Practitioner Psychologist

Practitioner Psychologist focuses on offer clinical guidance, training and consultation to a team that delivers psycho-social interventions to both individuals and groups.

What the role involves

• Offer clinical guidance, training and consultation to a team that delivers psycho-social interventions to both individuals and groups.
• We will also expect you to have a small caseload of service users with complex needs, providing specialist assessments and therapies.
• Further, you will contribute to the strategic direction and development of the service as a whole.
• This will include building strong professional links with other statutory and voluntary service providers and using your expertise to put relevant support and education structures.

Confirmed role details

• 26 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 28 days + Bank Holidays.

Candidate fit

• Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist or with UKCP, BPC or BACP as a Psychotherapist.
• Need current registration through the Health.
• Your experience of leading and supervising clinical staff will be supported by experience of working with people with mental health problems.

Additional role context

• At Turning Point, we are recognised leaders in provision of services for people with substance use and mental health problems.
• Implement the provision of trauma-informed psycho-social interventions within our Leicester Drug and Alcohol Services.
• As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.