Job summary
- Main area
- AppliedPsychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (12 months fixed term.)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-7432650
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ladywell Unit
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 per annum Incl. of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Associate in Psychology
NHS AfC: Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
Across South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust we have been developing new ways of bringing together health and social care professionals with our Voluntary sector and local communities to support people with severe mental health problems, including complex emotional needs associated with a diagnosis of ‘personality disorder’ and disordered eating.
Our transformation work aims for teams of clinical and non-clinical staff to work together to make a greater positive impact on the health and lives of groups and communities of people living with mental ill-health. Through providing more integrated care across mental and physical health services in inner London, we have been able to test new ways of working within our ‘blended’ teams, to deliver improvements aligned to the implementation of the Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults.
A key feature of our approach has been the development of psychological provision in crisis services, and the development of Clinical Associate Psychologist roles has played an important part. You will be working alongside another CAP to provide psychological interventions to service users receiving care from the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment team. This role will be working with people with complex mental health problems, to develop a psychological understanding of their difficulties and to support the development of coping strategies, focusing on strengths and assets to support people in recovery from mental health crisis.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work with people who are receiving care from the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team to develop a shared understanding of the complex issues the person is facing, how they cope and the impact this has on their mental, physical health and well-being and those around them (psychological assessment and formulation). Under supervision they will explore social, psychological, therapies and other potential options which may improve health outcomes and help them achieve agreed goals.
This work will be under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist who will retain clinical responsibility for clinical work carried out, provided that the clinical work is within the care plan specified.
Working for our organisation
The Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team is multi-disciplinary; Psychiatry, Nursing, Social Workers, Clinical/Counselling psychologists, and Lived Experience Practitioners. The team works with service users to offer brief intervention (usually 2-4 weeks) to support recovery from mental health crisis. We foster a culture of respect, creativity and commitment to working with those that present with complex mental health difficulties.
We endorse and embody the core SL&M values: kindness, respect, together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Service users seen by the post holder will include those who have experienced high levels of distress and complex mental health difficulties, who may have experienced adverse life events and experiencing socio-economic disadvantages leading to mental health crisis. Service users may present with a high level of risk to both themselves and sometimes to other people. Assessments and interventions will be delivered in a range of settings, including community, as well as clinics and in person, by telephone or digital platform.
Psychological based provision is offered at the individual, group, couple and family level through to teams.
We sincerely welcome applications from people who have previous experience of using Mental Health services, and/or individuals who are/have been a carer for someone. We are also very interested in receiving application from people who have strong local connections to the 3 boroughs in which we work.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- An approved qualification in psychology conferring eligibility for graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society, (Class 2.2 or higher) ·
- Completed BPS [British Psychological Society] accredited CAP apprenticeship training programme including EPA to IFA standards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Strong ability to engage with a variety of services and community partners and stakeholders, and to expand existing networks, and to nurture and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders
- Understand how to analyse and appraise key theoretical concepts of psychological models of treatment both at individual and group level recognised in evidence-based national guidelines
- Communicate effectively, share information and check understanding using clear language and appropriate, written materials, making reasonable adjustments where appropriate in order to optimise people’s understanding
Desirable criteria
- Lived experience of using services, and/or being a carer for someone
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- To be able to assess and formulate someone’s experiences drawing on a range of psychological models and theory
- Awareness of diversity of cultural norms across the borough, and being able to respond to this appropriately
- Work cross-culturally and/or in different languages
- Understand the principles of clinical supervision using them to provide a safe and supportive environment to reflect, review and discuss personal and professional responses to work
- Maintain and implement knowledge of contemporary evidence-based practice through appropriate continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working closely experts by-experience, local communities, Community and Voluntary and Social Enterprises, to co-produce and co-develop services
- Knowledge and implementation of local, regional and national policy.
- Able to understand and critically appraise best evidence and existing practice to inform clinical decision making where there is no agreed consensus on treatment protocols and evaluate outcome
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amy Roe
- Job title
- Specialist Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02032280631
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