Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist/Psychotherapist

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Job summary

We are looking for a HCPC registered (or equivalent) Psychologist/ Psychotherapist to contribute to our highly respected Specialist Therapeutic Outreach Team (STOT), supporting people who are experiencing homelessness and compound complex needs, including substance use, mental and physical health difficulties. Working for LYPFT within Forward Leeds, a CQC Outstanding service and one of the biggest substance use services in the country, the STOT team works to help some of the most marginalised people in the city to rebuild a sense of control and empowerment in their lives. As part of our multi-disciplinary team, you will work flexibly and creatively to establish what's needed to have the most positive impact for people who struggle to access our mainstream services due to their social, economic and psychological circumstances.

We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD. Our Psychological Professions Strategy outlines our vision.

We are proud that 100% of LYPFT psychological professionals recently surveyed reported they felt supported by colleagues.

Main duties of the job

You will contribute to our trauma-informed service, ensuring that psychological perspectives are central to everyone's thinking. You will support the empowerment of teams and individuals to increase knowledge, skills, and professional confidence around the needs of the people we support. Through direct and indirect clinical work, consultancy, clinical supervision, reflective practice, team formulation, training and collaborative working, you will support the team to deliver an innovative and effective service that adheres to best practice guidelines and the delivery of high-quality care.

As part of the street team, you will work alongside other professionals and agencies in order to consider the multiple needs of the people we serve. You will also play a role in the continued development of the service.

You will be supported and managed by a well-established COMHAD (co-occurring mental health and alcohol and drug) team, which includes a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a Principal Clinical Psychologist. This multi-disciplinary team will support through training, supervision, peer support and a passion for this area of work.

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

23 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-77223-RSP-A

Job locations

Specialist Therapeutic Outreach Team, Forward Leeds/ Addictions

City Wide

Leeds

LS2 7DJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

A

  1. Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, complex highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  2. Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
  3. Utilising judgement skills and clinical knowledge to solve highly complex situations for service users where opinions may differ.

4. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A

  1. Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, complex highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  2. Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
  3. Utilising judgement skills and clinical knowledge to solve highly complex situations for service users where opinions may differ.

4. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration; or at least Masters level in Forensic psychology by course accredited by the BPS Or Masters or above in a psychotherapy and accredited as a psychotherapist with UKCP or BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)

Skills

Essential

  • Formal training in supervision of others.

Training

Essential

  • Additional significant post qualification training relevant to the service and job role outlined in the job summary.

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post qualification experience in an area of practice relevant to the service specified in the job summary, to include assessment of risk.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration; or at least Masters level in Forensic psychology by course accredited by the BPS Or Masters or above in a psychotherapy and accredited as a psychotherapist with UKCP or BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)

Skills

Essential

  • Formal training in supervision of others.

Training

Essential

  • Additional significant post qualification training relevant to the service and job role outlined in the job summary.

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post qualification experience in an area of practice relevant to the service specified in the job summary, to include assessment of risk.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Specialist Therapeutic Outreach Team, Forward Leeds/ Addictions

City Wide

Leeds

LS2 7DJ


Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Specialist Therapeutic Outreach Team, Forward Leeds/ Addictions

City Wide

Leeds

LS2 7DJ


Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

.

Selina Li

Selina.li@nhs.net

07973638166

Details

Date posted

23 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-77223-RSP-A

Job locations

Specialist Therapeutic Outreach Team, Forward Leeds/ Addictions

City Wide

Leeds

LS2 7DJ


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