Job summary
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, neurodevelopmental and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.
Are you interested in providing clinical support in services for people with personality disorder/difficulties and complex needs? We are seeking an Assistant Psychologist for our well developed and highly regarded multidisciplinary team: Options - part of the OPD Pathway, based at HMP Downview. We support the development of Assistant Psychologists, provide training and have a good track record of progression onto training routes.
You will be joining and providing psychological input to a well-established, enthusiastic and committed team of clinical and operational staff. Working in prison-based services is challenging and rewarding, it involves working with people serving sentences, many of whom have experienced traumatic and disadvantaged backgrounds. You will require excellent communication skills to manage relationships and work closely with partner agencies. You must also have a desire to contribute to the delivery of high-quality services for people residing within the establishment and be well organised and motivated. You will receive regular support to further develop your strengths in working in this busy and exciting service.
Main duties of the job
To deliver a Forensically Modified Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills group to women/individuals screened into the OPD pathway. To deliver outreach support to those in periods of instability. To manage referral systems and databases and carry out suitability assessments. Providing support, co-ordination and administration to clinical, training and research functions within the scope appropriate to level of training and competence. To represent the team at Diversity meetings and contribute to the management of the diversity plan for the team. To work independently according to a plan agreed and reviewed through regular supervision by a qualified HCPC registered Psychologist/Psychological Therapist
About us
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
Monthly supervision
Annual personal development plans/appraisal
Access to exciting internal and external training and conference opportunities.
Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London:
Health & wellbeing services
Season ticket loans
Cycle to work scheme
The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits.
MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching.
All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To set up and manage databases, referral systems, spreadsheets and using advanced IT skills in evaluation audit and research.
To deliver a Forensically Modified Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills group to women/individuals screened into the OPD pathway.
To attend and take part in weekly DBT consultation / reflective practice meetings and adhere to DBT principles.
To carry out assessment with individuals referred to the service. To develop individual formulations and apply theoretical psychological models of mental health and personality disorder and offending, to observed behaviour.
To liaise closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team and also to other prison service staff (including prison and probation officers) offering consultation on psychological aspects of care, contributing directly to formulation, diagnosis, treatment planning and management.
To contribute and provide workforce development to other prison staff including prison and probation officers in relation to the OPD.
To undertake projects relating to service development and evaluation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To set up and manage databases, referral systems, spreadsheets and using advanced IT skills in evaluation audit and research.
To deliver a Forensically Modified Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills group to women/individuals screened into the OPD pathway.
To attend and take part in weekly DBT consultation / reflective practice meetings and adhere to DBT principles.
To carry out assessment with individuals referred to the service. To develop individual formulations and apply theoretical psychological models of mental health and personality disorder and offending, to observed behaviour.
To liaise closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team and also to other prison service staff (including prison and probation officers) offering consultation on psychological aspects of care, contributing directly to formulation, diagnosis, treatment planning and management.
To contribute and provide workforce development to other prison staff including prison and probation officers in relation to the OPD.
To undertake projects relating to service development and evaluation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice, and / or research design and analysis
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Relevant clinical and research skills
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Basic knowledge of databases, research skills and methodology
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care
- Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a health context
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with complex needs
- Experience of working with people with disabilities, in a health or Mental Health setting and or work with people with complex needs
- Experience of the use of psychometric tests
- Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact
- Experience of teaching other health professionals
- Lived experience of mental health issues
Skills
Essential
- To have highly developed IT skills and good working knowledge of statistical packages
- To be able to communicate effectively under pressure and maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times
- To be able to provide and receive complex sensitive or contentious information in a potentially highly emotive atmosphere. To be able to work with resistance to ideas
- High standard of report writing
- To assimilate complex information and use reflective/analytic thinking, to apply psychological perspectives in work in a healthcare setting
- Ability to be flexible and cope with multiple demands.
- Capable of using initiative and organise work to agreed goals.
- Ability to work independently and know when to ask for and use supervision, identifying when there is need for advice and using supervision at agreed intervals
- Requires manual dexterity and good eye -hand coordination to administer neuropsychological tests and use computer key boards.
- Able to carry out PMVA interventions
Abilities
Essential
- Need to maintain frequent high levels of concentration for long periods in managing agreed projects alone or with team members
- Ability to tolerate and remain calm in the face of high levels of emotional distress and emotional demands
- Ability to tolerate occasional exposure to verbal abuse and hostility
- Ability to use a PC
- To sit for extended periods of time in constrained positions in order to complete PC -based projects and other project tasks
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice, and / or research design and analysis
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Relevant clinical and research skills
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Basic knowledge of databases, research skills and methodology
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care
- Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a health context
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with complex needs
- Experience of working with people with disabilities, in a health or Mental Health setting and or work with people with complex needs
- Experience of the use of psychometric tests
- Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact
- Experience of teaching other health professionals
- Lived experience of mental health issues
Skills
Essential
- To have highly developed IT skills and good working knowledge of statistical packages
- To be able to communicate effectively under pressure and maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times
- To be able to provide and receive complex sensitive or contentious information in a potentially highly emotive atmosphere. To be able to work with resistance to ideas
- High standard of report writing
- To assimilate complex information and use reflective/analytic thinking, to apply psychological perspectives in work in a healthcare setting
- Ability to be flexible and cope with multiple demands.
- Capable of using initiative and organise work to agreed goals.
- Ability to work independently and know when to ask for and use supervision, identifying when there is need for advice and using supervision at agreed intervals
- Requires manual dexterity and good eye -hand coordination to administer neuropsychological tests and use computer key boards.
- Able to carry out PMVA interventions
Abilities
Essential
- Need to maintain frequent high levels of concentration for long periods in managing agreed projects alone or with team members
- Ability to tolerate and remain calm in the face of high levels of emotional distress and emotional demands
- Ability to tolerate occasional exposure to verbal abuse and hostility
- Ability to use a PC
- To sit for extended periods of time in constrained positions in order to complete PC -based projects and other project tasks
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).
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).
