Snr Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist OR Snr Psychotherapist
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Job summary
Join us for a unique opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills across the Yorkshire and Humberside Personality Disorder Partnership (YHPDP). The service has a focus on enabling progressive and trauma-informed ways of engaging people in difficult situations, to help improve the experience and outcomes for individuals who experience the world as profoundly unsafe (often associated with the diagnostic label of a 'personality disorder') and the staff working with them. Ideally, you will have experience of working within the criminal justice system or secure mental health care.
The YHPDP team includes psychologists, psychotherapists, occupational therapists, housing workers and probation staff. They are a regional service and part of Leeds 'Personality Disorder' services. The team work collaboratively with probation staff to develop risk management plans and support service users to seek the most appropriate treatment for their needs. The aim is to enable thoughtful, compassionate and therapeutic risk management delivered in partnership with colleagues from the Probation Service, with the ultimate aim of reducing reoffending, increasing psychological well-being and developing a workforce with the additional competencies for working effectively with this group. The team draw on an eclectic range of psychological theory to best enable non-psychological practitioners to understand behaviour which may often challenge working alliances.
Main duties of the job
To provide a highly specialist psychological service across the Yorkshire and Humberside Personality Disorder Partnership (YHPDP):
- The YHPDP Core OM service provides a consultation and formulation service across the Yorkshire and Humberside area to support the implementation of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) strategy. - To work alongside probation colleagues and other criminal justice staff to enhance the assessment, supervision and risk management of high-risk offenders, including joint casework, and to support the implementation of the OPD Pathway.
To work across the team in a manner that is formulation-based, trauma-informed, and builds the capacity of the wider team to work in a psychologically- and trauma-informed way. To provide line-management and/or clinical supervision to members in both multidisciplinary teams, including Probation Practitioners, Assistant Psychologists or Trainees. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. To utilize research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the area served by the teams.
Although the YHPDP office base is in Leeds, the organisation has moved towards increased agile working, so the post holder may work remotely for some of the time each week. The post requires regular travel across the region.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net
Details
Date posted
10 October 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,952 to £57,349 a year pa
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
173-75623-RSP
Job locations
Yorkshire and Humberside Personality Disorder Partnership
Poplar House, St Mary's Hospital
Leeds
LS12 3QE
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Yorkshire and Humberside Personality Disorder Partnership
Poplar House, St Mary's Hospital
Leeds
LS12 3QE
Employer's website
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