Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Clinical or Forensic Psychologist

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Job summary

An exciting position has arisen for a highly motivated and flexible psychologist to join our established team at the Rivendell Service at HMP New Hall.

The role will be varied and stimulating, offering excellent opportunities to develop skills in both clinical intervention and wider systemic working, which incorporates staff training, staff support and consultation. We actively encourage and fund training and development opportunities. You will be working with and supported by an experienced team of psychologists.

The Rivendell Service is a long-standing and well-established residential treatment unit which exists as part of the National Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) strategy, run in partnership with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) and HM Prison and Probation Service. GMMH therapeutic practitioners and HMPPS prison personnel work collaboratively and innovatively to create a therapeutic environment and to deliver bespoke interventions for up to 16 people in a dedicated wing in HMP New Hall, a prison for women. All residents present with complex risk and personality problems and stay at Rivdendell for up to two years to address the needs that have linked their personality problems to their offending.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for supporting and delivering the formulation-driven care for a small caseload of service-users. They will conduct detailed assessments of risk, develop traumainformed formulations and provide tailored therapeutic intervention. Therapeutic input will aim to help our service users to manage emotions, cope with interpersonal difficulties and may also incorporate specific trauma work.

Therapy will also focus on understanding personality difficulties linked to offending the with aim of reducing risk and re-offending. Clinical work will be both in individual and group format.

The postholder will be encouraged to utilise innovation and creativity to engage the service users in their clinical work. Skills and knowledge of DBT or other skills-based interventions would be advantageous, as would knowledge of female specific needs.

The successful candidate will be expected to work closely in collaboration with the unit prison officers, providing training, consultation to support our responsive and trauma informed approach. You will be expected to see your case load once a week for clinical sessions, while also delivering group sessions. In addition, you will offer weekly staff support group sessions to the prison officer team.

This is a permanent contract post for a qualified clinical or forensic psychologist at Band 7 level. This post is suitable for newly qualified applicants.

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Details

Date posted

24 August 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

437-4459673

Job locations

Rivendell Unit, HMP Newhall

Dial Wood, Flockton,

Wakefield

WF4 4AX


Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached detailed Job descriptionand Person Specification

Staff benefits

  • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
  • Excellent pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme
  • Wellbeing programme
  • Blue Light Card Discounts

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached detailed Job descriptionand Person Specification

Staff benefits

  • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
  • Excellent pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme
  • Wellbeing programme
  • Blue Light Card Discounts

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oDoctoral degree in clinical or forensic psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) or Masters degree in Forensic psychology plus experience working in a therapeutic environment.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • oExperience of developing assessments, formulations and therapeutic intervention to people presenting with complex mental health, personality difficulties or offending behaviours.
  • oKnowledge and awareness of the factors that contribute to complex personality presentations, emotional dysregulation and interpersonal difficulties.
  • oAbility to work collaboratively with service-users and staff teams. And to liaise with a range of other professionals and communicate sensitive and risk information.
  • oAbility to promote and advocate for a psychologically informed and trauma informed way of working.

Desirable

  • oExperience of working professionally within a custodial or secure environment.
  • oWorked specifically with the needs of women.
  • oAwareness of the OPD pathway strategy
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oDoctoral degree in clinical or forensic psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) or Masters degree in Forensic psychology plus experience working in a therapeutic environment.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • oExperience of developing assessments, formulations and therapeutic intervention to people presenting with complex mental health, personality difficulties or offending behaviours.
  • oKnowledge and awareness of the factors that contribute to complex personality presentations, emotional dysregulation and interpersonal difficulties.
  • oAbility to work collaboratively with service-users and staff teams. And to liaise with a range of other professionals and communicate sensitive and risk information.
  • oAbility to promote and advocate for a psychologically informed and trauma informed way of working.

Desirable

  • oExperience of working professionally within a custodial or secure environment.
  • oWorked specifically with the needs of women.
  • oAwareness of the OPD pathway strategy

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Address

Rivendell Unit, HMP Newhall

Dial Wood, Flockton,

Wakefield

WF4 4AX


Employer's website

https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT

Address

Rivendell Unit, HMP Newhall

Dial Wood, Flockton,

Wakefield

WF4 4AX


Employer's website

https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Principal Clinical Psychologist

Dr Jannine Dowling

jannine.dowling@gmmh.nhs.uk

01924803373

Details

Date posted

24 August 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

437-4459673

Job locations

Rivendell Unit, HMP Newhall

Dial Wood, Flockton,

Wakefield

WF4 4AX


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