Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Snr Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist OR Snr Psychotherapist

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Job summary

Join us for a unique opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills across two different teams, working for three days per week in the Pathway Development Service (PDS) and the remaining two days in the Yorkshire and Humberside Personality Disorder Partnership (YHPDP). Both teams have a focus on enabling progressive and trauma-informed ways of engaging people in difficult situations, to help improve the experience and outcomes for individuals who experience the world as profoundly unsafe (often associated with the diagnostic label of a 'personality disorder') and the staff working with them. Ideally, you will have experience of working within the criminal justice system or secure mental health care.

Main duties of the job

To provide a highly specialist psychological service across two teams, the Pathway Development Service (PDS), as well as the consultation and formulation (CORE-OM) strand of the Yorkshire and Humberside Personality Disorder Partnership (YHPDP):

  • The PDS is a blended service of lived and occupational experts, with a focus on enabling progressive and trauma-informed journeys through secure care, aiming to improve the experience and outcomes for individuals who have been given the diagnostic label of a 'personality disorder' and the services working with them. - To offer advice and consultation on service users' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers. To offer training and workforce development to the PDS team and the services the PDS works with, in turn
  • The YHPDP Core OM service provides a consultation and formulation service across the Yorkshire and Humberside area to support the implementation of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) strategy. - To work alongside probation colleagues and other criminal justice staff to enhance the assessment, supervision and risk management of high-risk offenders, including joint casework, and to support the implementation of the OPD Pathway

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

30 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-49923-RSP

Job locations

Poplar House

St Mary's Hospital

Leeds

LS12 3QE


Job description

Job responsibilities

The PDS comprises a blended team of lived and occupational experts, who work alongside inpatient and community teams for adults and young people (16 +) on a secure care pathway across the region. Changes following the introduction of Integrated Care Services (ICSs) mean that this is an exciting time to be joining the team. The team operate across the region covered by the three provider collaboratives (PCs) that serve the population of West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Humber & North Yorkshire ICS. The PDS work alongside teams to learn about what has happened within a system to obstruct pathways, by way of co-created thinking spaces that foster the conditions for something different to happen. They aim to help people learn from and with each other, develop trust and foster effective, meaningful, and important relationships.

The YHPDP team includes psychologists, psychotherapists, occupational therapists, housing workers and probation staff. Like the PDS, they are a regional service and part of Leeds Personality Disorder services. The team work collaboratively with probation staff to develop risk management plans and support service users to seek the most appropriate treatment for their needs. The aim is to enable thoughtful, compassionate and therapeutic risk management delivered in partnership with colleagues from the Probation Service, with the ultimate aim of reducing reoffending, increasing psychological well-being and developing a workforce with the additional competencies for working effectively with this group. The team draw on an eclectic range of psychological theory to best enable non-psychological practitioners to understand behaviour which may often challenge working alliances.

Both teams actively promote and maintain a reflective, safe and supportive culture, and are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing. Like all colleagues, the Senior Psychologist or Psychotherapist will be offered training and development opportunities, and is expected to attend and offer regular clinical and managerial supervision, as well as reflective practice groups.

Other main duties:

To work across both teams in a manner that is formulation-based, trauma-informed, and builds the capacity of the wider team to work in a psychologically- and trauma-informed way. To provide line-management and/or clinical supervision to members in both multidisciplinary teams, including Probation Practitioners, Assistant Psychologists or Trainees. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To utilize research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the area served by the teams.

Although the PDS/YHPDP office base is in Leeds, the organisation has moved towards increased agile working, so the post holder may work remotely for some of the time each week. The post requires regular travel across the region.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The PDS comprises a blended team of lived and occupational experts, who work alongside inpatient and community teams for adults and young people (16 +) on a secure care pathway across the region. Changes following the introduction of Integrated Care Services (ICSs) mean that this is an exciting time to be joining the team. The team operate across the region covered by the three provider collaboratives (PCs) that serve the population of West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Humber & North Yorkshire ICS. The PDS work alongside teams to learn about what has happened within a system to obstruct pathways, by way of co-created thinking spaces that foster the conditions for something different to happen. They aim to help people learn from and with each other, develop trust and foster effective, meaningful, and important relationships.

The YHPDP team includes psychologists, psychotherapists, occupational therapists, housing workers and probation staff. Like the PDS, they are a regional service and part of Leeds Personality Disorder services. The team work collaboratively with probation staff to develop risk management plans and support service users to seek the most appropriate treatment for their needs. The aim is to enable thoughtful, compassionate and therapeutic risk management delivered in partnership with colleagues from the Probation Service, with the ultimate aim of reducing reoffending, increasing psychological well-being and developing a workforce with the additional competencies for working effectively with this group. The team draw on an eclectic range of psychological theory to best enable non-psychological practitioners to understand behaviour which may often challenge working alliances.

Both teams actively promote and maintain a reflective, safe and supportive culture, and are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing. Like all colleagues, the Senior Psychologist or Psychotherapist will be offered training and development opportunities, and is expected to attend and offer regular clinical and managerial supervision, as well as reflective practice groups.

Other main duties:

To work across both teams in a manner that is formulation-based, trauma-informed, and builds the capacity of the wider team to work in a psychologically- and trauma-informed way. To provide line-management and/or clinical supervision to members in both multidisciplinary teams, including Probation Practitioners, Assistant Psychologists or Trainees. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To utilize research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the area served by the teams.

Although the PDS/YHPDP office base is in Leeds, the organisation has moved towards increased agile working, so the post holder may work remotely for some of the time each week. The post requires regular travel across the region.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registration and Accreditation with relevant professional body - HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council), UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy), BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with clients with complex problems and high risk, including those with personality disorder

Training

Essential

  • Training in/provision of clinical supervision across a range of staff groups/settings

Skills

Essential

  • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registration and Accreditation with relevant professional body - HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council), UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy), BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with clients with complex problems and high risk, including those with personality disorder

Training

Essential

  • Training in/provision of clinical supervision across a range of staff groups/settings

Skills

Essential

  • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Poplar House

St Mary's Hospital

Leeds

LS12 3QE


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Poplar House

St Mary's Hospital

Leeds

LS12 3QE


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

(Admin Team for messages)

Pathway Development Service

pds.lypft@nhs.net

01138557950

Details

Date posted

30 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-49923-RSP

Job locations

Poplar House

St Mary's Hospital

Leeds

LS12 3QE


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