Job Description

About the Role

We are seeking an enthusiastic psychologist passionate about improving the quality of care and support we deliver to people with mental health problems and Learning Disabilities. You will be thoughtful and resilient in the way you work in a multidisciplinary staff team within a busy learning disability health care setting with exciting challenges. You will be interested in working with external partners to develop supportive networks and have energy, drive, and enthusiasm for working with complex and challenging cases which require clear communication across agencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessments and interventions with people who have a learning disability and mental health problems and/or behavioral difficulties, across a variety of community settings, with individuals, groups, families, and staff teams.
• Be part of a service that strives for clinical excellence and aims to support its staff to feel valued, provides opportunities for training and development, and encourages active participation in relevant service developments.
• To be responsible for providing a highly specialist clinical psychology service to adults with learning disabilities, including those with mental health needs and challenging behavior, within the multidisciplinary team in Wandsworth.
• To work as an independent, autonomous practitioner with full responsibility for highly complex clinical work and to be accountable for all clinical decisions.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines (including local Child and Adult Safeguarding policies), team and trust guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• To adhere to guidelines and policies set out by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and HCPC, including those on ongoing clinical supervision.
• To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy to clients.
• To offer psychological consultation, advice, and expertise to non-psychologist colleagues and to care staff or family carers.
• To contribute to the effective running of the Wandsworth Learning Disability Healthcare Team, delivering, or advising on the delivery of, high quality care and ensuring consistently high standards of practice.
• To contribute to effective multidisciplinary team working ensuring that care is delivered in a holistic way which involves service users and carers.