Clinical Psychologist Development Post in Learning Disabilities: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and committed Psychological Therapist (qualified HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist) to join the expanding Learning Disability Services in North Essex. The newly appointed clinician will be joining multidisciplinary services, consisting of Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Arts Therapists, and Community Nurses. This Band 7 role is a development post, which offers the possibility of moving to a Band 8a upon achievement of the necessary skills, knowledge, and competencies.

This is a permanent contract, working part-time, 22.5 hours per week.Applicants will need to be registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC. It is essential that applicants can drive and have access to a car unless a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 prevents driving.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be responsible for implementing a variety of psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions for individuals across a range of ability levels, plus support for their families and carers. This would be predominantly in community services but may also continue into inpatient services, if necessary.

The post holder will be joining a well-established Psychology service and receive supervision from an appropriately experienced Clinical Psychologist. We support a range of training opportunities and ongoing professional development. There are good links with the University of Essex and the University of Hertfordshire Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Programmes. There are great opportunities for R&D as our clinicians are already engaged in several research, teaching, and academic programs. We also actively promote further training and CPD opportunities such as systemic, EMDR, CBT, and Narrative based approaches. We offer a thoughtful and integrative model of psychological therapies for our service users.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology.
• Registered as a clinical psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Desirable

• Additional post graduate training or qualification in specific psychological therapy, such as positive behaviour support, psychotherapy or systemic therapy.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist assessment and therapy with service users across a range of care settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity.

Desirable

• Direct experience of using therapy with people with disabilities.

Skills

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex assessment, therapy or intervention and management.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in the specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)

Closing Date: 27 September 2026