Team Practitioner Psychologist (30 hours per week)

We Are With You

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Job summary

Our team in North Somerset is recruiting for a registered HCPC Practitioner Psychologist to join them in providing high-quality recovery care to a diverse client group. Your role is to grow and support the team's ability to respond effectively to individuals' past trauma, help build motivation and develop resources to assist people to change the way they think, feel and behave.

Main duties of the job

As a Practitioner Psychologist, you will join the service to support them in radically improving people's chances of recovering from the negative effects of substance use by directly offering effective, evidence-based psychological interventions and by supporting and supervising the service's frontline staff to improve the quality of their psychosocial interventions.

About us

Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health. At We Are With You we work with people on their own goals, whether that's staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. We give people support in a way that's right for them either face to face in their local service, community or online. We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year. We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support. We Are With You. IND HP

Date posted

15 April 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£45,000 to £45,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

recroot-5495-49482-79

Job locations

Weston-Super-Mare

BS23 1PE

Job description

Job responsibilities

At With You, we use our expertise to deliver support and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health, to enable people to have greater choices about their lives, free of problematic substance use. All applicants need to submit a CV and a covering letter on why you should be considered for this role. Applications will not be accepted if no covering letter is included. Please note that this role may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised. As part of your role, you will hold a specialist caseload of service users with co-existing substance use and mental health needs, including trauma. You will liaise with referrers, GPs, and other professionals and multidisciplinary teams. We are looking for compassionate and empathetic individuals and team players with the ability to connect quickly with the people we support. Benefits What we offer

Competitive salary

28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

2 days paid volunteer leave per year

Auto-enrollment into We Are With You's pension scheme

Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands

Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing

We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period

Diversity Statement As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people and armed forces veterans.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Competitive salary

28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

2 days paid volunteer leave per year

Auto-enrollment into We Are With You's pension scheme

Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands

Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Postgraduate Doctoral level training (BPS accredited) in clinical or counselling psychology, or equivalent
Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC
Should you be successful in your application, you will be required to provide 3 years' worth of references and where applicable, will need to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience of having worked as a qualified practitioner psychologist (e.g. clinical, or counselling) under the supervision of a more senior member of the profession for a minimum of 1 year
Post-qualification experience in psychological assessment and treatment of service users with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature including substance use for a minimum of 1 year
Demonstrable experience of working with people affected by trauma
Experience of effective teamwork
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the service user group including mental health issues, child and adult safeguarding, and equality
Ability to communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with service users, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information
Sound knowledge of the evidence base, range of treatment options and psychosocial interventions and service issues for people with problematic substance misuse, their families and carers
Knowledge of best practice approaches and service issues linked to trauma-informed care
Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Postgraduate Doctoral level training (BPS accredited) in clinical or counselling psychology, or equivalent
Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC
Should you be successful in your application, you will be required to provide 3 years' worth of references and where applicable, will need to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience of having worked as a qualified practitioner psychologist (e.g. clinical, or counselling) under the supervision of a more senior member of the profession for a minimum of 1 year
Post-qualification experience in psychological assessment and treatment of service users with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature including substance use for a minimum of 1 year
Demonstrable experience of working with people affected by trauma
Experience of effective teamwork
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the service user group including mental health issues, child and adult safeguarding, and equality
Ability to communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with service users, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information
Sound knowledge of the evidence base, range of treatment options and psychosocial interventions and service issues for people with problematic substance misuse, their families and carers
Knowledge of best practice approaches and service issues linked to trauma-informed care
Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data

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.