Psychology & Psychotherapy Workforce Lead

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.

The postholder will lead a small dedicated P&P Workforce Development team including

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.

At South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, you will join one of the world's leading mental health organisations. Working in partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London and as part of King's Health Partners, we are internationally recognised for excellence in clinical care, research and education.

Benefits include

Access to extensive professional development and leadership opportunities.

Opportunities to contribute to innovative workforce and service transformation programmes.

Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

Opportunities to engage in research, quality improvement and academic collaborations.

Staff wellbeing support and learning opportunities.

Our Commitment

South London and Maudsley is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to thrive. We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, particularly groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.

We are dedicated to promoting equality, tackling discrimination and creating psychologically safe environments for our staff, service users and carers.

Join Us

If you are an experienced senior psychological professional who is passionate about workforce development, leadership and creating opportunities for others to flourish, we would welcome your application.

Qualifications

Experience

Knowledge, abilities and skills