Clinical Psychologist Development Post

To provide a qualified clinical psychology service to adults with learning disabilities and service providers and carers within the Community. To provide specialist assessment and interventions, as well as offering advice and consultation on psychological care to non-psychological services colleagues and other non-professional carers. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To use research skills for audit, service development and research. Contribute to identifying key areas and priorities for psychological services. To hold a clinical workload as member of Psychological Services and the Specialist Learning Disability Services (SLDS). To be responsible for formulation and implementation of therapy or treatments based on an appropriate conceptual framework of the problems and employing methods of evidence based efficacy across the full range of care settings. To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate. To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate supervision and to provide supervision to assistant psychologists and other MDT staffs psychological or psychotherapeutic work, as appropriate.