Job overview
Clinical Psychologist within Homeless Services
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Psychologist with enthusiasm and interest in working with the homeless population in Manchester to join a friendly and supportive mental health multidisciplinary team.
The post is 7 permanent sessions; there is a possibility of a further 2 sessions to be confirmed.
This post offers a varied and positive opportunity for a qualified Clinical Psychologist to work in a team which has both direct work and indirect ways of working.
The postholder will primarily support the work of the Manchester Mental Health Homeless Team and will contribute to the Homeless Hub-wide Psychology initiatives.
Working within a trauma informed approach, we offer psychological consultation, training and reflective practice to mental health staff in the homeless hub and homelessness workers in partner organisations across the Greater Manchester area. Psychological assessments and interventions with services users is undertaken as appropriate and we aim to provide a flexible and accessible service that recognises the additional needs of the homeless population. Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency collaborative working are at the foundation of our work.
Main duties of the job
• To deliver highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy to clients with complex, severe and longstanding mental health difficulties, which frequently involve high risk behaviour, risk of suicide and self-harm. Clients who are referred to the Service have often either failed to engage with, or benefit from, other mental health services
• To contribute to the service delivery and target objectives/priorities of the Homeless Hub plans
• To manage a highly complex clinical caseload
• To carry out specialised risk assessments and agree risk management plans with individual clients, and to provide advice on aspects of risk formulation and management to other clinicians and services
• To provide clinical supervision, training and team reflective practice to mental health and non-mental health workers.
• To be responsible for the clinical supervision and teaching of trainees
• To engage in peer supervision and peer consultation with clinical colleagues within the service
• To provide clinical consultations for clinicians, including therapists in training, when difficult and challenging issues of assessment, treatment and risk management arise.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
1. Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
2. 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
3. Excellent pension
4. Cycle to work scheme
5. Salary sacrifice car scheme
6. Wellbeing programme
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
7. Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology
8. Undergraduate degree in Psychology
Desirable criteria
9. Additional training in therapeutic modality
Experience
Essential criteria
10. Working with service users with complex needs
11. Experience of delivering supervision & training to staff
12. Experience in formulation & risk assessment/management
Desirable criteria
13. Previous experience of working with homeless population/inclusion health
The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.
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Sponsorship
We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click .
If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.
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Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.