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Title: Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist or Psychological Therapist

Salary:             £41,901-£61,051 depending on experience, newly qualified psychologists considered as part of a development post

Contract:        Permanent

Hours:             Full time (35 hours) and Part Time hours considered

Location:        West London (Brent)

We are excited to offer this opportunity to work as a Skylight Psychologist in our West London service based in Brent.  Working as part of a wider team of Clinical Psychologists in Crisis you will be an integral part of the local Skylight team, leading on psychologically informed practice and delivery of psychological services.

This role brings a real opportunity to be creative and flexible in our approach to working psychologically with people who face multiple disadvantages, and to support the staff teams via training and reflective practice.  There are opportunities to provide direct support as well as working extensively with local teams and other parts of the organisation to influence policy and practice developments. 

We are looking for someone with post qualification experience of working within complex systems and you may have direct experience of working with people who experience homelessness.  As we have grown as a service, the team is also able to support more newly qualified Psychologists via our preceptorship program, and so we are pleased to also offer this as a development post.

The wider team of Psychologists have regular opportunities to meet and connect and for professional development.  There is a commitment towards social justice, to being advocates for those we work with and for breaking down the systemic barriers that exclude those who need most support.  This is a highly rewarding role at a time where there is scope for development in our service and at the launch of the new ten year strategy within Crisis.

About the role
This role will be based within the nominated Crisis Skylight and integrated with the wider team and client services in order to promote and support the implementation of Psychologically Informed Environments (PIEs).

You will lead reflective practice groups for staff working within the Crisis skylight

You will provide training and support staff to work in a trauma informed and psychologically informed way. 

You will formulate and reformulate in collaboration with members/colleagues, taking into account socio-economic/political factors, systems and member’s experiences of homelessness, using a range of psychological models and use these to plan psychological support 

You will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy for clients and where appropriate will support access to relevant parts of the wider mental health system or work collaboratively with them.

You will undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual members and provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management

You will use your research and evaluation skills and experience to demonstrate and improve the effectiveness of our services.

You will be supported to maintain up to date CPD and build your specialism within the sector, and you will have access to high quality clinical and professional supervision.

You will be a part of a national psychology team made up of a Lead Clinical Psychologist, two Regional Lead Clinical Psychologists, and five Clinical Psychologists as well as one Assistant Psychologist and trainee Clinical Psychologists on placement.

It is an exciting and important time to be joining us at Crisis. We work with thousands of people across England, Scotland and Wales so they can leave homelessness behind for good. We have recently adapted the way our services work to maximise our impact in ending homelessness. We have increased our capacity to work with people one to one and also strengthened our ability to support those people facing the most barriers to preventing or ending their homelessness.

We are a dynamic, innovative and values-led organisation, with the opportunity and flexibility to develop our services to meet the needs of the people we work with.

We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.

Working at Crisis
As a member of the Psychology team you will have;

- Access to funds to support CPD as part of a wider commitment to ensure meeting HCPC standards.

- Reimbursement of costs to join a professional body (e.g.ACP/BPS)

- Bi-annual away day with the Psychology Team

- Access to high quality clinical and professional supervision

In addition to this you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
• 28 days’ annual leave which increases with service and option to purchase additional days leave
• Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy
• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
• And more! 

When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation. 

How to apply
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.

We welcome and actively encourage enquiries and informal conversations about the role.  There may also be an opportunity to visit the Skylight in Brent.

To arrange a time to speak about the role please contact:

Dr Sammy Man, Lead Clinical Psychologist, [email protected]

(please note I am on annual leave until 05/08 and will respond as soon as I return) or

Dr Cherelle Laryea, Regional Lead Psychologist [email protected]  We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 25^th August 2024