Job summary
The Greater Manchester Resilience Hub is a unique, all age, mental health coordination service established after the Manchester Arena Attack on 22nd May 2017 since which a number of different programs have been commissioned.
The broad aims of this Pathfinder Partnership service are to:
- create and improve pathways and partnership working approaches to the benefit of individuals with complex trauma related mental health needs associated with sexual assault and abuse;
- improve access to professionals trained in identification of, and appropriate response to, complex trauma related mental health needs associated with sexual assault and abuse;
- for individuals with complex trauma related mental health needs the primary aim is to reduce complex trauma related symptoms and improve quality of life
- encourage establishment of trauma-informed systems that have impact beyond this service;
- build evidence base for the value of new approaches.
Main duties of the job
As a Highly Specialist Psychotherapist within the Hub pathfinder project you will:
- work across all partner agencies but primarily within the hub and GM SARC (based at Manchester SARC) to:
- refer potential clients into the pathway.
- Deliver formal clinical consultation to partner organisations
- present cases at consultation and panel sessions as required.
- complete individual assessments and formulation.
- Deliver a range of interventions including stablisation and therapy preparation work and direct therapy.
- Provide specialist advice and consultation to partner agencies as required.
- Provide Liaison and advocacy with other professional agencies including social services, probation, drug and alcohol services, housing etc
- Play an active role in supporting the development of the Hub in becoming a GM centre of excellence in the care of those experiencing psychological difficulties as a result of involvement in a major incident or other trauma
- Play an active role in the development of qualified and unqualified staff within the Hub and partner agencies.
About us
The Greater Manchester Resilience Hub (GMRH) is a unique, all age, mental health coordination service established after the Manchester Arena Attack on 22nd May 2017. The Hub now provides a range of trauma-responsive interventions, including a staff wellbeing service for health and social care staff and their families, a Trusted Relationship project with police and social care, and are now mobilizing a new Pathfinder Partnership workstream.
The service is hosted by Pennine Care NHS FT working with a range of GM partner organisations, and is now hosting a new Pathfinder partnership supporting survivors of sexual assault and abuse with complex mental health needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To provide assessments for specialist psychological interventions/individual therapy based on complex data from a variety of sources to clients of the Resilience Hub. Sources of data include: observations, self-report measures, semi-structured interviews with clients, their families and other professionals involved in the clients
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological therapeutic interventions for Developing and refining formulations across a range of clients and psychological models
- To contribute to the psychological understanding of trauma in adults, and offer guidance and supervision to a range of other professionals working to improve their clients mental health and other important outcomes.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the entirety of your work within the Resilience Hub.
- To take an active role in the process of multi-disciplinary risk assessment, utilising clinical guidelines to support consultation and formulation processes within the Hub, documenting formulations and recommendations as
- To support the other professionals to understand and take positive risks, as part of an agreed
- To report adverse incidents and ensure documentation is detailed and supported by
- To provide effective and timely communication using all relevant means to ensure information about clients progress and any changes to risk profile are given to all relevant stakeholders internal and external to the
- To formulate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients presenting issues, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems and support professionals in navigating mental health systems to facilitate access to the required services both within Greater Manchester and across the UK
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the advice, consultation and formulation provided as a clinician within the Resilience
- To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of adults under the care of the Hub and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of multi-disciplinary
- To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care to the young people, adults and professionals supported through the Greater Manchester Resilience .
Teaching, training and supervision
- To provide training, consultation, and specialist advice to other professionals working within Greater Manchester particularly in relation to psychological
- To provide advice, consultation, training and clinical supervision to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings as appropriate and with agreement from senior management with the aim of providing a framework to improve clients psychological functioning and emotional
- To contribute to the identification of the clinical training needs of staff working with people impacted by trauma and to work towards addressing such training needs as
- To maintain and develop skills in the area of own professional post-graduate training and clinical supervision skills.
- To receive regular clinical and management supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional
- To contribute to the pre and post qualification teaching and training of clinical and counselling psychologists, as appropriate and with agreement from senior This includes supervising clinical psychology trainees on placement.
- In common with all clinical psychologists/psychotherapists, to receive regular individual and peer group clinical supervision in accordance with BPS, UKCP and HCPC good practice guidelines.
- To participate in and develop an up to date personal development plan reflecting on own needs and engaging in development of clear
- To maintain and develop specialist psychological knowledge and skills, using appraisal and continuing professional development systems.
- To provide clinical supervision to psychologists/psychological therapists and other professionals, as agreed with the Clinical Leads
- To undertake any available and appropriate management training within the
- To represent senior clinical psychology colleagues at service meetings, as directed by the Lead Psychologist for the service.
- To adhere to the Code of Conduct as outlined by the BPS and the Division of Clinical Psychology and by the Health and Care Professions
- To adhere to the Code of Practice for the Mental Health Act, as
- To take part in regular audit and peer
- To provide a positive role model to staff and enable a high level of support in order to deliver high quality care to the client
This list is not exclusive. Full details are available on the job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To provide assessments for specialist psychological interventions/individual therapy based on complex data from a variety of sources to clients of the Resilience Hub. Sources of data include: observations, self-report measures, semi-structured interviews with clients, their families and other professionals involved in the clients
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological therapeutic interventions for Developing and refining formulations across a range of clients and psychological models
- To contribute to the psychological understanding of trauma in adults, and offer guidance and supervision to a range of other professionals working to improve their clients mental health and other important outcomes.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the entirety of your work within the Resilience Hub.
- To take an active role in the process of multi-disciplinary risk assessment, utilising clinical guidelines to support consultation and formulation processes within the Hub, documenting formulations and recommendations as
- To support the other professionals to understand and take positive risks, as part of an agreed
- To report adverse incidents and ensure documentation is detailed and supported by
- To provide effective and timely communication using all relevant means to ensure information about clients progress and any changes to risk profile are given to all relevant stakeholders internal and external to the
- To formulate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients presenting issues, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems and support professionals in navigating mental health systems to facilitate access to the required services both within Greater Manchester and across the UK
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the advice, consultation and formulation provided as a clinician within the Resilience
- To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of adults under the care of the Hub and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of multi-disciplinary
- To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care to the young people, adults and professionals supported through the Greater Manchester Resilience .
Teaching, training and supervision
- To provide training, consultation, and specialist advice to other professionals working within Greater Manchester particularly in relation to psychological
- To provide advice, consultation, training and clinical supervision to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings as appropriate and with agreement from senior management with the aim of providing a framework to improve clients psychological functioning and emotional
- To contribute to the identification of the clinical training needs of staff working with people impacted by trauma and to work towards addressing such training needs as
- To maintain and develop skills in the area of own professional post-graduate training and clinical supervision skills.
- To receive regular clinical and management supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional
- To contribute to the pre and post qualification teaching and training of clinical and counselling psychologists, as appropriate and with agreement from senior This includes supervising clinical psychology trainees on placement.
- In common with all clinical psychologists/psychotherapists, to receive regular individual and peer group clinical supervision in accordance with BPS, UKCP and HCPC good practice guidelines.
- To participate in and develop an up to date personal development plan reflecting on own needs and engaging in development of clear
- To maintain and develop specialist psychological knowledge and skills, using appraisal and continuing professional development systems.
- To provide clinical supervision to psychologists/psychological therapists and other professionals, as agreed with the Clinical Leads
- To undertake any available and appropriate management training within the
- To represent senior clinical psychology colleagues at service meetings, as directed by the Lead Psychologist for the service.
- To adhere to the Code of Conduct as outlined by the BPS and the Division of Clinical Psychology and by the Health and Care Professions
- To adhere to the Code of Practice for the Mental Health Act, as
- To take part in regular audit and peer
- To provide a positive role model to staff and enable a high level of support in order to deliver high quality care to the client
This list is not exclusive. Full details are available on the job description.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology and registration with the Health Professions Council
- OR UKCP registered therapist with core professional qualification e.g. RMN; OT; MHSW and Masters or Doctoral level qualification in psychotherapy
- OR BABCP/BACP accredited CBT/therapist with additional training in for example EMDR/DBT
- Training in the supervision of psychological therapists and/or other professionals within the MDT
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Post-qualification training in specialist therapeutic work with children, young people and families e.g. DBT, CBT, IPT, FT
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist or highly specialist psychotherapist
- Experience of working with complex safeguarding of adults.
- Experience of working with adults presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings including outpatient, community and in-patient settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- 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, including caseload management
- Experience of assessing and intervening clinically around child protection issues Experience of representing psychology/psychological therapy within the context of multi- disciplinary care
- Experience of teaching multi-agency professionals including the identification of need and development of training packages Experience of clinical supervision/consultancy with multi- agency staff.
Desirable
- Experience of working with survivors/ victims of sexual abuse and violence.
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist for a minimum of four years (with 2 years at a specialist level).
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of clinical supervision of trainee psychologists, assistants or qualified psychology staff/ other professionals within an MDT
- Experience of service audit and/or project management within the clinical setting
- Involvement in Service Development within adult and/or Children's Services
- Experience of psychometric and neuropsychological assessments with young people and/or adults
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialised knowledge of mental health issues, including trauma
- Highly specialised knowledge of assessment, formulation and therapeutic intervention around mental health
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of working with victims/survivors of sexual abuse/assault
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for adults who have experienced trauma
- Knowledge of adults with complex needs and autistic spectrum disorders
- Knowledge of child safeguarding and familiarity with local and national child protection procedures
- Knowledge of a range of services typically involved with families with complex needs
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Specialist training in therapeutic approaches relevant to adults who have experienced trauma
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Highly developed skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Ability to work with a range of professionals from a range of agencies
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, including psychometric assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to multi-disciplinary professionals exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across Greater Manchester in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology and registration with the Health Professions Council
- OR UKCP registered therapist with core professional qualification e.g. RMN; OT; MHSW and Masters or Doctoral level qualification in psychotherapy
- OR BABCP/BACP accredited CBT/therapist with additional training in for example EMDR/DBT
- Training in the supervision of psychological therapists and/or other professionals within the MDT
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Post-qualification training in specialist therapeutic work with children, young people and families e.g. DBT, CBT, IPT, FT
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist or highly specialist psychotherapist
- Experience of working with complex safeguarding of adults.
- Experience of working with adults presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings including outpatient, community and in-patient settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- 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, including caseload management
- Experience of assessing and intervening clinically around child protection issues Experience of representing psychology/psychological therapy within the context of multi- disciplinary care
- Experience of teaching multi-agency professionals including the identification of need and development of training packages Experience of clinical supervision/consultancy with multi- agency staff.
Desirable
- Experience of working with survivors/ victims of sexual abuse and violence.
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist for a minimum of four years (with 2 years at a specialist level).
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of clinical supervision of trainee psychologists, assistants or qualified psychology staff/ other professionals within an MDT
- Experience of service audit and/or project management within the clinical setting
- Involvement in Service Development within adult and/or Children's Services
- Experience of psychometric and neuropsychological assessments with young people and/or adults
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialised knowledge of mental health issues, including trauma
- Highly specialised knowledge of assessment, formulation and therapeutic intervention around mental health
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of working with victims/survivors of sexual abuse/assault
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for adults who have experienced trauma
- Knowledge of adults with complex needs and autistic spectrum disorders
- Knowledge of child safeguarding and familiarity with local and national child protection procedures
- Knowledge of a range of services typically involved with families with complex needs
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Specialist training in therapeutic approaches relevant to adults who have experienced trauma
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Highly developed skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Ability to work with a range of professionals from a range of agencies
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, including psychometric assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to multi-disciplinary professionals exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across Greater Manchester in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure
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).
