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Clinical Psychologist - Homeless Psychology -Band 8a

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Job summary

Come andJoin Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety ofchallenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamicwork environment!

We have anexcellent opportunity for a Part time Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to join ourPlanned Care services providing input to the Homeless Mental Health Service(HMHS) specifically supporting people with substance use difficulties.

This is a 12month, fixed term post, with a 15 hour work week, which can be worked flexibly,based at OSL House, LE19 1XU. The post sits within our award-winning HomelessMental Health Service (HMHS) supporting a Public Health initiative to reachthose who are rough sleeping with substance use difficulties within theCity.

This role isexpected to include some street outreach work and clinical work in venues wherethose experiencing homelessness feel comfortable (e.g. frequently from citycentre hostels and day centres). The health and wellbeing of our team membersis very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well asregular supervision and support.

You willhave opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journeythat will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to yourstrengths.

ContactDetails:Dr. Dani Harker-Brown danielle.harker-brown1@nhs.net / Dr. Suzanne Elliotsuzanne.elliott13@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

You willwork alongside two established 8b Clinical Psychologists who will offer regularclinical supervision, line management and ad-hoc support.You will offer specialist assessment, formulation and intervention toservice-users. Indirect work will include reflective practice andpsychologically-informed training and supervising others.

You will play a keyrole in service development, including in further nurturing apsychologically-informed service culture.

The postoffers the opportunity to develop leadership qualities and a substantial partof the indirect work will be multi-agency partnership working. Crucially, theseservices view the difficulties faced by service-users within thesocio-political context of their lives and you will be able to develop thisaspect of your psychology praxis.

We havestrong links to the University of Leicester DClinPsy course; offering teachingsessions, trainee placements and input to the development of the curriculum.Our service is also part of a network of LPT clinical psychologistsrepresenting adult mental health, child, learning disability, neuropsychology,health psychology and forensic mental health, and you will be encouraged to bea part of this forum. The Trust has excellent on-line and face to face trainingsessions and applications for external training are welcomed.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About UsLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment.

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address

OSL House, East Link

Meridian Business Park

Leicester

LE19 1XU

United Kingdom

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