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Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of working with, and addressing issues of, diversity, including experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience
Experience of leading workforce initiatives, service improvement projects or change programmes
- Experience
Experience of building effective partnerships and influencing across professional groups, services or organisations
- Experience
Experience of providing teaching and training to psychological professionals or other professional groups and experience of designing, coordinating and delivering workforce development or CPD programmes.
- Qualifications
Accreditation as a Practitioner Psychologist (HCPC), Psychotherapist (APC, UKCP, BACP, BPC) or Art Therapist (HCPC)
- Qualifications
Level 7 Qualification as a Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist or Arts Therapist
- Qualifications
Supervision training
- Qualifications
CPD
- Knowledge, abilities and skills
Knowledge of racial and other diversity issues and factors affecting access to mental health care.
- Knowledge, abilities and skills
To plan allocation of tasks to assistants/trainees and junior staff as appropriate
- Knowledge, abilities and skills
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions relevant to this post
- Knowledge, abilities and skills
Ability to manage highly complex situations involving multiple difficulties, and competing/conflicting views about those difficulties; and to help create contexts that develop systemic engagement, and harness the strengths and abilities of those involved in order to work towards solutions
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of leading large-scale organisational change programmes.
- Experience
Experience of securing external funding or leading complex partnership projects across organisations.
- Experience
Experience of influencing workforce strategy at organisational, regional or national level.
Job overview
Are you passionate about shaping the future of the psychology and psychotherapy workforce?
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and innovative senior psychological professional to join our Corporate Psychology & Psychotherapy team as a Principal Psychology & Psychotherapy Workforce Development Lead.
This is a unique opportunity to influence the development, wellbeing and professional growth of one of the largest psychology and psychotherapy workforces in the NHS. Working closely with the Director & Deputy Director for Psychology & Psychotherapy and a wide range of internal and external partners, you will lead strategic workforce development initiatives that strengthen capability, support staff wellbeing and promote excellence in psychological practice across the Trust.
This post is offered on a job-share basis, working 22.5 hours per week across Monday to Thursday, alongside the existing postholder who works Thursdays and Fridays.
Main duties of the job
As a senior leader within Corporate Psychology & Psychotherapy, you will:
- Lead the development, coordination and delivery of psychology and psychotherapy workforce development programmes across SLaM.
- Design and deliver a broad portfolio of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities, including training events, mentoring schemes, leadership development and action learning programmes.
- Lead workforce projects, funding bids and collaborative initiatives with partner organisations and professional bodies.
- Support recruitment, retention and career progression across the psychology and psychotherapy workforce.
- Contribute to Trust-wide staff wellbeing and staff support programmes, helping to create psychologically safe and inclusive workplaces.
- Provide expert consultation, supervision and leadership to psychological professionals across multiple services.
- Champion equality, diversity and inclusion and support the development of culturally responsive services and workforce practices.
- Lead and contribute to service evaluation, audit, quality improvement and research activities.
This role combines strategic leadership, workforce development, clinical expertise and professional leadership, making it an ideal opportunity for an experienced practitioner seeking to influence psychological services at organisational level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will lead a small dedicated P&P Workforce Development team including
- Deputy Workforce Lead
- Assistant Psychologists
- Trainees
as part of the wider Corporate P&P Team. The Corporate P&P Team provides professional leadership for the P&P workforce across the Trust as well as a range of Staff Support services for all Trust staff such as Schwartz rounds, post-incident support, Emotional Emancipation Circles as an in-house Staff and Counselling Well-being service.
Together with their job share they will set priorities for P&P Workforce Development with the Deputy Director and Director for Psychology & Psychotherapy and they will lead on the development and implementation of a range of projects to address those priorities. This will range from ensuring we support a wide range of people to join the P&P Workforce including those who are disadvantaged or under-represented in the workforce, to developing and maintaining effective relationships with partner training organisations, providing CPD to support staff to provide quality inclusive clinical services and maintain their professional registrations as well as support career development at all stages including leadership development for minoritised staff.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Psychology & Psychotherapy Workforce Lead with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Lead (legacy management group) role. The advertised salary is £75,328 - £86,114 per annum inclusive of HCAs (Inner) pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 07 Sep 2026.
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