Job summary
Looking for a new challenge? Looking to use your skills and experience in a new setting?
We are looking to recruit an innovative, enthusiastic and experienced Clinical or Forensic Psychologist to join our Forensic Assessment Consultation, Training and Treatment Service (FACTT) which covers the area of Coventry and Warwickshire. Applications will also be accepted from newly qualified psychologists who could progress from band 7 to 8a after achieving a set of agreed competencies.
FACTT is a community forensic support service which was originally commissioned in 2018 as part of the Transforming Care Agenda. The service was originally designed for adults with a learning disability (LD) to support timely discharge from hospital and prevent unnecessary admission to hospital or prison. In an exciting development, the FACTT team expanded in 2021 to include autistic individuals who have forensic need.
The successful applicant will have experience working in specialist inpatient or community learning disability and/or Autism services and will be competent in working with clients with complex needs. They will be used to managing their own caseload effectively and supervising qualified or unqualified staff as well as delivering and receiving clinical supervision.
Theywill have had previous involvement in service evaluation and audit.
Main duties of the job
Based on the core functions of the national specification for community forensic LD and autism services, the community forensic service provides:
- Forensic in-reach support to inpatient services to support safe and timely discharges
- Assessment and management of forensic risk in the community to ensure public safety and safety of the individual
- Consultancy and support
- Training and advice to other agencies
- Treatment: Delivery of offence specific therapeutic interventions
The post holder will work collaboratively and effectively with others to deliver the agreed responsibilities of the community forensic service (FACTT).
He/she will provide specialist risk assessments and deliver psychological interventions. He/she will also provide consultation and training to staff from a range of agencies (e.g., health, social care, third sector, probation) around forensic risk/issues.
He/she will help to manage referrals and contribute to future developments of the FACTT service.
Successful applicants will receive support to further develop their skills and knowledge, through good quality supervision and training opportunities.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will work collaboratively and effectively with others to deliver the agreed responsibilities of the community forensic service (FACTT).
He/she will provide specialist risk assessments and deliver psychological interventions. He/she will also provide consultation and training to staff from a range of agencies (e.g., health, social care, third sector, probation) around forensic risk/issues.
He/she will help to manage referrals and contribute to future developments of the FACTT service.
The post holder may be expected to work in any area of the Trust if required.
Please note many Trust interviews take place through Microsoft Teams, this can be downloaded either through the App Store or Google Play for use on your phone/tablet.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will work collaboratively and effectively with others to deliver the agreed responsibilities of the community forensic service (FACTT).
He/she will provide specialist risk assessments and deliver psychological interventions. He/she will also provide consultation and training to staff from a range of agencies (e.g., health, social care, third sector, probation) around forensic risk/issues.
He/she will help to manage referrals and contribute to future developments of the FACTT service.
The post holder may be expected to work in any area of the Trust if required.
Please note many Trust interviews take place through Microsoft Teams, this can be downloaded either through the App Store or Google Play for use on your phone/tablet.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC in Clinical or Forensic Psychology
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to the client group.
- Skills in applying this knowledge.
- Well-developed communication skills, suitable to the specialty.
- Knowledge of specialist forensic assessments and relevant psychological interventions
- Knowledge and ability to adapt interventions for people with learning disabilities and autism.
- Ability to plan and work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Well-developed communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance and combines appropriate assertion and diplomacy.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience of working with offenders, to including clients with learning disability and autism.
- Experience of undertaking specialist forensic assessments, analysing the resulting information and giving opinion on this.
- Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Experience of sharing knowledge and skills with staff through formal and informal teaching sessions
- Experience of maintaining professionalism in challenging circumstances.
- Evidence of self-development and learning from experience.
- Experience of audit, service evaluation or research
Other
Essential
- Willing and able to travel throughout the area covered by the Trust's services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC in Clinical or Forensic Psychology
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to the client group.
- Skills in applying this knowledge.
- Well-developed communication skills, suitable to the specialty.
- Knowledge of specialist forensic assessments and relevant psychological interventions
- Knowledge and ability to adapt interventions for people with learning disabilities and autism.
- Ability to plan and work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Well-developed communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance and combines appropriate assertion and diplomacy.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience of working with offenders, to including clients with learning disability and autism.
- Experience of undertaking specialist forensic assessments, analysing the resulting information and giving opinion on this.
- Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Experience of sharing knowledge and skills with staff through formal and informal teaching sessions
- Experience of maintaining professionalism in challenging circumstances.
- Evidence of self-development and learning from experience.
- Experience of audit, service evaluation or research
Other
Essential
- Willing and able to travel throughout the area covered by the Trust's services.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
