Clinical / Counselling Psychologist - B&D Mental Health Adults
We are looking to appoint a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to work in the Barking and Dagenham Mental Health and Wellness Teams (MHWTs). The post is based at Barking Community Hospital, and the post holder will be required to work on site a minimum of 3 days per week.
The post holder will join a well-established psychological professions team, working across the Mental Health and Wellness Teams in Barking and Dagenham. The post holder will provide assessment and evidence-based interventions for clients experiencing severe and complex mental health difficulties.
The post will suit an enthusiastic psychologist with an interest in developing skills in applying evidence-based psychological therapies with this client group and working with multi-disciplinary teams.
Main duties of the job:
* Provide specialist psychological assessments for service users based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex, sensitive information.
* Undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant individual clients and provide both general and specialist advice for psychologists and other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
* To formulate evidence based treatment plans, based on sound and current theoretical knowledge and good practice.
* Make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about a range of treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
* To involve service users and their carers in planning and delivery of care.
* To provide interventions in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:
* HCPC registered practitioner psychologist
Experience
Essential:
* Experience of working in secondary care with clients experiencing severe and complex mental health difficulties
* Experience of working in a range of secondary care settings, including MDT working
Skills
Essential:
* Skills in delivering evidence based interventions for people with severe and complex mental health problems
* Skills in offering assessments for complex clinical presentations
Knowledge
Essential:
* Knowledge of a wide range of psychological approaches relevant to the client group
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