Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, qualified practitioner to join our innovative, exciting and highly regarded offender personality disorder (OPD) service. The service works in partnership with criminal justice staff to help maximise their risk management and engagement with people in the criminal justice system that are identified as having difficulties consistent with a personality disorder diagnosis. The successful applicant will be working our IIRM (Integrated Intensive Risk Management) service providing collaborative psychological formulations, interventions and supervision with probation services and alongside other members of the team.
Main duties of the job
You will join a large team of psychologists, psychotherapists, occupational therapists and Probation Practitioners working across the OPD pathway. The aim of the partnership is to promote a psychologically informed approach with this high risk, complex group. The job includes developing collaborative psychological formulations and intervention plans alongside other members of the team. Supervision of other members of the team and delivering interventions. The successful applicant will join a service which can provide a wealth of opportunities for innovation and professional development. We are looking for motivated and creative clinicians who have experience of working with complex, high risk populations.
About us
We are a high quality, high performing NHS foundation trust. We are the main provider of specialist mental health and learning disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York as well as some highly specialised services across the country.We employ around 3,000 staff and every year we have contact with over 25,000 service users. Our vision is to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. Our ambition is to support our service users and carers, our staff and the communities we serve to live healthy and fulfilling lives. We need people like you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health. We perform well againstlocal and national targetsand inour most recent CQC inspection, 85% of our services were rated good or outstanding.As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide psychological support within our IIRMS service, in their management of high risk offenders identified as presenting with behaviour consistent with a personality disorder diagnosis. The role will involve working with other professionals to develop an understanding of the psychological aspects of a clients risk and the development of psychologically informed formulations and risk management plans. The role will involve working with a band 8 psychologist within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the PDUs policies and procedures. It may involve the utilisation of research skills for audit, policy and service evaluation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide psychological support within our IIRMS service, in their management of high risk offenders identified as presenting with behaviour consistent with a personality disorder diagnosis. The role will involve working with other professionals to develop an understanding of the psychological aspects of a clients risk and the development of psychologically informed formulations and risk management plans. The role will involve working with a band 8 psychologist within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the PDUs policies and procedures. It may involve the utilisation of research skills for audit, policy and service evaluation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification as indicated in JD, for example Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, Masters level psychotherapy/ counselling psychology training, doctoral level or equivalent in forensic psychology
- Registration and Accreditation with relevant professional body as indicated in JD i.e. HCPC, UKCP, BABCP
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a range of mental health problems including complex, severe and chronic psychological problems.
- Experience of drawing on a range of psychological therapy and theoretical approaches to inform assessment and therapy
- Previous experience of working with clients with personality disorders including complex risk assessments
- Previous experience of working within the criminal justice system
Skills
Essential
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Knowledge of research methodology and research design
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification as indicated in JD, for example Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, Masters level psychotherapy/ counselling psychology training, doctoral level or equivalent in forensic psychology
- Registration and Accreditation with relevant professional body as indicated in JD i.e. HCPC, UKCP, BABCP
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a range of mental health problems including complex, severe and chronic psychological problems.
- Experience of drawing on a range of psychological therapy and theoretical approaches to inform assessment and therapy
- Previous experience of working with clients with personality disorders including complex risk assessments
- Previous experience of working within the criminal justice system
Skills
Essential
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Knowledge of research methodology and research design
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
