Job overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY SWANSEA BAY HEALTH BOARD
An opportunity has arisen for an 8a psychologist (0.8 FTE) within the Wales Offender Personality Disorder Pathway (OPDP).
The role is to provide psychological support to Probation Officers within dedicated Local Delivery Units in their management of high-risk offenders identified as presenting with behaviour consistent with a personality disorder diagnosis. Work alongside probation colleagues to enhance the assessment and supervision of those identified offenders through the provision of case consultations and formulations. The role will involve training and workforce development of Offender Managers and Offender Management Teams, through consultation, to enable an understanding of the psychological aspects of a client’s risk and the development of psychologically informed formulations and risk management plans.
The post holder will also provide psychological intervention within the OPDP IIRMS (Intensive Intervention and Risk Management Service). To work with complex OPDP service users undertaking formulation, treatment intervention planning & evidence based interventions with high and very high risk males and females managed by Wales Probation Service within the community.
Main duties of the job
To provide psychological support to Probation Officers within dedicated Local Delivery Units in their management of high risk offenders identified as presenting with behaviour consistent with a personality disorder diagnosis. Work alongside probation colleagues to enhance the assessment and supervision of those identified offenders through the provision of case consultations and formulations. The role will involve training and workforce development of Offender Managers and Offender Management Teams, through consultation, to enable an understanding of the psychological aspects of a client’s risk and the development of psychologically informed formulations and risk management plans.
To provide psychological intervention within the OPDP IIRMS (Intensive Intervention and Risk Management Service). To work with complex OPDP service users undertaking formulation, treatment intervention planning & evidence-based interventions with high and very high risk males and females managed by Wales Probation Service within the community.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Essential Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. Good Honours Degree in Psychology
2. Eligibility for British Psychological Society Chartered Status
3. Post Graduate Doctorate/Qualification in specialist area (Clinical/Counselling/Forensic) Psychology
4. Clinical Supervision Training for Doctoral Trainee Practitioner Psychologist
5. Doctoral level/Advanced knowledge of practitioner psychology theory and practice
6. Doctoral/Advanced level of research design and methodology including multivariate data analysis as practiced with practitioner psychology
7. Knowledge of relevant legislation
8. Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS and HCPC
Desirable criteria
9. Post-Doctoral qualification in specific areas of practitioner psychology (Clinical/Forensic/Counselling
10. Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis and people with additional disabilities
11. Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies
Essential Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
12. Adhere to and demonstrate SBU Values & Behaviours
13. The ability to demonstrate high level of competence to work within the designated speciality
14. Skills in the supervision of other staff
15. Well developed skills in effectively communicating complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information
16. Capable of effective workload management when facing competing demands
17. The ability to work collaboratively with a range of multidisciplinary colleagues
Desirable criteria
18. Welsh Language skills
Essential Experience
Essential criteria
19. Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified practitioner psychologist, including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality
20. Demonstration of further specialist training/experience through having received extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision agreed by a Head of Psychology
21. Experience of specialised psychological assessment and treatment of a range of clients across a wide range of care settings
22. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care, with experience of co-ordinating care within the context of multi-disciplinary care-planning.
Desirable criteria
23. Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
24. Experience of the application of practitioner psychology in diverse cultural contexts.
25. Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
Other Essential Criteria
Essential criteria
26. Ability to travel within geographical area and work hours flexibly
27. Satisfactory Standard/Enhanced DBS clearance
28. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
29. Capable of maintaining a high degree of professionalism and safe clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
30. The ability to identify and provide appropriate means of support to line-managed staff who deal with highly distressing situations, severely challenging behaviours and other stressors.
31. The ability to use a variety of complex multi-media materials for a range of purposes such as teaching and training.
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable