Job summary
As a qualified Therapist, you will support patients at Step 3, offering face-to-face assessment and treatment sessions, and facilitating group therapy sessions. You will work in liaison with the Integrated Mental Health Team. You will also have opportunity to actively participate in different projects and workstreams.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work at HMP Huntercombe which is a prison housing foreign-national prisoners. Some will have complex, severe and enduring mental health disorders and serious risk behaviour, and also complex trauma responses. In course of their work, the post holder will encounter a range of presenting problems, including psychosis, personality difficulties, self-harm, challenging behaviour, substance misuse, complex emotional dysfunction (depression, anxiety, anger), PTSD, violence, sexual violence, cognitive deficits (including impairments of intellectual, memory and executive function), severe interpersonal problems and social disabilities. Histories of risk, antisocial and offending behaviour are possible. Many clients will have difficulties arising from physical, sexual and emotional abuse. The post holder will also work with the client's support networks, including care staff and family members.
About us
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Job description
Job responsibilities
Undertakes highly specialist assessments of complex cases, assessing personality, beliefs, attitudes, behaviour, emotional function, and other relevant psychological characteristics and dimensions and factors relevant to the development, maintenance and understanding of the clients difficulties as appropriate, using standardized psychometric instruments, protocol based assessment tools, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and structured and semi-structured interviews as required. Utilises assessment techniquesdirectly with clients and collects information from family members and others involved in the clients care as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Undertakes highly specialist assessments of complex cases, assessing personality, beliefs, attitudes, behaviour, emotional function, and other relevant psychological characteristics and dimensions and factors relevant to the development, maintenance and understanding of the clients difficulties as appropriate, using standardized psychometric instruments, protocol based assessment tools, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and structured and semi-structured interviews as required. Utilises assessment techniquesdirectly with clients and collects information from family members and others involved in the clients care as appropriate.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed theoretical and practical knowledge of the field of psychotherapy.
- Skills commensurate with highly specialist psychological therapist, in interventions and management techniques that are appropriate for use with complex presenting problems. Able to deliver established/evidenced based psychological therapy to fidelity.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychological therapies in specific 'difficult to treat' groups (e.g., personality disorder, challenging behaviour, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.).
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychological therapies.
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified and registered with appropriate body, for instance HCPC, BACP, Nursing Midwifery Council.
Desirable
- Post qualification training in psychotherapies such as psychodynamic, EMDR, NET.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and individual and group-based treatment of clients in prison.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, with clients of all ages across the lifespan and of wide-ranging presenting problems that reflect the full spectrum of clinical complexity and severity.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of working therapeutically with 'difficult to treat' clients.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed theoretical and practical knowledge of the field of psychotherapy.
- Skills commensurate with highly specialist psychological therapist, in interventions and management techniques that are appropriate for use with complex presenting problems. Able to deliver established/evidenced based psychological therapy to fidelity.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychological therapies in specific 'difficult to treat' groups (e.g., personality disorder, challenging behaviour, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.).
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychological therapies.
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified and registered with appropriate body, for instance HCPC, BACP, Nursing Midwifery Council.
Desirable
- Post qualification training in psychotherapies such as psychodynamic, EMDR, NET.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and individual and group-based treatment of clients in prison.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, with clients of all ages across the lifespan and of wide-ranging presenting problems that reflect the full spectrum of clinical complexity and severity.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of working therapeutically with 'difficult to treat' clients.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
