Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, driven and motivated practitioner seeking a new opportunity? Do you have a passion for reducing reoffending through rehabilitation and making your community a safer place? If so, this is the job for you! Join us in a team that will support your growth and development at MPFT.
The Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Team are part of MPFT's Health and Justice Service. The MHTR team provide psychological assessments and interventions to people with mental health difficulties who have come into contact with criminal justice services and whose offences may attract a community or suspended sentence order.
The team aims to prevent short term custodial sentences and reduce reoffending by improving access to psychological interventions and addressing underlying mental health problems, thereby improving health and social outcomes for the individual and their family.
As a Specialist Practitioner, you will be responsible for undertaking assessments and delivering interventions to service users who are referred into the MHTR team. You will also work closely with the Clinical Lead on the development of specific pathways.
MPFT deliver services across England. We are experienced in working across a wide geographical area and there is no necessity to travel to headquarters, training and IT support is virtual.
Main duties of the job
This post could be based at Southampton, Portsmouth, Guildford or High Wycombe
You will:
- Undertake specific elements of a specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of people referred to the service
- Deliver interventions in accordance with NICE guidance to a defined caseload of individuals sentenced to a Mental Health Treatment Requirement
- Offer advice, training, supervision and consultation to colleagues on care packages and treatment plans
- Assist in the development of a responsive service and ensure the continued development of a person-centred, recovery focussed model of care
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helpingyour communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents.
The post holder will undertake specific elements of a specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of individuals referred to the service, working in partnership with the person, their families/carers/support networks and other services and professionals involved.
We are looking for somebody with the confidence and knowledge to educate and involve service users and when relevant, concerned others, conveying formulations in a sensitive and easily understood language. As the face of the service, the post holder will promote a positive image of mental health and present as a positive role model to others.
If you have the ability to work within a team, foster good working relationships, and use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively we think you would be perfect for our team. We look forward to receiving your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents.
The post holder will undertake specific elements of a specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of individuals referred to the service, working in partnership with the person, their families/carers/support networks and other services and professionals involved.
We are looking for somebody with the confidence and knowledge to educate and involve service users and when relevant, concerned others, conveying formulations in a sensitive and easily understood language. As the face of the service, the post holder will promote a positive image of mental health and present as a positive role model to others.
If you have the ability to work within a team, foster good working relationships, and use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively we think you would be perfect for our team. We look forward to receiving your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- It is a condition of employment that the post-holder is registered with the Health Professions Council (HCPC) and eligible for BPS registration as a Chartered Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, OR as a Psychological Therapist is registered with their core professional body - e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, OR Post-Graduate accredited qualifications as a Psychological Therapist.
- Post-graduate training and professional accreditation (at least applied for) in EMDR, plus knowledge of other psychological approaches, being accredited by the BPS, BABCP, EMDR Association UK&I, etc.
Experience
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a psychological therapist at a highly specialist level.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- It is a condition of employment that the post-holder is registered with the Health Professions Council (HCPC) and eligible for BPS registration as a Chartered Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, OR as a Psychological Therapist is registered with their core professional body - e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, OR Post-Graduate accredited qualifications as a Psychological Therapist.
- Post-graduate training and professional accreditation (at least applied for) in EMDR, plus knowledge of other psychological approaches, being accredited by the BPS, BABCP, EMDR Association UK&I, etc.
Experience
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a psychological therapist at a highly specialist level.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.
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).
