision to individuals / groups</li>
        
        <li>Experience and understanding of working with families from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and families with a high level of deprivation</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with patients where English is not their first language</li>
        
        <li>Proven ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team</li>
        
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          <li>Experience with mental health issues and substance abuse</li>
          
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          Knowledge
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Knowledge of the specialist psychological issues linked to intensive care / child loss / end of life</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of psychoanalytic theory and an understanding of implication for clinical activity</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of the complex and sensitive needs of bereaved parents or those parents</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of working with a wide range of cultural and religious individuals and couples</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of professional issues relating to psychotherapy and its application, including NICE guidelines</li>
        
        <li>Familiar with relevant BAPM frameworks</li>
        
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          Skills
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Excellent communication skills</li>
        
        <li>Excellent organisation skills</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team</li>
        
        <li>Ability to prioritise workload</li>
        
        <li>Computer and literacy skills</li>
        
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        <li>Compassionate and empathic</li>
        
        <li>Friendly and approachable</li>
        
        <li>Resourceful, creative and flexible</li>
        
        <li>Uses own initiative</li>
        
        <li>Commitment to continued professional development</li>
        
        <li>Aware of limitations and accountability</li>
        
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          <li>Postgraduate diploma or degree in counselling / psychotherapy which is accredited by UKCP / BACP / ACP</li>
          
          <li>Current registration with UKCP / BACP / ACP</li>
          
          <li>A psychoanalytic or psychodynamic qualification</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
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            <li>Parent - infant psychotherapy qualification or experience</li>
            
            <li>Perinatal mental health qualification or experience</li>
            
            <li>Supervision qualification</li>
            
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          <li>Significant post-qualifying experience in an NHS setting, including medium, short term and long term work</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with couples and / or groups</li>
          
          <li>Significant experience with neonatal bereavement / loss</li>
          
          <li>Significant experience with trauma</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with parents / carers and their babies psychoanalytically</li>
          
          <li>Experience in offering brief and longer term models of care for this client group</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge and experience of working with safeguarding issues and mental health problems</li>
          
          <li>Experience of consultation to colleagues from other disciplines</li>
          
          <li>Experience providing clinical supervision to individuals / groups</li>
          
          <li>Experience and understanding of working with families from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and families with a high level of deprivation</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with patients where English is not their first language</li>
          
          <li>Proven ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience with mental health issues and substance abuse</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Knowledge of the specialist psychological issues linked to intensive care / child loss / end of life</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of psychoanalytic theory and an understanding of implication for clinical activity</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of the complex and sensitive needs of bereaved parents or those parents</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of working with a wide range of cultural and religious individuals and couples</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of professional issues relating to psychotherapy and its application, including NICE guidelines</li>
          
          <li>Familiar with relevant BAPM frameworks</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Excellent communication skills</li>
          
          <li>Excellent organisation skills</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team</li>
          
          <li>Ability to prioritise workload</li>
          
          <li>Computer and literacy skills</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_5">
          
            Other
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Compassionate and empathic</li>
          
          <li>Friendly and approachable</li>
          
          <li>Resourceful, creative and flexible</li>
          
          <li>Uses own initiative</li>
          
          <li>Commitment to continued professional development</li>
          
          <li>Aware of limitations and accountability</li>
          
          <li>Highly motivated</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>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Barts Health NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Royal London Hospital</p>
            <p>London</p>
            <p>E1 1FR</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Barts Health NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Royal London Hospital</p>
                    <p>London</p>
                    <p>E1 1FR</p>
        
      

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

Psychotherapist – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking to recruit an experienced or newly qualified Psychotherapist/Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to work therapeutically in our psychodynamic pathway. This post plays a pivotal role in delivering specialist psychological care to adults with complex mental health needs. The post is located in Lewisham Integrated Therapies team, Lewisham and works closely with community mental health teams.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>To work under the supervision of a Senior Psychotherapist in the team, to deliver psychodynamic therapies to those presenting with complex emotional needs. To supervise trainees, honorary and other junior staff. To offer consultations and other input to community mental health teams. </p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.</p>   <p>We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide.</p>   <p>We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.</p>   <p>The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role.We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.</p>   <p>Our Values</p>   <p>We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.</p>         
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>07 October 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
      
        per annum inclusive of HCAs
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

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

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>334-CLI-7378137</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>The Lind Clinic</p>
      <p>St James Lind House, Grove Street</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SE8 3RA</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please see The Job description document for a more detailed description of the roles and responsibilities.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please see The Job description document for a more detailed description of the roles and responsibilities.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oTo have undertaken a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions, e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical/counselling psychology, medicine, social work and occupational therapy OR to have equivalent relevant experience and demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field in the NHS.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Further training in Psychodynamic models of therapy.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oExperience of assessment and treatment of clients with a range of a complex emotional needs using psychodynamic models of therapy</li>
        
        <li>oExperience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.  This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience</li>
        
        <li>oSignificant post-qualification/graduation experience including experience of individual and group therapy with people with complex mental health needs</li>
        
        <li>oExperience of working with issues of risk and safety both physical and relational</li>
        
        <li>oExperience of multi-disciplinary working and working with community mental health teams</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oKnowledge of the theory of psychological therapy and it's therapeutic application for those presenting with complex emotional needs. Associated awareness of assessments</li>
        
        <li>oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities</li>
        
        <li>oKnowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.</li>
        
        <li>oTo deliver psychological/psychotherapeutic therapy across cultural and other differences</li>
        
        <li>oTo select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_4">
        
          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oTo communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information</li>
        
        <li>oConsultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups and sensitively managing, a number of people's needs simultaneously within the context of therapeutic work/consultation</li>
        
        <li>oTo plan allocation of tasks to assistants/trainees as appropriates.  Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups</li>
        
        <li>oTo select and administer specialist assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_5">
        
          Abilities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oAbility to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.</li>
        
        <li>oAbility to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oTo have undertaken a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions, e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical/counselling psychology, medicine, social work and occupational therapy OR to have equivalent relevant experience and demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field in the NHS.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Further training in Psychodynamic models of therapy.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oExperience of assessment and treatment of clients with a range of a complex emotional needs using psychodynamic models of therapy</li>
          
          <li>oExperience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.  This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience</li>
          
          <li>oSignificant post-qualification/graduation experience including experience of individual and group therapy with people with complex mental health needs</li>
          
          <li>oExperience of working with issues of risk and safety both physical and relational</li>
          
          <li>oExperience of multi-disciplinary working and working with community mental health teams</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oKnowledge of the theory of psychological therapy and it's therapeutic application for those presenting with complex emotional needs. Associated awareness of assessments</li>
          
          <li>oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities</li>
          
          <li>oKnowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.</li>
          
          <li>oTo deliver psychological/psychotherapeutic therapy across cultural and other differences</li>
          
          <li>oTo select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oTo communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information</li>
          
          <li>oConsultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups and sensitively managing, a number of people's needs simultaneously within the context of therapeutic work/consultation</li>
          
          <li>oTo plan allocation of tasks to assistants/trainees as appropriates.  Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups</li>
          
          <li>oTo select and administer specialist assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_5">
          
            Abilities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oAbility to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.</li>
          
          <li>oAbility to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour</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>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        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>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>The Lind Clinic</p>
      <p>St James Lind House, Grove Street</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SE8 3RA</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>The Lind Clinic</p>
          <p>St James Lind House, Grove Street</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>SE8 3RA</p>
        
      

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

Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Psychological Therapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB).</strong></p> <p>An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Younger Adults Psychological Service in Mental Health Together PLUS, in the West Kent Directorate.</p> <p>This post would suit someone who has a genuine interest in working therapeutically with this varied and rewarding client group. An understanding of and ability to work with people with severe and complex mental health difficulties is essential.</p> <p>At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and about inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>
<li>To be responsible for the systematic provision of a range of evidence-basedpsychological interventions to working age adults with severe and enduring mentalhealth difficulties referred by the Community Mental Health teams within thelocality.</li>
<li>To undertake high quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect(consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist psychology interventions withinthe service and taking substantial professional responsibility and exercisingautonomous judgement in their professional practice.</li>
<li>To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning byundertaking research and development relevant to the service area.</li>
<li>To be regularly responsible for providing and contributing to training placements for trainee clinical/counselling psychologists and for providing professional support and line-management to basic/senior psychologists in this specialism</li>
</ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.</p> <p>We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.</p> <p>Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.</p> <p>We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.</p> <p>You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.</p> <p>The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.</p> <p><strong>Our strategy</strong><strong>Our mission is what we set out to do every day</strong>We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people</p> <p><strong>Our vision is where we want to be in the future</strong>To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.</p> <p><strong>Check out our recruitment videos Recruitment - YouTube</strong></p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>30 September 2025</p>

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

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

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>380-WK0326</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Highlands House</p>
      <p>10-12 Calverley Park Gardens</p>
      <p>Tunbridge Wells</p>
            <p>TN1 2JN</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>This is a varied and busy post, which will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop invaluable skills, both clinically and organisationally. We look forward to welcoming you to the team.</p>
<p><strong>Please see Job Description &amp; Person Specification for full details. This is essential reading for all applicants.</strong></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>This is a varied and busy post, which will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop invaluable skills, both clinically and organisationally. We look forward to welcoming you to the team.</p>
<p><strong>Please see Job Description &amp; Person Specification for full details. This is essential reading for all applicants.</strong></p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Post Graduate Qualification in Counselling or Clinical Psychology or equivalent Psychotherapy Training</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience in working in adult mental healthcare services</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Demonstrable experience working as a qualified specialist psychologist / psychotherapist for a minimum of one year.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Post Graduate Qualification in Counselling or Clinical Psychology or equivalent Psychotherapy Training</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience in working in adult mental healthcare services</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Demonstrable experience working as a qualified specialist psychologist / psychotherapist for a minimum of one year.</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="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>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        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="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>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Kent &amp; Medway NHS &amp; Social Care Partnership Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Highlands House</p>
      <p>10-12 Calverley Park Gardens</p>
      <p>Tunbridge Wells</p>
            <p>TN1 2JN</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Kent &amp; Medway NHS &amp; Social Care Partnership Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Highlands House</p>
          <p>10-12 Calverley Park Gardens</p>
          <p>Tunbridge Wells</p>
                    <p>TN1 2JN</p>
        
      

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

Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist/Psychotherapist

Clinical Service Lead-Rapids

Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong><em>Do you have the tenacity and skills to hit the ground running?</em></strong></p> <p>Child and Adolescent Mental Health services in Tower Hamlets are evolving and changing, wanting the very best services for our children and young people. We are developing and transforming our local Tower Hamlets CAMHS Services offers with the increased need for support to young people with severe and complex mental health needs. We are looking for someone like you to join our CAMHS Complex Needs team! Do you have what it takes? </p>   <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holders will be part of a multidisciplinary team offering goal-based and outcome focused episodes of care to young people, children and families presenting with various severe and complex mental health difficulties. The post will give the successful candidates a unique perspective and ability to work collaboratively with other clinical pathways in TH CAMHS, trialing and innovating new methods of responding to young people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties with underlying vulnerabilities and/or contextual adversity and accompanied high risk requiring more than routine care over a longer period of time.</p> <p>We are looking for good communicators who are motivated, enthusiastic, skilled and have the ability to work with complex cases and can work effectively within multi-disciplinary and multi-agency contexts and deliver treatment tailored to CYP needs. If you have a flexible and adaptive approach to your work; a commitment to solid evidence-based practice; and strive to give the highest possible quality of service; this post is for YOU! </p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>In conjunction with partners in commissioning, health, social care, and education, we are delivering an outcome-based service where all provider agencies will work together to provide the highest quality service to our clients. </p> <p>As a service we embrace continual improvement with staff and the management team having a high degree of enthusiasm for quality improvement. Our generic Emotional and Behavioral pathways assess and provide a variety of evidence-based treatments and intervention of children, young people, and their families in this busy East London CAMHS service. The successful candidates will offer as part of the new development of our complex needs team an accessible, flexible, timely and responsive CAMHS service. The service offer comprises a comprehensive needs assessment, including a risk assessment which will inform holistic care plans, in joint collaborative with other agencies. </p> <p>Our Ethos is to provide the right treatment, at the right time and in the right place for the CYP of Tower Hamlets.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>30 September 2025</p>

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

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

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £54,320 to £60,981 a year
      
        per annum inc HCA Pro rata
      
    </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>363-SS7305566-B</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Tower Hamlets CAMHS</p>
      <p>18 Greatorex Street</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>E1 5NF</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for details.</p> <p>You will have the qualifications and experience to work in a busy and sometimes challenging Tier 3 CAMHS service.For more information please contact: Dr Hanspeter Dorner, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Clinical Team Lead <a href="mailto:hanspeter.dorner1@nhs.net" target="_blank">hanspeter.dorner1@nhs.net</a> / Tel: 02074262375.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for details.</p> <p>You will have the qualifications and experience to work in a busy and sometimes challenging Tier 3 CAMHS service.For more information please contact: Dr Hanspeter Dorner, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Clinical Team Lead <a href="mailto:hanspeter.dorner1@nhs.net" target="_blank">hanspeter.dorner1@nhs.net</a> / Tel: 02074262375.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Two years post registration experience in mental health</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with children and young people's mental health</li>
        
        <li>To have the ability to work independently and  as a member of a multidisciplinary    team</li>
        
        <li>Experience of assessing and managing risk in service users with complex needs and/or EIS including completing specialist assessments e.g. cognitive assessments</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with young people with acute mental health difficulties in different community settings including providing specialist psychological and systemic interventions</li>
        
        <li>Experience of assessing children and young people who present with complex mental health needs including neurovariance</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Mental health issues relating to children, young people and families.</li>
        
        <li>Legislation relating to children &amp; young people</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of and sensitivity to the cultural differences within the ethnic community of East London</li>
        
        <li>An understanding of equal opportunities</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Qualification in clinical psychology and/or family therapy</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Evidence of post registration training e.g. Mentorship, Training, CBT, Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Family Therapy etc.</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of relevant CAMHS training</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_4">
        
          Skills &amp; Abilities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>To conduct comprehensive mental health and risk assessments including specialist assessments e.g. cognitive assessments, neurovariance assessments etc.</li>
        
        <li>Be familiar with case formulation and appropriate care planning</li>
        
        <li>To manage own caseload effectively</li>
        
        <li>Willing to embrace change creatively</li>
        
        <li>Able to sensitively liaise and consult to fellow professionals and other agencies</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>To have teaching skills</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Two years post registration experience in mental health</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with children and young people's mental health</li>
          
          <li>To have the ability to work independently and  as a member of a multidisciplinary    team</li>
          
          <li>Experience of assessing and managing risk in service users with complex needs and/or EIS including completing specialist assessments e.g. cognitive assessments</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with young people with acute mental health difficulties in different community settings including providing specialist psychological and systemic interventions</li>
          
          <li>Experience of assessing children and young people who present with complex mental health needs including neurovariance</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Mental health issues relating to children, young people and families.</li>
          
          <li>Legislation relating to children &amp; young people</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of and sensitivity to the cultural differences within the ethnic community of East London</li>
          
          <li>An understanding of equal opportunities</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Qualification in clinical psychology and/or family therapy</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Evidence of post registration training e.g. Mentorship, Training, CBT, Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Family Therapy etc.</li>
            
            <li>Evidence of relevant CAMHS training</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Skills &amp; Abilities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>To conduct comprehensive mental health and risk assessments including specialist assessments e.g. cognitive assessments, neurovariance assessments etc.</li>
          
          <li>Be familiar with case formulation and appropriate care planning</li>
          
          <li>To manage own caseload effectively</li>
          
          <li>Willing to embrace change creatively</li>
          
          <li>Able to sensitively liaise and consult to fellow professionals and other agencies</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>To have teaching skills</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>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        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>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Tower Hamlets CAMHS</p>
      <p>18 Greatorex Street</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>E1 5NF</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Tower Hamlets CAMHS</p>
          <p>18 Greatorex Street</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>E1 5NF</p>
        
      

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

CAMHS Practitioner-Complex Needs Team

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are pleased to be recruiting for a Clinical /Counselling Psychologist for a Band 7, 12 month Fixed Term post in the Tower Hamlets Psychological Therapies Service (PTS).</p> <p>PTS is a friendly and supportive team, highly committed to providing effective treatments to adults with complex difficulties, including depression, anxiety and trauma. We are looking for someone who can provide specialist assessments and individual and group interventions in line with their competencies. Experience of working in more than one modality including CBT, Psychodynamic, MBT, DBT, EMDR, CFT and the capacity to integrate models is welcome.</p> <p>Our service model aims to meet the needs of the local population through working closely with the locality neighbourhood teams, including the complex emotional needs and personality disorder services.</p> <p>The post holder will be working predominantly in person in the service, however, a small, remote working component may be accommodated.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>To provide specialist assessments and interventions for clients referred to the psychological therapies service. The post holder will be expected to provide both individual therapy and co-facilitate group interventions, in line with their professional competencies. </p> <p>To work closely with the locality neighbourhood teams to further develop care pathways, the management of risk and facilitate the provision of psychological therapy and psychologically informed care to the local population we serve.</p> <p>To develop and support the psychosocial work of other staff through teaching, training, supervision and consultation. </p> <p>To provide specialist advice to NHS and voluntary sector agencies concerning the assessment, treatment and management of service users.</p> <p>Follow defined practices and procedures under the management and co-ordination of the Operational Lead. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice.</p> <p>Participate in CPD and other developmental activities, keeping up to date with relevant psychological research and national guidance (DoH, NICE etc).</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>30 September 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
      
        per annum Inc HCAs
      
    </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>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>363-TH7459493</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Mile End Hospital</p>
      <p>Bancroft Road</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>E1 4DG</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>For full details of the job description and main responsibilities please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>For full details of the job description and main responsibilities please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Doctoral Degree in Clinical or Counselling Psychology with full HCPC registration</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of providing specialist psychological assessments and interventions to service users with a range of complex problems and clinical presentations including complex trauma</li>
        
        <li>Experience of assessing and managing risk in secondary care settings</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Post qualification experience</li>
          
          <li>Clinical competence in more than two of the following: Psychodynamic, CBT, MBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, CFT</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Knowledge and awareness of social inequalities and the potential impact of discrimination and disadvantages on mental health</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Advanced knowledge of the theory and practice of group interventions</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Doctoral Degree in Clinical or Counselling Psychology with full HCPC registration</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of providing specialist psychological assessments and interventions to service users with a range of complex problems and clinical presentations including complex trauma</li>
          
          <li>Experience of assessing and managing risk in secondary care settings</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Post qualification experience</li>
            
            <li>Clinical competence in more than two of the following: Psychodynamic, CBT, MBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, CFT</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Knowledge and awareness of social inequalities and the potential impact of discrimination and disadvantages on mental health</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Advanced knowledge of the theory and practice of group interventions</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>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
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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>
      

      
        <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>
      

      
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          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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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Mile End Hospital</p>
      <p>Bancroft Road</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>E1 4DG</p>
    
  

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

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Mile End Hospital</p>
          <p>Bancroft Road</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>E1 4DG</p>
        
      

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

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