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Location
Morden, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
The post-holder will use their specialist psychological knowledge based on evidence-based practice to inform assessment and intervention at an individual level as well as multi-disciplinary input to managing complex cases. This will include using evidence-based assessments and interventions that incorporate cultural and systemic factors and are sensitive to individual needs, learning disability and co-occurring neurodiversity. The post-holder will need to communicate complex and sensitive information about their assessments and interventions clearly and, if appropriate, in an accessible format to the service user, their carers and networks. This communication will be in verbal and written formats as required. Reports will include psychological formulation, professional opinion and summaries of assessments, interventions and risk management. The post-holder will be expected to provide a variety of specialist training to other professionals and carers based on their specialist psychological and PBS related knowledge. The post-holder will be expected to evaluate their interventions through the use of appropriate outcome measures for individual pieces of work. At a service level, this will include audit and data analysis of these outcomes. The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the management and development of the learning disabilities team through being a senior member of the team. The post-holder will be expected to work alongside other professionals in completing risk assessments, monitoring and managing risk, developing care-plans and safeguarding vulnerable adults.
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Salary
£57.6k - £58.73k per annum
