Job summary
We have one full-time Assistant Psychology post at Band 4 level.
The assistant psychology roles play a key part in supporting the psychology provision across the medium and low secure forensic services.
The role will involve the following:
To assist practitioner psychologists in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service in the low secure setting on Chaffinch Ward.
To provide clinical work as required by the service, under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision of a practitioner psychologist.
Clinical work may include engagement, assessment (including risk assessment), formulation and direct intervention with forensic mental health service users across medium and low security.
The delivery of psychoeducational group programmes.
To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
To work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, while closely supervised and regularly seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager.
Main duties of the job
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
To provide psychological assessments for clients in the medium and low secure forensic services under the close supervision of a practitioner psychologist including Psychometric Assessments, Risk Assessments, Behavioural Assessments, Needs Assessments.
To provide protocol based individual psychological interventions for clients in the medium and low secure forensic services.
To arrange, schedule and provide protocol based group psychological interventions for clients in the medium and low secure forensic services.
To assist the psychologists in the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials,
KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
KR 3 Policy and service development
KR 5 Teaching and Training
KR 6 Record-keeping and Information Governance
KR 7 Research & Development
About us
Benefits:
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits arehighlighted here:
Generous pay, pensions and leave;Work life balance; Career development,
Car lease; Staff Accommodation and NHS discounts.
Counselling services;Wellbeing events;Long service awards;Cycle to work scheme; Season ticket loan; Childcare vouchers; Staff restaurants
For a full list of our benefits please visit: https://www.slam.nhs.uk/media/421262/Working%20at%20SLaM.pdf
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the forensic medium and low secure services at the Bethlem Royal Hospital. He/she will assist practitioner psychologists in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service, including the provision of clinical work as required by the service, under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision of a practitioner psychologist. Clinical work is likely to involve carrying out psychological assessments, including risk assessments, and circumscribed individual interventions, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist. The post-holder will also support and facilitate the provision of psychoeducational groups, assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
More generally, the post-holder will assist the psychologists and other members of the multidisciplinary team in developing a therapeutic environment for patients in the forensic medium and low secure services. He/she will work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the forensic medium and low secure services at the Bethlem Royal Hospital. He/she will assist practitioner psychologists in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service, including the provision of clinical work as required by the service, under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision of a practitioner psychologist. Clinical work is likely to involve carrying out psychological assessments, including risk assessments, and circumscribed individual interventions, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist. The post-holder will also support and facilitate the provision of psychoeducational groups, assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
More generally, the post-holder will assist the psychologists and other members of the multidisciplinary team in developing a therapeutic environment for patients in the forensic medium and low secure services. He/she will work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oA First-class or Upper-second-class Bachelors degree with Honours in Psychology (or related behavioural science) that is accredited by the British Psychological Society and confers the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society (A/I)
Desirable
- oRelevant specialist training in relation to working with challenging behaviour, offending behaviour, culture & diversity needs or personality difficulties (A/I)
Experience
Essential
- oSufficient post-graduate experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs in forensic mental health services to be able to work clinically with close direct supervision (A/I)
- oExperience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience (A/I)
Desirable
- oExperience of working with service users with risk of harm to self or others (A/I)
- oExperience of working across a range of clinical settings, including primary, secondary and in-patient care (A/I)
Knowledge
Essential
- oGraduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis (A/I)
- oGood theoretical knowledge of the problems experienced by and the needs of forensic mental health service users and of methods of assessment and treatment (A/I)
- oAwareness of racial and diversity issues through attendance of relevant training (A/I)
Desirable
- oKnowledge of working with challenging behaviour, offending behaviour, culture & diversity needs or personality difficulties (A/I)
Skills
Essential
- oSkills in relevant psychological assessment and interventions that enable working as a pre-qualified practitioner with close clinical supervision (A/I)
- oWell-developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, sensitive or contentious information to clients, families and colleagues (A/I)
- oSkills in providing/supporting teaching and training provided by psychologists or others to other professional groups (A/I)
- oWell-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data (A/I)
Desirable
- oExperience of data collection, analysis and interpretation and post-grad experience of conducting research projects 0r audits (A/I)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oA First-class or Upper-second-class Bachelors degree with Honours in Psychology (or related behavioural science) that is accredited by the British Psychological Society and confers the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society (A/I)
Desirable
- oRelevant specialist training in relation to working with challenging behaviour, offending behaviour, culture & diversity needs or personality difficulties (A/I)
Experience
Essential
- oSufficient post-graduate experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs in forensic mental health services to be able to work clinically with close direct supervision (A/I)
- oExperience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience (A/I)
Desirable
- oExperience of working with service users with risk of harm to self or others (A/I)
- oExperience of working across a range of clinical settings, including primary, secondary and in-patient care (A/I)
Knowledge
Essential
- oGraduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis (A/I)
- oGood theoretical knowledge of the problems experienced by and the needs of forensic mental health service users and of methods of assessment and treatment (A/I)
- oAwareness of racial and diversity issues through attendance of relevant training (A/I)
Desirable
- oKnowledge of working with challenging behaviour, offending behaviour, culture & diversity needs or personality difficulties (A/I)
Skills
Essential
- oSkills in relevant psychological assessment and interventions that enable working as a pre-qualified practitioner with close clinical supervision (A/I)
- oWell-developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, sensitive or contentious information to clients, families and colleagues (A/I)
- oSkills in providing/supporting teaching and training provided by psychologists or others to other professional groups (A/I)
- oWell-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data (A/I)
Desirable
- oExperience of data collection, analysis and interpretation and post-grad experience of conducting research projects 0r audits (A/I)
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).
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chaffinch Low Secure Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Road
Beckenham, Kent
BR3 3BX
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
