Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative and growing Autism Intensive Support Team within NSFT. We are seeking to recruit two full time (1.0 WTE) band 7 Clinical Psychologists,. These posts are new roles within the new Autism Intensive Support Service (AIS), which is a small resource offering intensive support to autistic adults (18 and above) presenting in our urgent and emergency mental health care pathways. These roles will be hosted by the AIS Team currently based at the Weavers Centre, alongside the central Crisis team, at Hellesdon Hospital.
Post holders will be required to work a designated area across Norfolk and Waveney. This will include in reach work to inpatient settings and outreach to community teams with the aim of reducing the need for autistic service users to access urgent and emergency care pathways (which are often not therapeutic environments for this client group) and to support successful transitions between inpatient and community settings, when this has been unavoidable.
These post holders will work with and be supervised by an 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist and work alongside a Clinical Nurse Specialist, DSR nurse and Assistant Psychologist in the AIS team. The team is likely to grow further, with additional new MDT posts in the near future. The intensive support resource will work with those service users with comorbid autism and mental health difficulties in a formulation-led and recovery-oriented way for up to a year.
Main duties of the job
These posts will involve direct work with service users and their carers and families, and also - where appropriate - future opportunities for supervision of the other roles in this expanding specialist team. You will provide a key role in working with the other providers in the system to create a formulation-led care package to support the service user on discharge from this intensive support offer. The postholders will support the wider CRHT in their work with people with autism on a consultation basis and take a proactive approach to supporting community teams with providing mental health treatment in an autism friendly way.
There will be significant opportunities for contributing to data analysis and reporting both within NSFT and to our ICB colleagues. There will also be CPD and formal training opportunities within the AIS team.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
There will be the opportunities to:
- Contribute to shaping the AIS pathway and the model in order to better support autistic people.
- Contribute to writing and presenting reports on data collection both within and outside NSFT, as needed.
- Support wider services via the provision of training, consultation and supervision forums.
The postholder would be expected to have an interest in and/or specialist skills, knowledge, or experience in working with autistic people and in providing therapeutic interventions that are autism friendly. They will also bring specialist knowledge about autism to the service and wider system. Experience or qualification in diagnosing autism would be advantageous but not essential.
We would support the successful candidates in accessing relevant training courses. Joint working with our key system partners for LD, Autism and Mental Health will be key to this role.
Experience of working in more than one clinical setting, and of working across the provider system would be highly advantageous.
Job description
Job responsibilities
There will be the opportunities to:
- Contribute to shaping the AIS pathway and the model in order to better support autistic people.
- Contribute to writing and presenting reports on data collection both within and outside NSFT, as needed.
- Support wider services via the provision of training, consultation and supervision forums.
The postholder would be expected to have an interest in and/or specialist skills, knowledge, or experience in working with autistic people and in providing therapeutic interventions that are autism friendly. They will also bring specialist knowledge about autism to the service and wider system. Experience or qualification in diagnosing autism would be advantageous but not essential.
We would support the successful candidates in accessing relevant training courses. Joint working with our key system partners for LD, Autism and Mental Health will be key to this role.
Experience of working in more than one clinical setting, and of working across the provider system would be highly advantageous.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS
- Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions (assessment and / or therapies)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety and severity of client groups & clinical problems, in various settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of supervision and teaching
Desirable
- Experience of representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts)
- Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of mental health legislation within specialist clinical context
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS
- Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions (assessment and / or therapies)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety and severity of client groups & clinical problems, in various settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of supervision and teaching
Desirable
- Experience of representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts)
- Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of mental health legislation within specialist clinical context
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).
