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Job Title:                    Senior Clinical Psychologist with Young Roots Partnership

Responsible to:        Senior Clinical Psychologist / Head of Therapies

Hours:                        2 days per week (0.4 FTE; 15 hours); permanent

Salary:                       £48,300 p.a. pro rata

Benefits:                    27 days holiday (pro rata) plus 4% matched pension contribution

Location:                   Helen Bamber Foundation, London; Young Roots, London.        

Start Date:                January 2025

Please note, due to the requirements of the service the appointed person will need to be available to work on Wednesdays due to the configuration of the service. Please bear this in mind when making your application.

BACKGROUND

The Helen Bamber Foundation is a human rights organisation supporting asylum seekers, refugees, victims of human trafficking and other human rights violations. Our specialist team of therapists, doctors and legal experts hold an international reputation for providing therapeutic care, medical consultation, legal protection, and practical support. The Helen Bamber Foundation is committed to safeguarding vulnerable adults and children.

We have worked in partnership with the Young Roots charity for the last five years providing a service to young, unaccompanied asylum seekers aged between 16 and 25 and we are looking for a Senior Clinical Psychologist to manage and support this work.

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE 

As a Senior Clinical Psychologist within the Young Roots psychology service, you will report to a Senior Clinical Psychologist at HBF/Head of Therapies and manage the clinical services of the Young Roots Partnership.  

This role will include management of the overall partnership project, delivery of highly specialised psychological assessments for both medico-legal and clinical purposes, provision of appropriate evidence-based therapies, delivery of clinical supervision to qualified clinicians, assistant and trainee clinical psychologists on final year specialist placements, and non-clinical members of staff. The role will also include input into policy, research and fundraising and delivery of consultancy and training.

We are looking for someone who is committed to working therapeutically with young people who experienced human rights abuses and post-migration stressors and present with trauma spectrum disorders, depression, and anxiety as a result. In addition to proven experience in working therapeutically with this client group, the candidate will have a passion for human rights work beyond the individual client work, and a desire to contribute to effecting change at a policy level.  This role requires the ability to react and respond creatively and appropriately to the needs of the charity.  

Please note that the successful candidate will be offered the role subject to suitable references and a DBS check. This role will require disclosure of both the adult and child barring lists. If appointed, you will be required to give your consent to HBF to receive regular updates on your criminal records status and to disclose any relevant convictions incurred during your time with us. You will also be subject to a public online search. 

For any queries, please call 0203 058 2020 and ask to speak to Dr Angeliki Argyriou (angeliki.argyriou@helenbamber.org)

How to apply: Please submit an up-to-date CV and a covering letter by Friday 1st November at 12pm, outlining your relevant skills and experience, as well as how your previous experience that matches the listed responsibilities and person specification to jobs@helenbamber.org