A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen at BSMHFT to work within the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway Enhanced Support Services (ESS) across HMP Foston Hall (Derby) and HMP Drake Hall (Stafford). The ESS aims to reduce the negative impact of violent and disruptive behaviour in prisons using a multi-disciplinary staff team that works in partnership across prison, healthcare and psychology. The service targets the small minority of people in prison who demonstrate severe and persistent violent and disruptive behaviour, including harm to self that has not responded to existing strategies and interventions. The team will work intensively with people in prison in a collaborative manner to develop motivation to facilitate better settlement, improved psychological wellbeing and in the long term, access to sentence planning services. The team will work indirectly with staff to increase understanding and appropriate management of these people from a psychologically informed perspective.
The successful candidate will be joining a large and diverse psychological therapies team within BSMHFT, consisting of clinical, forensic and counselling psychologists, arts therapists, specialist psychological practitioners and assistant psychologists.We are committed to investing in staff and you will have opportunities for training, supervision and career development.
The postholder will work across HMP Foston Hall and Drake Hall, taking charge of the day-to-day management of the service. It will involve managing referrals into the service, undertaking clinical assessments and interventions as required and developing case formulations and support plans, in conjunction with other professionals involved. The successful candidate will need exceptional communication skills as well as an empathic and non-judgement attitude towards the individuals within the service and within the prison environment. You will also need to be resilient and be able to wok and make decisions in both an independent and collaborative manner. The successful candidate will have extensive experience of working with adults with personality disorder and challenging behaviour, in addition to those with other psychological difficulties, neurodiversity and complex needs and risks. An interest and experience of developing services will be an advantage. Leadership and service development experience is desirable, as well as managing and supervising a range of other professionals.
We are committed to supporting our staff to have a positive experience of their time at work and acknowledge that working within these services can be challenging, so you will have access to a range of wellbeing support.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
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This advert closes on Tuesday 12 Nov 2024