Main duties of the job The post-holder will provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychological therapist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers within community mental health services, primary care and other agencies.
To provide supervision to band 7 psychological therapists / trainee clinical/counselling psychologists and other psychological therapies practitioners as required.
The post-holder will work closely with the local and quadrant-wide psychological therapy teams, as well as a range of other psychological therapy colleagues within the service setting.
The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
The post-holder will utilise research skills for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.