Job summary
My name is James Hussain; I am
the Team Manager for Secure CAMHS. We are a collaborative MDT Team with a
diverse range of professional expertise.
We are seeking a Band 4
Assistant Psychologist to join our secure CAMHS team at Adel Beck Secure
Childrens home.Adel Beck is a 24-bedded secure childrens home for young people aged 10-18, remanded or sentenced by the criminal courts, or accommodated for their own welfare.
You will work closely with the Principal Clinical Psychologist
and other team members to enhance trauma informed care throughout the service.
The role is primarily indirect, focusing on supporting staff teams,
contributing to psychologically informed care, and ensuring formulation drives
decisionmaking, risk assessment, and care planning. However, underpinning
this, the role involves developing strong working relationships with all our
residential staff and young people. The role is focused around helping
translate psychological thinking into everyday practice and supporting the
creation of safe, attuned, and consistent environments for young people. You
will be part of our Neurodevelopmental pathway and involved in these
assessments. You will be working within an experienced multi-disciplinary team
and under a supportive operational and clinical leadership team.
Secure CAMHS operates Monday-
Friday-8am-8pm (12-hour period).
Please call if you have any questions and we encourage a visit to the service, if you are offered an interview.
Main duties of the job
This Assistant Psychologist
role sits at the heart of our secure CAMHS service, working closely with the
Principal Clinical Psychologist, Mental Health Practitioners, Speech and
Language Therapy, and Occupational Therapy to embed trauma-informed, formulation-led
practice across the whole system of care. The role is primarily indirect, with
a strong emphasis on supporting staff teams, contributing to psychological
thinking, and helping shape the everyday environment around young people.
You will play a key part in
developing and sustaining trauma-informed formulations that guide care
planning, risk assessment, and intervention pathways. This includes regular
opportunities for consultation, reflective practice, and joint formulation work
alongside senior colleagues, ensuring that psychological understanding
meaningfully influences how the service supports young people.
A core aspect of the role
involves building collaborative relationships with residential care staff,
helping translate psychological ideas into day-to-day interactions. You will
also get to know young people directly, supporting the development of therapeutic
relationships that inform assessment.You will also
contribute to the neurodevelopmental assessment pathway and ND-informed care
planning.
Working within an experienced
MDT, you will have access to ongoing training, supervision, and professional
development.
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
This
job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake
other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.
The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the
postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.
To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients
within the service, across all sectors of care; providing psychological
assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified
professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed
with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the teams
policies and procedures. To assist in
clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics,
and development of audit and / or research projects, teaching and project work.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
Clinical:
1.
To undertake protocol based psychological
assessments of clients applying psychological theory, including
neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and
indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients,
family members and others involved in the clients care. To include psychological monitoring of
behaviour, for example extensive file review of past frequency/severity of
challenging behaviours, introduction of additional behavioural recording,
and/or direct, time-sampled observation on an individual basis.
2.
To assist in the formulation and delivery of
care plans involving the psychological treatment and / or management of a
clients problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional
psychologist in community settings.
3.
To assist in the coordination and running of
therapeutic groups or clinical projects.
To work with other staff to assess in-patients and review their care in
preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews.
4.
To assist in the development of a psychological
based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the
service, across all settings where care takes place.
5.
To attend and contribute to appropriate
multi-disciplinary meetings.
IT responsibilities (clinical)
To use highly developed IT skills.
To access knowledge through Internet searches
(e.g. Psych.Lit, Medline) to keep up to date with clinical and professional
development
For the preparation and presentation of
materials of effective teaching and training (e.g. power point, graphic
representations) to record and analyse data for research and audit (e.g.
databases, spreadsheets, statistical analysis packages e.g. SPPS).
To create graphs or charts to collate or
summarise data on individual interventions or treatment programmes.
To assist in producing visual or material or
user friendly information for interventions with clients.
Teaching, training and supervision
1.
In common with all clinical psychologists, to
receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice
guidelines.
2.
To gain wider experience of professional
psychology within the NHS over and above that provided within the principal
service area where the post holder is employed.
3.
To develop skills and competencies that assist
in the delivery of current duties.
At
the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK
Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward
to receiving your application.
For full job description, please see attached supporting
documents.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants
are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application
forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is
strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before
selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to
enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application
form.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to
have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
This
job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake
other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.
The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the
postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.
To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients
within the service, across all sectors of care; providing psychological
assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified
professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed
with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the teams
policies and procedures. To assist in
clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics,
and development of audit and / or research projects, teaching and project work.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
Clinical:
1.
To undertake protocol based psychological
assessments of clients applying psychological theory, including
neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and
indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients,
family members and others involved in the clients care. To include psychological monitoring of
behaviour, for example extensive file review of past frequency/severity of
challenging behaviours, introduction of additional behavioural recording,
and/or direct, time-sampled observation on an individual basis.
2.
To assist in the formulation and delivery of
care plans involving the psychological treatment and / or management of a
clients problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional
psychologist in community settings.
3.
To assist in the coordination and running of
therapeutic groups or clinical projects.
To work with other staff to assess in-patients and review their care in
preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews.
4.
To assist in the development of a psychological
based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the
service, across all settings where care takes place.
5.
To attend and contribute to appropriate
multi-disciplinary meetings.
IT responsibilities (clinical)
To use highly developed IT skills.
To access knowledge through Internet searches
(e.g. Psych.Lit, Medline) to keep up to date with clinical and professional
development
For the preparation and presentation of
materials of effective teaching and training (e.g. power point, graphic
representations) to record and analyse data for research and audit (e.g.
databases, spreadsheets, statistical analysis packages e.g. SPPS).
To create graphs or charts to collate or
summarise data on individual interventions or treatment programmes.
To assist in producing visual or material or
user friendly information for interventions with clients.
Teaching, training and supervision
1.
In common with all clinical psychologists, to
receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice
guidelines.
2.
To gain wider experience of professional
psychology within the NHS over and above that provided within the principal
service area where the post holder is employed.
3.
To develop skills and competencies that assist
in the delivery of current duties.
At
the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK
Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward
to receiving your application.
For full job description, please see attached supporting
documents.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants
are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application
forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is
strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before
selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to
enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application
form.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to
have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.
Person Specification
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Qualifications
Essential
- An Honours degree in Psychology (2:1).
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
Special Knowledge & 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 patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
- Ability to communicate information which may be perceived as contentious to patients, carers and colleagues in a manner that promotes understanding and acceptance.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and/or other disabilities.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to health and social service contexts.
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
Desirable
- Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis.
- Experience using microcomputers for databases or data analysis especially SPSS for Windows.
- High standard of report writing.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- An ability to interact effectively with people with mental health problems or learning disabilities.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
- Able to travel throughout the catchment area, without unnecessary delays.
Desirable
- An interest in working with people with mental health problems.
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology.
- Driving licence.
- Car owner.
Training
Desirable
- Further post-graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential
- Practical experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or learning disabilities and/or psychological/behavioural problems.
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision, particularly in the care group of the specialty of this post.
- Experience of administering and scoring neuropsychological assessments.
Person Specification
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Qualifications
Essential
- An Honours degree in Psychology (2:1).
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
Special Knowledge & 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 patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
- Ability to communicate information which may be perceived as contentious to patients, carers and colleagues in a manner that promotes understanding and acceptance.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and/or other disabilities.
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to health and social service contexts.
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
Desirable
- Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis.
- Experience using microcomputers for databases or data analysis especially SPSS for Windows.
- High standard of report writing.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- An ability to interact effectively with people with mental health problems or learning disabilities.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
- Able to travel throughout the catchment area, without unnecessary delays.
Desirable
- An interest in working with people with mental health problems.
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology.
- Driving licence.
- Car owner.
Training
Desirable
- Further post-graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential
- Practical experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or learning disabilities and/or psychological/behavioural problems.
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision, particularly in the care group of the specialty of this post.
- Experience of administering and scoring neuropsychological assessments.
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.
