West London NHS Trust
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
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About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join West London NHS Trust in a role funded by Adopt London based in Adopt London West (ALW). This is a Department for Education DfE grant funded project via Adoption England to develop a multi-disciplinary team that offers consultation, formulation and some direct intervention to adoptive families. Adopt London are regional adoption services which recruit adopters and ‘family find’ for children across partner agencies and offer support services to adoptive families. Every child has the right to a safe and supportive family life and Adopt London aspires to promote best practice across its adoption services.
We are seeking a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist (8a 0.6 WTE 1-year fixed term post with possible extension) to join our multidisciplinary team to embed a therapeutically informed social work intervention model and MDT offer across each Adopt London region. This role will enhance the quality and consistency of therapeutically informed practice, and the main activities will consist of delivering consultation and training to social workers, co-delivering therapeutic parenting groups, and delivering a brief assessment, formulation and intervention model to families across the Adopt London agencies, supported by the Lead Psychologist for the project. The role is based in Ealing, with across London travel and hybrid working is supported and encouraged.
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Team Values
- Committed, empathic, and trauma-informed approach to the work with children, their carers, families, and the professional network.
- Keen to facilitate service development and open to developing new ways of working.
- Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in their approach to their work and team life.
- Willing to practice in a collaborative way.
Key Responsibilities
- Offering consultation to develop reflective thinking and sharing complex psychological knowledge in an accessible way.
- Delivering training and skills development sessions for social workers.
- Supporting therapeutic parenting approaches.
- Developing psychologically informed plans.
- Collecting and presenting qualitative and quantitative evaluation data.
The Adopt London Team have been trained in Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP) and the post holder will be expected to attend this and any available trainings to support the development of an attachment and trauma-informed model of practice, as well as offering a range of other interventions to support a therapeutically informed social work model.
This is a varied role which offers the opportunity for service development, leadership skills, and working with teams/systems around adopted children, young people, and their families. The post holder will be supported and supervised by the Principal Clinical Psychologist.
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About West London NHS Trust
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow, and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr. Alicia Fairhurst
- Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email address: alicia.fairhurst2@nhs.net
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