Job summary
Interview will be held on 25th Oct 2024
Staff will be working with the three Local Authorities inEast Berkshire (Bracknell, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead) alongside Local Authority teams who are working with the CAMHS Children in Care East Team (CIC).
The CiC East team is being established to ensure that children who are in care receive quicker access to mental health support, by working in partnership and sharing knowledge. We effectively meet the needs of children and young people in care and their carers by providing evidenced based interventions that meet their need.
The service aims to improve life chances of Children in Care, by working towards increasing these resiliency factors:
This is a unique opportunity to be part of and contribute to a developing and innovative service.
These are important posts at the interface with partner agencies and specialist CAMHS.
Main duties of the job
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To undertake protocol-based service evaluation, which will include gathering data, using self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with professionals, clients, family members and others involved in the client's care. To assist in assessments for the service.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
The 4 must haves for this role:
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Jenny Murray on 07825 865192 or email: jenny.murray@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The 4 must haves for this role:
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Jenny Murray on 07825 865192 or email: jenny.murray@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Work with people with mental health difficulties and/or learning disabilities.
- Understanding and/or experience of psychometric tests
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision that have a number of Mental Health and social needs
- To have an understanding of the complex needs of young people, particularly those who have experienced early adversity.
- Previous experience in an assistant psychology post.
- Previous experience of audit and/ or research in a clinical setting
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Experience of working with families and/or carers
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context
- An understanding of psychology applied to mental health care.
- Experience using various databases.
- High standard of report writing.
- Experiencing conducting service evaluation and research, particularly in a clinical setting.
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- An ability to interact with people with mental health problems.
- Ability to work independently, reliably, and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- An interest in working with people with mental health problems or/and learning disabilities.
- An interest in working with children/young people/families affected by early adversity.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
- To be able to travel independently to sites within the region served by Berkshire Healthcare NHS FT.
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Work with people with mental health difficulties and/or learning disabilities.
- Understanding and/or experience of psychometric tests
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision that have a number of Mental Health and social needs
- To have an understanding of the complex needs of young people, particularly those who have experienced early adversity.
- Previous experience in an assistant psychology post.
- Previous experience of audit and/ or research in a clinical setting
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Experience of working with families and/or carers
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context
- An understanding of psychology applied to mental health care.
- Experience using various databases.
- High standard of report writing.
- Experiencing conducting service evaluation and research, particularly in a clinical setting.
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- An ability to interact with people with mental health problems.
- Ability to work independently, reliably, and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- An interest in working with people with mental health problems or/and learning disabilities.
- An interest in working with children/young people/families affected by early adversity.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
- To be able to travel independently to sites within the region served by Berkshire Healthcare NHS FT.
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
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).
