Job summary
Role 1: Asst Psych QC
Are you passionate about supporting communities to develop confidence and skills in having conversations about mental health? Do you enjoy meeting new people, working across sectors and working with a degree of autonomy?
Role 2: Trauma Informed
Are you intrigued by organisations working to become Trauma Informed? Can you make a difference to this agenda at a strategic level and want to help shape innovative transformation in Derbyshire? We are looking for someone who can apply good psychological knowledge to this new programme of work.
Derbyshire's public health team, DCHS and the Quality Conversations Programme are collaborating to deepen knowledge and practice around the impacts of trauma on the health and wellbeing and on the effectiveness of the workforce to deliver informed and compassionate services.
Join our friendly team raising awareness of the impact of wider determinants of health and specifically trauma as a cause of health and wellbeing inequality.
Main duties of the job
Role 1: Asst Psych QC
To deliver community-based sessions on conversation skills around mental health.
To develop and produce psycho-educational resources for the public.
To complete brief literature reviews and summaries, to support work.
To support wider public health mental health campaigns across Derbyshire.
To champion mental health conversations in communities.
Be proficient in planning, prioritising, and organising own work.
Role 2: Trauma Informed
Trauma Informed Derbyshire (TID) is a new innovative programme of work which is catalysing improved systemwide knowledge and understanding of trauma, its impacts and how to develop trauma informed approaches.
The role will suit someone who has interest and knowledge in the impact of trauma across the life course. There is a strong focus on workforce and organisational development so previous experience or interest in these areas will be required.
See Job Descriptions for full details of duties for both roles.
About us
Our Health Psychology department is made up of several dedicated professionals who come from a range of backgrounds and have diverse experiences. The environment is supportive and nurturing overall so even if a role in this area is newer to you, you would be well supported. The post holder will be working closely with Derbyshire Public Health and other system partners across Derbyshire.
In DCHS, our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of duties for both roles.
Please specify in your application if you wish to be considered for Role 1 quality Conversations, Role 2 TID, or both.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of duties for both roles.
Please specify in your application if you wish to be considered for Role 1 quality Conversations, Role 2 TID, or both.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good honours degree in Psychology
- Eligibility for Graduate Membership of BPS
Knowledge
Essential
- QC - Knowledge of and interest public health mental health, and communication skills training approaches.
- TID - Knowledge of and interest in psychological issues related to trauma informed approaches for individuals, workforce practitioners and organisational transformation.
- Knowledge of and interest in preventative psychological approaches and issues around health inequalities.
- QC - Evidence of continuing professional development showing an interest in and passion for developing knowledge of applying psychological ideas, particularly in community settings.
- TID - Evidence of continuing professional development showing an interest in and passion for developing knowledge of applying psychological ideas and approaches to trauma.
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience in delivering training.
- Knowledge and experience in delivering psychological education to people in group situations.
- QC - Knowledge of and experience, if possible, of working in community and voluntary sector settings.
- TID - Knowledge of and experience, if possible, of working in settings where people are working with trauma experienced patients.
Experience
Desirable
- QC - Experience of delivering interventions to people in community settings.
- TID - Experience of delivering interventions to people who have experienced trauma with health-related problems.
- Experience of completing service audit and evaluation.
- QC - Experience of delivering training to community-based on around mental health and/or conversation skills.
- TID - Experience of delivering training to staff on health care issues.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work harmoniously with other disciplines.
- Excellent research skills and ability to condense and translate for wide range of internal and external partners and stakeholders.
- Skills in good listening and delivering practical and emotional support to individuals and teams in pursuit of behavioural and psychological change.
Desirable
- Skills in implementing, analysing and reporting on service audit and evaluation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good honours degree in Psychology
- Eligibility for Graduate Membership of BPS
Knowledge
Essential
- QC - Knowledge of and interest public health mental health, and communication skills training approaches.
- TID - Knowledge of and interest in psychological issues related to trauma informed approaches for individuals, workforce practitioners and organisational transformation.
- Knowledge of and interest in preventative psychological approaches and issues around health inequalities.
- QC - Evidence of continuing professional development showing an interest in and passion for developing knowledge of applying psychological ideas, particularly in community settings.
- TID - Evidence of continuing professional development showing an interest in and passion for developing knowledge of applying psychological ideas and approaches to trauma.
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience in delivering training.
- Knowledge and experience in delivering psychological education to people in group situations.
- QC - Knowledge of and experience, if possible, of working in community and voluntary sector settings.
- TID - Knowledge of and experience, if possible, of working in settings where people are working with trauma experienced patients.
Experience
Desirable
- QC - Experience of delivering interventions to people in community settings.
- TID - Experience of delivering interventions to people who have experienced trauma with health-related problems.
- Experience of completing service audit and evaluation.
- QC - Experience of delivering training to community-based on around mental health and/or conversation skills.
- TID - Experience of delivering training to staff on health care issues.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work harmoniously with other disciplines.
- Excellent research skills and ability to condense and translate for wide range of internal and external partners and stakeholders.
- Skills in good listening and delivering practical and emotional support to individuals and teams in pursuit of behavioural and psychological change.
Desirable
- Skills in implementing, analysing and reporting on service audit and evaluation.
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
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
