Clinical Psychologist

All of this demonstrates a good track record and an authority that is ambitious and set to deliver more improvements for the borough. We’ve set out our vision for the future of Sutton in our corporate plan – Ambitious for Sutton. This strategic plan will shape the outcomes we achieve, the services we provide, and the impact we have on residents, to make Sutton a great place to live, work and raise a family.

Situated in Zone 5, Sutton is less than 30 minutes by train from central London, and south and south west London are easily accessible by public transport. There are 10 train stations which serve key neighbourhoods within the borough providing direct connections to London Victoria, London Bridge, London Blackfriars and St Pancras International. Sutton also has direct rail connections with Epsom, Dorking, Guildford and Horsham, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and West Croydon for the London Overground. There’s also an extensive road network which provides close and easy access to the M25 and M23.

About the Role and our Ideal Candidate, Clinical Psychologist – Adults with a learning Disability, To join a very exciting Learning Disability (LD) Psychology department reporting to the Lead Psychologist and working and assisting supervision of LD Behavioural specialist, LD Assistant Psychologist and Trainee Psychologist.

This is a really exciting opportunity to contribute to our MDT for people with a learning disability. In this role, you will be working at the Civic Centre in the London Borough of Sutton with a team that works across different sites in Sutton and consists of Learning Disability Nurses, LD Physios, Occupational Therapist, Dietician, and Speech and Language therapists, and Creative Arts Therapists (Music and Drama/Movement).

Reporting to the Clinical Health Team Manager, you will be providing clinical services to adults with a learning disability who require highly specialist psychological input. Our objective is to deliver the best outcomes for the health of adults with a learning disability. You will deliver a specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment to clients our service users.; for both individuals and groups whilst supporting the Assistant Psychologist in providing specialist clinical supervision, psychological advice and training as required.

This role supports the commitments set out in Sutton’s Health and Social Care LD Strategy to help improve access to work, health, independence and social participation. You will work collaboratively deploying your specialism to support the work of the wider team.

Our Ideal Candidate

As a qualified and registered Clinical Psychologist we would expect you to demonstrate the following competences, We pride ourselves on being a diverse, inclusive and welcoming Borough and we aim to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve – the key highlights from our recent Equalities Workforce Report can be seen We are respectful of difference and realise the positive value of diversity in our workforce. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. As part of our Disability Confident Committed status, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.

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Important Information – Criminal Records

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory result to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

• Qualified Clinical Psychologist with 3-4 years post PHD experience this to include Adults with a Learning Disability.

• HCPC registered

• Experience to be in Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Positive Behavioural Support (PBS), LD assessment and Dementia assessment.

• Extensive highly specialised knowledge and expertise in working with adults with learning disabilities:

• High level ability to communicate effectively at both written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information

• Highly developed knowledge of theory and practice of highly specialise psychological therapies to deliver the specific level of care adults with learning disabilities

Salary starting from £50,031 to closely match the NHS Band 8 equivalent

Recruitment and Retention bonus consists of:

• £1000 Welcome bonus paid in your first months salary

• £1000 Retention bonus for every completed year in service

• HCPC Registration Fee reimbursed, This is a really exciting opportunity to join a friendly multidisciplinary team of health professionals. We are committed to eliminating the health inequality experienced by people with a learning disability. We are also working with colleagues to increasing the uptake of employment and daytime opportunities and improve respite provision for carers.

Our vision encapsulates the community-based approach and commitment to improving the quality of life and well being of people with a learning disability living in Sutton.

"Clients, family carers and employed carers we spoke with gave very positive feedback about the service. They described caring and professional staff often going above and beyond their expectations. They were particularly positive about the aquatherapy sessions provided. Supported living services were very positive about the service provided to clients, and support and training provided to staff teams" – rated Good by the Care Quality Commission

Our Offer To You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across – however big or small – will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working – Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)

• Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)

• Three volunteering days per year in Sutton

• Comprehensive learning and development programme

• Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities

• Interest free season ticket loans

• Local Government Pension Scheme

• Car parking scheme

• Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme

• Zip car scheme

• Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses

• Confidential wellbeing and counselling support

• Subsidised gym membership