Principle Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist / Psychotherapist in London inLondon PUBLISHED FRI 16 MAY 2025 Jump to job information section

The SLaM Psychology in Hostels (PIH) Service is an innovative multi award-winning specialist homeless psychology service. For 12 years PIH has led in the development of ‘Psychologically Informed Environments’ (PIEs) delivering ‘Trauma Informed Approaches’ and developing best practice for working with excluded and multiply disadvantaged populations across Lambeth and Westminster.

The client population experience complex trauma, substance misuse, neurological issues, risk-taking behaviour and contact with the criminal justice system. This complex combination of needs leads to multiple social exclusion and barriers accessing mainstream services.

We are recruiting to a Band 8b Principle Psychologist / Psychotherapy role to lead the development and delivery one of our flagship partnerships, delivering PIE services across Connection at St Martins – a charity working with people experiencing rough sleeping, primarily in Westminster.

A PIE is any service that integrates a psychologically and trauma-informed approaches into its model. At CSTM we have developed a bespoke model drawing extensively on Trauma Informed and Community Psychology principles, Narrative and Solution Focused ways of working, and a systems approach. Our aim is promote wellbeing for staff and people accessing CSTM services by taking a whole system approach, and fostering genuinely trauma informed ways of working across the entire organisation.

This role will lead the PIE CSTM partnership, supervising our two Band 7 Psychologists embedded within the organisation. The role will work with these staff and our Art Therapist RP Facilitator to support PIE development within CSTMs Day Centre, Street Outreach and Accommodation services, with strategic support from the PiH Clinical Lead.

The post holder will -

• Work closely with the CSTM Executive and Leadership, and the PiH Clinical Lead to develop this critical partnership; and lead the development of Trauma Informed ways of working across the entire charity.
• Deliver and supervise Team Formulations, Reflective Practice and Psychological Consultation to service teams across the organisation.
• Deliver and supervise evidence based individual and group clinical work to people accessing CSTM services; support assessment and onwards referral to mainstream services.
• Audit, evaluate and report on our activities in the Partnership, and work with the leadership to fund and develop the service
• To support the development of clinical governance processes and ensure the smooth running of the service and the delivery of agreed outcomes and outputs.
• To have senior responsibilities in the wider SLaM Psychology in Hostels team including the provision of professional and clinical supervision, line management and the support of PIH staff wellbeing
  
  

This post will be based across CSTM sites within the boroughs of Westminster and Wandsworth and has a team admin base in Brixton close to Brixton Underground Station.

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.

Benefits

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package, feel valued and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance.

Some Of Our Benefits Include

• Generous pay, pensions and leave packages dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development with plenty CPD opportunities such as mentoring, coaching, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Accommodation, our staff benefit from keyworker housing at selected sites.
• NHS discounts via the Health Service Discounts website.
  
  

Other Benefits Include

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr James Peddie Job title: Clinical Lead, Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: