Job summary
This is an amazing opportunity to join a pioneering team that is embedding help with sleep within youth mental health services across Norfolk and Waveney. Our aim is to ensure young people can access effective help with sleep as early as possible.
We offer training and supervision in an adapted form of CBT for insomnia (The Better Sleep Programme) to mental health practitioners across the wider mental health system. We also run online workshops raising awareness of the role of sleep in youth mental health alongside work with more specialist services to help them adapt sleep interventions to the clinical population they work with. We have strong links with UEA sleep researchers and the DClinPsy course and are actively pursuing and supporting research studies in sleep and youth mental health.
The post offers a rare opportunity to develop clinical skills in a specialist area alongside developing practical research and service evaluation skills working as part of a wider service implementation programme.
This is an amazing opportunity to join a pioneering team that is embedding help with sleep within youth mental health services across Norfolk and Waveney. Our aim is to ensure young people can access effective help with sleep as early as possible.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will support the psychologists/psychotherapists in the programme team in delivering training days, workshops and supervision groups (mostly online). They will provide peer support to trained practitioners starting to use the intervention and will be liaising with service user groups to promote service user involvement in the programme.
They will be providing support to specific adaptation projects in more specialist clinical populationssuch as young people in crisis or those with neurodevelopmental or learning difficulties by carrying out literature reviews, developing modified resources and supporting the evaluation of any adapted sleep interventions.
They will support the overall evaluation of the programme through skilled database management. They will have the opportunity to be involved in specific service evaluation and research studies.
The ideal candidate would have previous experience of working in mental health services; an interest in sleep (specialist training provided); confidence using spreadsheets and online platforms; a compassionate, respectful and inclusive stance toward service users and professional colleagues, and an interest in clinical research.
The post requires excellent organisational and time management skills alongside a good ability to communicate positively with others.
The post is hybrid in that it is mostly remotely-based but with some regular in-person meetings and events.
About us
We offer training and supervision in an adapted form of CBT for insomnia (The Better Sleep Programme) to mental health practitioners across the wider mental health system. We also run online workshops raising awareness of the role of sleep in youth mental health alongside work with more specialist services to help them adapt sleep interventions to the clinical population they work with. We have strong links with UEA sleep researchers and the DClinPsy course and are actively pursuing and supporting research studies in sleep and youth mental health.
We are a small, friendly and psychologically-minded team. We aim to combine the flexibility of working remotely with a strong team ethos and really value our regular in-person meetings. We are committed to developing and sharing our expertise in sleep and empowering others to take these ideas forward to improve their service offer.
The rest of the team comprises a Principal Clinical Psychologist (project lead), Senior CBT therapist, a Consultant Psychiatrist and another assistant psychologist. The post therefore forms a core element of the team staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We pride ourselves on using evidence-based practice in our work and on collecting outcome data to generate our own practice-based evidence to promote learning, development and wider dissemination. We are part of the Children, Families and Young Peoples service line in NSFT and will be working with services working with young people (aged 14 to 25 years) both within NSFT and across the wider, integrated care system. We value learning in practice and are keen to include service-user perspectives more as we develop the project. We also have strong links with sleep research colleagues at UEA and are keen to support further learning and research on sleep and youth mental health.
The post offers a rare opportunity to develop clinical skills in a specialist area alongside developing practical research and service evaluation skills working as part of a wider service implementation programme. The role will involve liaising with clinicians from multiple teams across the wider youth mental health system, offering the post-holder a detailed understanding of the wider context of mental health provision. We have strong links with UEA and often host both service-related projects and doctoral theses which the post-holder would be able to support. Regular clinical supervision will be provided.
volve liaising with clinicians from multiple teams across the wider youth mental health system, offering the post-holder a detailed understanding of the wider context of mental health provision. We have strong links with UEA and often host both service-related projects and doctoral theses which the post-holder would be able to support. Regular clinical supervision will be provided.
Please find attached our Job Description for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Job description
Job responsibilities
We pride ourselves on using evidence-based practice in our work and on collecting outcome data to generate our own practice-based evidence to promote learning, development and wider dissemination. We are part of the Children, Families and Young Peoples service line in NSFT and will be working with services working with young people (aged 14 to 25 years) both within NSFT and across the wider, integrated care system. We value learning in practice and are keen to include service-user perspectives more as we develop the project. We also have strong links with sleep research colleagues at UEA and are keen to support further learning and research on sleep and youth mental health.
The post offers a rare opportunity to develop clinical skills in a specialist area alongside developing practical research and service evaluation skills working as part of a wider service implementation programme. The role will involve liaising with clinicians from multiple teams across the wider youth mental health system, offering the post-holder a detailed understanding of the wider context of mental health provision. We have strong links with UEA and often host both service-related projects and doctoral theses which the post-holder would be able to support. Regular clinical supervision will be provided.
volve liaising with clinicians from multiple teams across the wider youth mental health system, offering the post-holder a detailed understanding of the wider context of mental health provision. We have strong links with UEA and often host both service-related projects and doctoral theses which the post-holder would be able to support. Regular clinical supervision will be provided.
Please find attached our Job Description for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A BPS accredited degree in Psychology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of quantitative research
Desirable
- Experience of research in the NHS
Skills
Essential
- Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows
Desirable
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of quantitative research
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care
- Knowledge of mental health
Desirable
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities
- An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context
Other
Essential
- An ability to interact with clients with mental health problems
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
- Ability to travel independently
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A BPS accredited degree in Psychology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of quantitative research
Desirable
- Experience of research in the NHS
Skills
Essential
- Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows
Desirable
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of quantitative research
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care
- Knowledge of mental health
Desirable
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities
- An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context
Other
Essential
- An ability to interact with clients with mental health problems
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
- Ability to travel independently
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.
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.
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).
