Open Dialogue Practice Development Lead and Trainer

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical and Client Care

To plan, organise and ensure the delivery of Peer informed Open Dialogue in the Westminster pilot programme and the wider Trust.

To plan and organise the integrated delivery of services with other agencies and service providers and ensure co-ordination of Peer informed Open Dialogue services with other services.

To provide highly specialist Peer informed Open Dialogue interventions for clients and their social networks in the Westminster pilot programme and the wider Trust

To provide culturally appropriate Peer informed Open Dialogue interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.

To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans

To act as a key-worker taking responsibility for initiating, planning and reviewing care plans.

To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities which make up the Westminster pilot programme and the wider Trust.

Service development

To work with the leads/managers of CNWL services and of other agencies services to plan and deliver joint services that are integrated around the needs of service users

To ensure the effective working of the team or service and a psychologically informed framework for the service.

To take a lead in ensuring the team or service ability to deliver accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.

To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.

To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients.

To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.

To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

To interpret policies and guidance for application in the development of Peer informed Open Dialogue and be responsible for policy development and implementation

To initiate, implement and ensure appropriate service developments to improve the quality and delivery of services in the development of Peer informed Open Dialogue and in partner services.

To ensure the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.

To participate in, or lead when appropriate, Trust and Divisional strategic development and implementation of new initiatives (e.g. national guidelines), through membership of committees and/or working parties.

To be responsible for applying clinical governance standards within the development of Peer informed Open Dialogue and ensure that these are maintained and improved.

To take a lead role in ensuring that services to clients are of a high quality and are managed efficiently, according to the overall requirements of the Trust, NHS and government guidance and standards.

Management and supervision

To deputise when appropriate for Lead for the development of Peer informed Open Dialogue in CNWL.

To provide leadership input to psychologists, psychotherapists and other professionals in the development of Peer informed Open Dialogue as appropriate.

To ensure appropriate systems are in place for the clinical and professional supervision of Peer informed Open Dialogue practitioners in the Westminster pilot programme and the wider Trust.

Teaching and Training

To be responsible for the planning, organising, and delivery of specialist teaching and training to staff from all professions in relation to the development of Peer informed Open Dialogue across the Trust.

To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the Westminster pilot programme and the wider Trust by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in Open Dialogue and by implementing knowledge gained in practice.

Record-keeping and Information Governance

To ensure the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry, in those parts of the service for which the post-holder has management or leadership responsibility.

Research and development

To ensure the planning, initiation and completion of research, service evaluation and audits relevant to the development of Peer informed Open Dialogue and the Trust/specialty research agenda.

To provide expertise in a specialist research area which will contribute to the development of Peer informed Open Dialogue.

To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.

To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.

Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development

To receive regular clinical and professional supervision according to HCPC, BPS and Trust guidelines.

To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC Standards for Continuing Professional Development.

To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.

To comply with the HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency, and ensure professional development in line with these.

To adhere to the BPSs Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent. (A
• Qualification as an Open Dialogue practitioner and Trainer. (A/I)
• Completed training course in clinical supervision. (A/I/R)
• Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC. (A/I)

Desirable

• Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by a BPS National Assessor and an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma or higher. (A/I/R)

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in delivering Open Dialogue and Open Dialogue Training
• Experience of undertaking leadership roles
• Experience of specialist Open Dialogue informed assessment and treatment of clients and their social networks with a range of complex social and psychological needs
• Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training
• Experience of providing teaching and training to psychologists or other professional groups
• Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities
• Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects
• Experience of proposing and implementing service development projects that impact beyond own service area
• Experience of participation in recruitment

Desirable

• .Record of publications in either peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of management and leadership.
• Advanced knowledge of the theory and practice of Open Dialogue
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities
• Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis
• Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care

Skills

Essential

• To deliver Peer informed Open Dialogue across cultural and other differences
• To communicate skillfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information
• plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and to organise meetings such as CPAs and case reviews
• To plan delivery of Peer informed Open Dialogue to the client group and carers, involving partner agencies
• Well-developed consultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups
• Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data and for teaching purposes
• Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups

Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate
• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
• to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these
• Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour
• Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).