Job summary
To work in the Liverpool Homeless and Hostel Service hosted at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
We are seeking to appoint a psychologist with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and relevant clinical skills and experience. This post will be a permanent, part time opportunity.
This is a new and exciting opportunity to be part of developing trauma-informed practice and psychologically informed environments within Liverpool adult homeless and hostel provision. The post holder will build on existing good practice to upskill and support the Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) and hostel workforce to become more trauma-informed and build confidence with psychologically informed approaches.
Main duties of the job
This newly formed post will also include working alongside the rough sleeper team to utilise psychological assessment and formulations skills to better understand any mental health related difficulties within the rough sleeper population.
The post holder will work to develop relationships to enable homeless services to work alongside mental health services in a joined up and cohesive way, which puts the client at the centre. The post holder will work on building relationships and pathways with local providers to improve service accessibility for this population. The post holder will provide clinical leadership including delivering specialist training, advice, consultation and clinical supervision to enhance knowledge and skills amongst professionals in all relevant sectors
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further information and please contact Ray Clucas for any further clarification on this new and exciting role working alongside the homeless population of Liverpool
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further information and please contact Ray Clucas for any further clarification on this new and exciting role working alongside the homeless population of Liverpool
Person Specification
Knowledge / Experience
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS or its approved equivalent, (2)
- oWell developed and effective communication skills, oral and written, to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to client group and mental health
- oEvidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- oFormal training in supervision of other psychologists
- oAbility to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
- oAbility to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- oReasonable adjustments will be made for those with sensory impairment
- oKnowledge of IT systems including word processing, email and local electronic patient information systems
- oKnowledge and skill development to meet KSF factor 2 Level 8 requirements
Desirable
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS or its approved equivalent, (2)
- oExperience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings
- oExperience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts. Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)
- oHigh level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
Person Specification
Knowledge / Experience
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS or its approved equivalent, (2)
- oWell developed and effective communication skills, oral and written, to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to client group and mental health
- oEvidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- oFormal training in supervision of other psychologists
- oAbility to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
- oAbility to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- oReasonable adjustments will be made for those with sensory impairment
- oKnowledge of IT systems including word processing, email and local electronic patient information systems
- oKnowledge and skill development to meet KSF factor 2 Level 8 requirements
Desirable
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS or its approved equivalent, (2)
- oExperience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings
- oExperience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts. Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)
- oHigh level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
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).
