Snr Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist OR Snr Psychotherapist

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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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, 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 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.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Date posted

20 March 2024

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

173-21924-RSP

Job locations

Yorkshire and Humberside Personality Disorder Partnership/OPDS

Poplar House, St Mary's Hospital

Leeds

LS12 3QE

Job description

Job responsibilities

The team actively promote and maintain a reflective, safe and supportive culture, and are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing. Like all colleagues, the Senior Psychologist or Psychotherapist will be offered training and development opportunities, and is expected to attend and offer regular clinical and managerial supervision, as well as reflective practice groups.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for more information on this position.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for more information on this position.

Person Specification

Qualifications and registration

Essential

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

Training

Essential

Additional significant post qualification training relevant to the service and job role outlined in the job summary.
Formal training in supervision of others.

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 and registration

Essential

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

Training

Essential

Additional significant post qualification training relevant to the service and job role outlined in the job summary.
Formal training in supervision of others.

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.