Role Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled, innovative and experienced psychological Therapist (Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist or CBT Therapist/Psychotherapist) to provide clinical and professional leadership to the Bexley Home Treatment Team. The post holder will join the team manager and consultant psychiatrist in delivering clinical leadership to the team, take a lead role in developing and managing the provision of psychological interventions, and offer training, consultation, supervision and reflective practice within the service as a whole.
Responsibilities
- Provide skilled and experienced leadership to the Bexley Home Treatment Team, overseeing the provision and development of psychological interventions and wider psychosocial, trauma‑informed practice in the service.
- Ensure the systematic provision of a high‑quality specialist psychology service to service users and their support networks (including families and carers).
- Supervise and support the psychological assessment and intervention provided by other clinical members of the service who provide psychologically‑based care and treatment.
- Provide consultation, reflective practice and incident debriefs to the service and facilitate team working, psychologically informed practice, trauma‑informed care and appropriate treatment pathways to optimise service user journey and experience across service transitions.
- Maintain close organisational liaison with the wider Oxleas mental health system and third‑sector partners.
- Work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/teams.
- Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
- Propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the teams/service and contribute to the overall management of the service.
