Principal Clinical / Counselling / Forensic Psychologist

We are seeking a passionate Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist to join the Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (FCAMHS) at West London Forensic Service (WLFS). This is part-time post for 3 days per week (0.6wte) at Band 8B which is fixed-term for 1 year (providing cover for maternity leave).

FCAHMS provides a specialist service for children and young people who present with a high risk of harm towards others and/or who are in contact with the youth justice system in eight boroughs across North West and Central London. FCAMHS will provide expert advice and consultation, specialist assessments and interventions, and will offer support as children and young people make transitions into and out of secure services. The service is a tertiary referral service for CAMHS teams, CAMHS/Youth Offending Team link workers and neurodisability services for young people and other agencies.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work as a member of the FCAMHS clinical team, providing a high quality, specialist applied psychology service to children and young people, their families or carers, where there are highly complex presentations. In addition, the post holder will support psychological practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training.

The post holder will utilise research skills for research, audit, service development and clinical governance skills within the service.

The post holder will provide line management to qualified, trainee and assistant psychologists as delegated by the lead psychologist.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK. It provides a broad range of forensic mental health care in adult male and female services, across high, medium and low security settings, as well as in a community and court diversion setting. West London Forensic Service has been rated as outstanding by the CQC.

The psychological therapies department, which comprises a team of over 30 psychologists and psychological therapists, is well-established and supportive with high standards of clinical supervision and excellent opportunities for continuing professional development.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.