Job summary
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join the multidisciplinary team providing services under supervision to oursecure services for men, based in Ipswich. This is a post for inpatient low-secure ward.
Our inpatient secure services form part of a wide and growing body of clinical services operating in a variety of settings linked to criminal justiceservices. NSFT Secure Services offer low and medium secure mental health services for men, an innovative integrated secure mental healthservice for women, mental health and personality disorder services in the local prisons, community forensic services, criminal justice liaison anddiversion services and Offender Personality Disorder services in partnership with probation services
Main duties of the job
In this role, the post-holder will work alongside a Psychologist on a 16-bedded admission, assessment and rehabilitation low-secure ward for menat Foxhall House team. The post-holder will work under the umbrella of the wider, well established NSFT Secure Services Psychology Team. Within this role, you will have the opportunity to help deliver risk assessments, mentalhealth assessments and brief psychological interventions to service users, as well as co-facilitating therapeutic group work. As part of the MDT,you will be working with the ward team to help create and implement positive behaviour support plans, and to support the ward team withpsychological formulations and psychologically informed practice.
The posts involve working with a range of mental health difficulties, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, psychosis, personality disorderand neurodevelopmental disorders. There will also be the opportunity to learn about offence specific assessments, formulations and interventionswhich are delivered by the 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
Benefits included with this role are:- NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing theirexperiences and learning from each other.NSFT is committed to lifelong learning and continuous professional development (CPD) for its entire staff. There are a variety ofdefinitions of CPD across the professions but it is usually taken to mean learning activities which update existing skills.CPD is determined through appraisal with a personal development plan agreed between an individual and their manager, with thecommitment of the necessary time and resources.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what ittakes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job description
Job responsibilities
Benefits included with this role are:- NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing theirexperiences and learning from each other.NSFT is committed to lifelong learning and continuous professional development (CPD) for its entire staff. There are a variety ofdefinitions of CPD across the professions but it is usually taken to mean learning activities which update existing skills.CPD is determined through appraisal with a personal development plan agreed between an individual and their manager, with thecommitment of the necessary time and resources.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what ittakes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A BPS accredited degree in Psychology, conferring eligibility for GBC.
Desirable
- Further post-graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of work with people with mental health needs.
- Experience of working with people who display behaviour that challenges.
Desirable
- Experience of research in the NHS.
- Experience of quantitative research and use of data processing software e.g., excel & SPSS
- Experience of work with people with complex mental health needs
- Experience of working in forensic/secure services
- Paid work providing direct care to patients in a medical setting
Skills
Essential
- High level of interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), including an ability to work and effectively communicate complex or sensitive information in highly emotive and emotionally charged settings which can involve conflict and significant personal distress
- High levels of computer literacy and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Suite
- Ability in organising workload while working within limits of own competency
Desirable
- Skills in administering psychometric tests and using psychological equipment in accordance with standardised guidance under supervision
- Ability to deliver group and individual psychologically informed interventions independently and under the supervision of a Practitioner Psychologist
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of mental health
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities
Desirable
- Knowledge of the criminal justice system and its interactions with health services
- Knowledge of forensic risk assessment
- An ability to link and apply psychological theory; principles, understanding and knowledge to applied practice within a mental health context
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
- Ability to interact with clients with mental health problems and forensic backgrounds
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
Desirable
- A desire to pursue a career in professional psychology
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A BPS accredited degree in Psychology, conferring eligibility for GBC.
Desirable
- Further post-graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of work with people with mental health needs.
- Experience of working with people who display behaviour that challenges.
Desirable
- Experience of research in the NHS.
- Experience of quantitative research and use of data processing software e.g., excel & SPSS
- Experience of work with people with complex mental health needs
- Experience of working in forensic/secure services
- Paid work providing direct care to patients in a medical setting
Skills
Essential
- High level of interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), including an ability to work and effectively communicate complex or sensitive information in highly emotive and emotionally charged settings which can involve conflict and significant personal distress
- High levels of computer literacy and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Suite
- Ability in organising workload while working within limits of own competency
Desirable
- Skills in administering psychometric tests and using psychological equipment in accordance with standardised guidance under supervision
- Ability to deliver group and individual psychologically informed interventions independently and under the supervision of a Practitioner Psychologist
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of mental health
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities
Desirable
- Knowledge of the criminal justice system and its interactions with health services
- Knowledge of forensic risk assessment
- An ability to link and apply psychological theory; principles, understanding and knowledge to applied practice within a mental health context
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
- Ability to interact with clients with mental health problems and forensic backgrounds
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
Desirable
- A desire to pursue a career in professional psychology
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).
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).
