Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work with young people aged 17.5 to 25 years old in a new and innovative pilot 'Transitions to Adulthood, Wellbeing Service'. Commissioned by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), this service brings together East London NHS Foundation Trust, as a member of the London Pathways Partnership (LPP), with voluntary sector partners, to develop creative approaches to engaging young people on probation in Newham.
The Hub, co-located within Newham Probation, provides wrap-around support tailored to the distinct needs of young adults, including an understanding of maturity, in order to reduce reoffending, improve mental health and support young adults to make positive life choices.
This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Psychologist with an interest in mental health, personality disorder and/or complex care to become involved in the implementation of highly innovative services. The post holder will work alongside partner agencies and services working with young adults on Probation to support engagement with informal, formal and innovative interventions. The post holder will play an active role in service research, audit and evaluation. The post holder will be working with young adults on Probation using an outreach community psychology approach.
Main duties of the job
To support and enhance the psychological well-being of young adults Probation within the service, across all sectors of care; providing informal and formal support in the community, psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified practitioner psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related administration including referrals, conduct of audits, collection of data/statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Work with people with mental health difficulties and/or learning disabilities and/or psychological/behavioural difficulties
- Work with young adults in CJS
Desirable
- Experience of working within Probation, prison/secure psychiatric services.
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- An honours degree in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to service users, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health difficulties, personality disorder, learning disabilities and/or other disabilities.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Work with people with mental health difficulties and/or learning disabilities and/or psychological/behavioural difficulties
- Work with young adults in CJS
Desirable
- Experience of working within Probation, prison/secure psychiatric services.
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- An honours degree in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to service users, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health difficulties, personality disorder, learning disabilities and/or other disabilities.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
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).
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).
