Assistant Psychologist

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join the newly developed Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (FIND) Community Team in South-West London & St George's Mental Health Trust (SWLSTG).

The FIND Team will work closely with the newly developed Oak Unit, a Learning Disability and Autism (LDA) Ward, one of the four inpatient wards, which comprise the South-West London & St George's Forensic Service. The Forensic Outreach Service (FOS) provides a safe transition for inpatients discharged from the Forensic Service and the FIND Team will sit within FOS in order to provide specialist assessment, treatment and consultation in order to ensure a smooth, safe and clinically justified pathway to individuals with mental illness, offending history and learning disability with or without neurodevelopmental disorder., The FIND Team Assistant Psychologist will work under the supervision of the FIND Team Psychologist to complete specialist neurodevelopmental assessments and interventions that help the transition of service-users to less restrictive environments. In particular, the post-holder will be engaged in assessing the responsivity of service-users to assessment and intervention materials and adapting them according to their specific learning and neurodevelopmental needs. Previous experience of working in forensic services and/or experience of working with neurodivergent clients, including those with learning disabilities will be a distinct advantage.

You will work alongside the FIND Team Psychologist, who will be providing consultation to the MDT and other agencies on all factors which will help the service-user remain in the community. For example, the suitability of community placements, the nature of ongoing support and care, meaningful activities and the establishment of a supportive social network.

Given that the FIND Team at SWLSTG is a new venture, this is an exciting time to join, as the successful candidate with have opportunities to help shape how the team interacts with the rest of the Forensic Service or other agencies; through training of other professionals, development of psychological groups etc.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive. Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

About our locations:

Springfield University Hospital, Tooting

Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities.