This position is for a Senior Assistant Psychologist within the Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT). The aim of this team is to help working age adult to safely transition and live in the community, and minimise the risk of them reoffending and/or returning to psychiatric hospital or prison. The team comprises of OTs, Mental Health Nurses, Psychologists as well as a Support Worker and Social Worker. In brief, the role of the Senior AP is to facilitate assessments (psychometrics and risk related), complete formulations and offer both individual and group interventions.
* Promote the psychological health and well-being of service users within the SCFT.
* Under the supervision of a qualified Psychologist, to provide psychological assessments and intervention to individuals, or groups of service users
* Under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist to complete audit, service evaluation or research as indicated.
* Assist in clinically related administration, teaching, and project work
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within peoples homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
About
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trusts priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Clinical
* Undertake psychological assessments of service users applying psychological principles, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service users care.
* Assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and / or management of a service users problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.
* Assist in the planning, coordination and running of therapeutic groups.
* Assist in the completion of risk assessments, such as the HCR-20, SARA and RSVP.
* Work with other staff to assess inpatients in terms of their suitability for the SCFT.
* Attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings
* Assist in the collation of information for risk consultations, formulation and risk assessments.
* Assist in the provision of clinical case review, if deemed necessary.
* Maintain appropriate records in electronic or hard copy in line with Trust policies and Professional guidelines. Includes workload data and using word processing skills to produce service user related reports.
* To occasionally assist case workers in visiting service users.
Leadership / Management
* Assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required
Teaching, training and supervision
* Contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care.
* Contribute to the development of the CPD rota for in-house staff.
* Engage in regular supervision with a qualified psychologist.
* If appropriate, and trained, to contribute, coordinate and facilitate reflective practice in-house.
Research and service evaluation
* Assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects.
* Undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports for research.
* Undertake literature reviews to assist the provision of assessment and intervention.
Professional
* Manages work independently according to goals agreed at intervals with their manager, working independently on a day to day basis
* Works within guidance and direction of qualified Psychologist and guided by the Professions standards including HCPC and the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Other
* Prepare test materials, visual aids and undertake specific administrative duties as required.
* Perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade that may be required from time to time by their Psychology lead
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