Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Lewisham Integrated Therapies Team (LIT) as an Assistant Psychologist.



The LIT Team is a friendly and diverse therapy team comprising Clinical/Counselling Psychologists, CBT Practitioners, Psychotherapists, Clinical Associate Psychologists and trainees. We offer a range of evidence-based and goal focused talking therapies to people with complex emotional difficulties and with a range of presentations who might traditionally fall between primary and secondary care mental health services. We also reach into the local Primary Care Mental Health Teams (PCMHTs), promoting psychological thinking and supporting the provision of stepped care.



You will work within LIT and also be involved with the PCMHTs. Part of the role will be clinical - offering assessments and brief, goal focused and trauma-informed interventions for people who present with emotional instability and/or risk issues, and working alongside carers and other team members, under the supervision of a psychological practitioner.



An important part of the role will be clinically related administration, for example, supporting the clinical pathways, collection of statistics, outcome measures and activity data, audit projects and producing clinical materials.



You will be based at The Lind Clinic in Deptford, and at least one other community base in Lewisham. We are currently working with a hybrid model of face-to-face and remote working.

Some of the benefits of working for SLaM are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.



Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.



Career development, we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes



Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars



Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites



NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

Counselling services



Long service awards



Cycle to work scheme



Season ticket loan



Childcare vouchers



Staff restaurants



Work with service users who present with a range of emotional and relational difficulties, and who meet the inclusion criteria for PCMHT.



Use a range of psychological skills including assessment and formulation, and working in a trauma-informed framework



Offering guidance to service users and their carers to support mental well-being and recovery



Attend MDT meetings where appropriate; follow and contribute to multi-disciplinary clinical discussion.



Contribute to the psychologically-informed culture in the PCMHTs



Membership of the LIT team; attending business and clinical meetings and supporting the team operations with clinically relevant administration



Key responsibilities are detailed in the Job description and person specification.