Job summary
**This post welcomes a 'Welcome to MPFT bonus' - 10% of the starting salary on appointment, followed by a further 10% after 12 months service**
We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated and enthusiastic Applied Psychologist to work in South Staffordshire, to deliver OPD services for people with complex personality difficulties in the justice system.
You will be responsible for providing clinical leadership for the South Staffordshire OPD service, leading on case identification, case consultation and formulation, workforce development and joint casework.
We can offer you a strong commitment to supervision and appraisals to support your CPD whilst you are in post. You will be joining an established and friendly group of OPD Clinical Leads, for whom clinical supervision, peer support and continuing professional development are an integral part of clinical practice.
We invite applications from Clinical or Forensic Practitioner Psychologists from diverse backgrounds to join the team, as part of our expanding Health and Justice Services. Whilst this is a part-time post, additional hours may be available for anyone looking for full time hours.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification, in summary:
The Clinical Lead has a key role in providing the psychologically-led OPD service for high risk people on probation who also experience complex personality difficulties.
The main tasks include, offering a consultation service to Probation Service staff, developing formulations to support psychologically informed sentence management, developing and delivering staff training, offering reflective practice, and time limited joint working with people on probation and their probation practitioner.
The service is delivered to Probation Service staff in Tamworth, Stafford and Burton-upon-Trent.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your 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.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
This provision will focus on supporting the effective management and engagement of these service users whilst in the community.
The South Staffordshire OPD service provides a Core Offender Management (CORE-OM) service, delivering consultation, training, formulation and joint casework support to the Probation Service (PS).
Within the Core-OM provision, to ensure the development, implementation and delivery of systematic provision of a highly specialised psychological service to Probation staff.
To provide a high quality service embedded within the Probation Service, supporting evidence-based screening of caseloads, the facilitation of individual and group consultation and formulation meetings and the promotion of workforce development through the delivery of training to a range of staff including partner agencies and allied professionals.
There will also be a requirement to contribute to multiagency working where appropriate, for example through attendance at MAPPA meetings and liaising with Community Mental Health Teams.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service.
To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision, including the supervision of the Assistant Psychologist.
To carry out audit, policy and service development and research activities and/or programmes.
The service also provides opportunities for developing specialism in particular aspects of service delivery, for example working with women, engaging young people, or promoting trauma-informed approaches.
OPD YouTube video OPD Recruitment Video (youtube.com)
Job description
Job responsibilities
This provision will focus on supporting the effective management and engagement of these service users whilst in the community.
The South Staffordshire OPD service provides a Core Offender Management (CORE-OM) service, delivering consultation, training, formulation and joint casework support to the Probation Service (PS).
Within the Core-OM provision, to ensure the development, implementation and delivery of systematic provision of a highly specialised psychological service to Probation staff.
To provide a high quality service embedded within the Probation Service, supporting evidence-based screening of caseloads, the facilitation of individual and group consultation and formulation meetings and the promotion of workforce development through the delivery of training to a range of staff including partner agencies and allied professionals.
There will also be a requirement to contribute to multiagency working where appropriate, for example through attendance at MAPPA meetings and liaising with Community Mental Health Teams.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service.
To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision, including the supervision of the Assistant Psychologist.
To carry out audit, policy and service development and research activities and/or programmes.
The service also provides opportunities for developing specialism in particular aspects of service delivery, for example working with women, engaging young people, or promoting trauma-informed approaches.
OPD YouTube video OPD Recruitment Video (youtube.com)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology (or its equivalent), as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. And/or Post graduate level training in Forensic or Counselling Psychology (MSc or Doctoral level) as accredited by the BPS.
- Post doctoral training in one or more additional areas of specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Currently registered with HCPC.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working as a qualified psychologist with people with severe and enduring mental health problems; including offering assessment and clinical interventions for a wide range of presenting problems including personality disorder. To include experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems who have come into contact with the justice system and who have committed violent and sexual offences
- Substantial experience of working within multi-disciplinary settings and multi-agency settings.
- Experience of working with the criminal justice system with up to date knowledge of relevant legislation.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life span, presenting with a full range of severity across in-patient and outpatient settings, community, primary care inpatient and residential settings including the ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism within highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical assault
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for service users' psychological care and treatment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology (or its equivalent), as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. And/or Post graduate level training in Forensic or Counselling Psychology (MSc or Doctoral level) as accredited by the BPS.
- Post doctoral training in one or more additional areas of specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Currently registered with HCPC.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working as a qualified psychologist with people with severe and enduring mental health problems; including offering assessment and clinical interventions for a wide range of presenting problems including personality disorder. To include experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems who have come into contact with the justice system and who have committed violent and sexual offences
- Substantial experience of working within multi-disciplinary settings and multi-agency settings.
- Experience of working with the criminal justice system with up to date knowledge of relevant legislation.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life span, presenting with a full range of severity across in-patient and outpatient settings, community, primary care inpatient and residential settings including the ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism within highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical assault
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for service users' psychological care and treatment.
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).
