Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Serving people with learning disabilities in the London Borough of Hackney, the Hackney Integrated Learning Disability Team is an integrated health and social caremultidisciplinary service. The service is committed to facilitation and liaison with local health andsocial care provider services in order that people with learning disabilities can access mainstreamservices where possible and that their experience and outcomes are good. Additionally, the serviceprovides specialist input to clients where this is required.

Main duties of the job

Providing a highly specialist clinical psychology service to people with learning disability and their families/carers including assessment, development and implementation of specialist psychological interventions, the post holder will develop a key role in the Hackney Integrated Learning Disability Service. The postholder will contribute to the continuing development of psychology andof the service.Acting autonomously the postholder will manage a defined caseload of complex casesindependently, evidencing problem solving and clinical reasoning skills in line with evidence basedand client-centred principles. S/he will be involved in clinical research and development whereappropriate.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification/ Training

Essential

  • Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS or due to qualify
  • HCPC registration
  • Eligibility for graduate membership of BPS

Desirable

  • Clinical supervision training for Doctoral trainees and qualified Clinical Psychologists after 2 years qualified
  • Relevant specialist training or qualifications e.g. CBT, systemic therapies, neuropsychology, etc.

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience working in learning disability settings
  • Work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters
  • Experience of working with people with behaviours considered to be complex or challenging

Desirable

  • Experience of delivering clinical supervision

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for people with learning disabilities who have complex needs
  • Knowledge of psychological research, national policy and legislation relevant to learning disability
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis
  • Able to provide a culturally competent service

Desirable

  • Fluent in a community language (eg Turkish, Bengali/Sylheti, Vietnamese etc)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 18 October 2026

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