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This is an exciting opportunity for a clinical or counselling psychologist with experience of working with adults with Learning Disabilities at Islington Learning Disability Partnership (ILDP).

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinical or counselling psychologist with experience of working with adults with Learning Disabilities at Islington Learning Disability Partnership (ILDP).

ILDP is a forward thinking, fully integrated health and social care team whose dedicated staff and service providers were awarded the Camden & Islington Team of the Year (2021). We are a well-resourced service and are passionate about delivering high quality support to adults with global learning disabilities and their networks. We are a multidisciplinary team (MDT) consisting of psychiatry, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, speech & language therapy and physiotherapy and we pride ourselves on our high levels of collaboration, working alongside social work and the Community Support Outreach teams.

Our MDT has reputation for being friendly, inclusive and sociable. We have regular celebrations within the office to mark a range of religious festivals, bring and share lunches and a monthly walking group. We are located in Islington beside the Arsenal and enjoy the benefits of our own building with many of our day provisions and residential services being a short walk away.

The successful candidate will work within the vibrant and well-established psychological therapies team, which consists of clinical psychologists, an Arts Therapist, trainee psychologists and honorary undergraduate psychology placement students.

The team provides skilled psychological assessments, including autism diagnostics and complex neuropsychology assessments, and psychosocial interventions including systemic, narrative, CBT, PBS and EMDR to adults with learning disabilities in Islington.

The successful applicant will contribute to carrying out autism assessments for people with learning disabilities, and work on our Behaviours of Concern, Mental Health and Dementia pathways. There will also be opportunities to contribute to service development work within the service (e.g. Anti-Racism Steering Group, Embedding Trauma Informed Care and Improving Women’s Health) and with our partners, including offering training and consultation.

The successful candidate will be able to access the CPD programme provided by the trust’s learning and development department, including systemic practice (Foundation Level 1), advanced CBT skills, and other specialist CPD opportunities that arise.

For further details / informal visits contact: Please feel welcome to contact us to find out more information: Dr Gina Johnson, Lead Clinical Psychologist (020 7527 6604) or Dr Megan Leverington, Clinical Psychologist (020 7527 1355) at Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
  
  

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Gina Johnson Job title: Lead Clinical Psychologist Email address: Telephone number: 02

Dr Megan Leverington (ILDP clinical psychologist) 020 7527 1355