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NHS AfC: Band 8a
Main area: Highly Specialist Psychologist/Psychotherapist
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (this is 2 posts at 15 hours each)
Job ref: 311-F764-24-B
Site: Greater Manchester Resilience Hub
Town: Ashton-Under-Lyne
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 03/02/2025
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
The Trusted Relationships Service has grown from strength to strength since the original Home Office funding in 2018. We have now secured 3 more years of funding and we are looking for two enthusiastic, independent clinicians to come and work alongside our other 8 clinicians, for 2 days a week.
This is a non-case holding post; clinicians do not have any direct patient contact. Instead, you will work with Police and Social care staff to support their work safeguarding children who are at risk of extrafamilial abuse and exploitation. Based within the Complex Safeguarding teams across Greater Manchester, the Trusted Relationships clinicians work with staff to facilitate psychological awareness, particularly in relation to trauma, by offering case-based consultation, staff support, and bespoke training.
The Trusted Relationships Service is a team within the GM Resilience Hub, and consequently, clinicians have access to a range of expertise and CPD opportunities.
Please be aware that being based in a Police station means it is a requirement of the post to undergo Police vetting.
Main duties of the job
Trusted Relationships clinicians are generally based in Police stations, offering a face-to-face service to Complex Safeguarding staff. There are three key areas of service delivery:
* Case-based consultation, offering psychological formulations to help staff understand various factors influencing the children and families they are supporting and how this might impact their relationships and approach to safeguarding.
* Bespoke training and workshops to teams and sometimes to staff across the wider complex safeguarding workforce.
* Staff support, which can be one-to-one or in a group format, developed in collaboration with the staff to meet their needs.
There are times when Trusted Relationships clinicians may need to offer support to teams who have experienced a critical incident; however, this is done in collaboration with the Clinical Lead and with the backup of the GM Resilience Hub.
Working for our organisation
The Trusted Relationships service requires highly specialist clinicians to work with a significant degree of autonomy and independence and have good levels of personal organisation. However, given the complex nature of the work and the potential for regular exposure to traumatic material, there are many opportunities for support and CPD. The team has regular face-to-face and online team meetings, individual supervisions and line management, a buddy system, and also monthly Compassion-Focused Staff Support and CAT-informed supervision.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
All Trusted Relationships clinicians work part-time in Complex Safeguarding teams and spend two days a week based at the Police station with the CS team. This work has relationships at its center, and being in the Police station is key to the successful delivery of the work. For this reason, all clinicians need to complete the Police vetting process to gain access to the Police station.
The offer of consultation, staff support, and training is developed in collaboration with the Team managers and staff. The majority of Trusted Relationships input tends to be consultation about children and families, with some occasional attendance at other relevant meetings. Regular staff support may also be offered as a group or one-to-one offer. Bespoke training may also be requested from time to time.
The role requires consultations to be written up for the staff, and all activity is inputted into a spreadsheet for the clinical lead to use for report writing and service evaluation.
This work can, understandably, be very challenging at times, and there is protected time every Thursday afternoon for the Trusted Relationships team to meet online or face-to-face for various team meetings and external supervision and staff support. There are multiple other forms of ad-hoc support that are available throughout the week.
The Trusted Relationships team is a well-established, well-respected team with passionate, supportive clinicians. The work is always evolving as there is so much everyone continues to learn, both clinically and relationally, and also in the process of service delivery.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
* Registered practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
* Registered social worker or mental health nurse with relevant experience working in psychologically informed multi-agency settings
* HCPC registered professional with an additional postgraduate qualification in an evidence-based psychological therapy to Masters Level or equivalent
* Psychological therapy qualification and accreditation recognised by the Professional Standards Authority (e.g., UKCP, BABCP, BACP, BPC, etc.) to Masters Level or equivalent
* 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, EMDR, IPT, FT
* Training and experience in delivering specialist therapeutic group work or support to staff
Experience
* Previous experience working in the NHS or other relevant settings, offering consultation or case-based formulation in a psychologically informed, multiagency setting
* Experience of multi-agency working to safeguard adults and/or children and young people
* Experience of working with children and/or adults presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a wide range of settings
* Experience of exercising full responsibility for clients’ 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 teaching multi-agency professionals including the identification of need and development of training packages
* Experience of delivering clinical supervision/consultancy with multiagency staff
* Assessed experience of working as a qualified practitioner or psychological therapist for a minimum of four years (with 2 years at a specialist level)
* Experience of providing staff support following serious incidents
Knowledge
* Highly specialised knowledge of mental health issues, including trauma across the lifespan
* Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of organisational development and group/team dynamics
* Knowledge of children and/or adults with complex needs and neurodiversity
* Knowledge of the systemic, developmental, and psychological issues within the context of children at risk of exploitation and/or violence
* Specialist training in therapeutic approaches relevant to children and/or adults who have experienced trauma
Skills and Abilities
* Highly developed skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professionals in one-to-one and group settings
* Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and requirements on the government website.
What happens after your application has been received?
You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.
What happens if I am offered the position after interview?
The hiring manager will contact you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.
What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?
By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:
* Identity verification
* Right to work check
* Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
* Professional registration and/or qualification check
* Occupational health assessment
* Employment history and reference validation
All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will be used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.
If you are offered a position with us and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offered is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.
What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?
Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked onto a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.
Other important information
* We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider the brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
* If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
* If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
* Unfortunately, we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars or cover the costs of early termination charges.
* We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure your application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Kate Friedmann
Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address: kate.friedmann1@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07912453956
If you have problems applying, contact
Address: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
OL6 7SR
Telephone: 01617163181
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