Psychologist (Clinical, Counselling, or Forensic)

Psychologist (Clinical, Counselling, or Forensic) Band 8a

Main area Secure Services Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

22.5 hours per week ( Would consider Developmental Band 7 )

Job ref 246-GYW

Site Northside House Town Norwich Salary £46,148 - £60,504 pro rota Salary period Yearly Closing 10/03/:59

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we'd love you to join us!

We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.

Job overview

We are looking for a Practitioner Psychologist to join our established community Offender Personality Disorder Pathway (OPD) team covering Norfolk and Suffolk. This is a part time opportunity at 22.5 hours per week, however funding is available for up to 27.5 hours per week. We would like you to work Wednesdays but there is flexibility on the other days. Our MDT works flexibly during the week to provide support to our service users and probation colleagues across Norfolk and Suffolk. There will be a requirement to travel across Norfolk and Suffolk.

This is an interesting, varied and rewarding role and ideal for someone curious and keen to gain experience in this complex, specialist field.

Main duties of the job

You will be joining the team in providing support to Probation Practitioners in the region through offering them consultations and formulations, reflective practice sessions and training. You will also work within our Atlas service which delivers psychologically informed intervention to people on probation following release from prison or hospital who have personality difficulties.

Experience working with people in secure settings or the Criminal Justice System will be helpful but is not essential. You will be given supervision, support and training to settle into the role and develop your skills. A positive attitude towards people with personality difficulties is essential.

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey.

We find working with our client group extremely rewarding but we also recognise that it can be challenging at times. We believe that it is important to support the wellbeing of our staff through regular clinical supervision and by promoting a healthy work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached.

This is a versatile role. The successful candidate will be required to help deliver our Core and Atlas OPD service. Main duties will involve (but not exclusive to):

• Offering psychological case advice and guidance in the form of consultations with probation practitioners and other professionals who work with people on probation.
• Authoring psychological formulations to help professionals work effectively with people with personality difficulties.
• Design, delivery and evaluation of training packages.
• Delivery of reflective practice to professionals.
• Working closely with team members to oversee delivery of intervention under the IIRMS model.
• Delivering intervention to service users in line with skills and expertise.

Person specification Qualifications

• Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Experience

• Experience of working with a wide variety and severity of client groups & clinical problems, in various settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
• Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment.
• Experience of representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts).

Skills

• Skills in consultation to professional and non-professional groups

Other

• Ability to travel independently

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.