Practitioner Psychologist
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Job Introduction
At Turning Point, we are recognised leaders in helping people recover from addiction and regain control of their lives. By providing the right support at the right time and making sure that people can find all the help they need through a single point of contact, we have grown into one of the largest providers of substance use services in England and Wales. Right now, we are looking for a talented Practitioner Psychologist to ensure the effective management, development, and delivery of all psycho-social interventions within newly formed team based within our substance use services in the London boroughs - City of London and Hackney.
The City & Hackney Recovery service is a free and confidential service for adults who would like support with their drug and alcohol use.
We are an integrated, well established and high performing service. Supported by sub-contractors – Mind, NHS Homerton and London Friend - as well as multiple local partners working closely together so that the people we support don’t have to navigate their way between different parts of the system on their own.
Role Responsibility
You will offer clinical guidance, training and leadership to a team that delivers psycho-social interventions to both individuals and groups. You will use your expertise to build on a range of innovative approaches with people who use substances and experience mental health difficulties. In addition to being responsible for the systematic governance of these and other services, you will carry a caseload of clients you offer psychological interventions to on a one-to-one basis and offer practical advice on trauma-informed evidence-based psycho-social interventions to colleagues as well as local agencies and organisations. Inspiring, developing and coordinating everyone on your team will of course, be a vital part of your role. We will also expect you to have a small caseload of service users with complex needs, providing specialist psychological assessments and therapies.
Beyond the operational level, you will contribute to the strategic direction and development of the service. This will include building strong professional links with other statutory and voluntary service providers and using your expertise to put relevant support and education structures in place. You will also explore ways to continuously improve our services and integrate wider issues - housing, employment and finances, for example – into the overall treatment process. You will be invited to work with our national team of Clinical, Counselling, Forensic Psychologists and Psychotherapist, to develop psychological and psycho-social approaches used across services and to pursue a therapeutic specialism that fits with service needs.
The Ideal Candidate
You will hold a doctorate and have current registration through the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist, or be registered with the UKCP, BPC, or BACP as a Psychotherapist.
Your experience of leading and supervising clinical staff will ideally be supported by experience of working with substance misuse Service Users. Formal training in supervision, whilst not essential, would be desirable. Excellent communication skills, adaptability and commitment to the Recovery Agenda, will all contribute to you becoming a vital member of our clinical leadership team.
About us
As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.
We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.
What Benefits Will I Receive?
We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package:
25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees
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We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
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⭐ Lead your CV personal statement with your HCPC registration status and doctoral qualification, as the advert lists these as non-negotiable entry criteria.
📊 Quantify your caseload experience: e.g. 'Managed a caseload of 25 clients with complex dual-diagnosis needs, achieving 78% treatment completion rate'.
🎯 Explicitly reference trauma-informed and evidence-based frameworks you have used (e.g. CBT, EMDR, ACT) — the advert specifically calls out 'trauma-informed evidence-based psycho-social interventions'.
🌐 Highlight any multi-agency partnership work, particularly with NHS, voluntary sector, or housing/employment services, as the role involves collaboration with NHS Homerton, Mind, and London Friend.
🤝 Include a dedicated section on clinical leadership and supervision experience, noting the number of staff supervised, as the advert emphasises inspiring, developing and coordinating a team.
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- •Delivered trauma-informed CBT and ACT group programmes to 18 adults with co-occurring substance use and PTSD, achieving a 74% programme completion rate over 12 months.
- •Provided weekly clinical supervision to a team of 6 psycho-social intervention workers, reducing clinical risk incidents by 30% through structured case formulation and governance reviews.
- •Conducted specialist psychological assessments for 40+ clients with complex dual-diagnosis presentations, producing formulation-led care plans adopted across 3 partner agencies including NHS Homerton.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Turning Point's reputation as one of England's largest substance use recovery providers, and the integrated City & Hackney Recovery Service's model of coordinated care, make this Practitioner Psychologist role a compelling next step. My HCPC registration as a Clinical Psychologist and doctoral-level training in trauma-informed, evidence-based psycho-social interventions align directly with the clinical leadership and caseload responsibilities you have outlined.
My background in substance use and dual-diagnosis services has equipped me to deliver specialist psychological assessments and individual and group therapies for clients with complex needs, while simultaneously providing clinical supervision and training to multidisciplinary colleagues. I have experience building partnerships with NHS trusts, voluntary organisations, and housing and employment services to create joined-up care pathways that reduce the burden on service users navigating multiple systems.
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Technical
- ›How do you adapt evidence-based psychological interventions for clients with co-occurring substance use and mental health difficulties?
- ›What frameworks do you use to ensure clinical governance and systematic oversight of psycho-social intervention programmes?
- ›Describe your approach to conducting specialist psychological assessments for clients with complex needs in a substance use setting.
- ›How have you integrated trauma-informed practice into group intervention delivery, and what outcomes did you measure?
- ›What experience do you have developing psychological approaches at a service-wide or organisational level, and how did you evaluate their effectiveness?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you provided clinical leadership to a team delivering interventions to a challenging client group — what was your approach and what was the outcome?
- ›Describe a situation where you had to build professional relationships with multiple statutory and voluntary partners to improve client outcomes.
- ›Give an example of when you identified a gap in service provision and took steps to develop or improve it.
- ›Tell me about a time you supported a colleague through clinical supervision when they were struggling with a complex or distressing case.
- ›Describe a situation where you had to balance a direct client caseload with broader strategic or governance responsibilities — how did you manage competing demands?
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Tell me about a time you provided clinical leadership to a team delivering interventions to a challenging client group — what was your approach and what was the outcome?
Describe a situation where you had to build professional relationships with multiple statutory and voluntary partners to improve client outcomes.