CLINICAL / OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES To provide psychological assessments for referred clients. To formulate and devise psychological treatment and management plans for referred clients with a range of problems, severity and complexity, including those with challenging behaviours, and to provide psychological treatment for such clients, using a range of psychological interventions appropriate to the service. To provide psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of clients. To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients. To liaise with other health and social care staff, from a range of agencies, in the care provided to clients. To provide professional and clinical supervision to junior psychologists, trainee clinical and counselling psychologists and assistant psychologists. To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision, where appropriate, to other health and social care staff working with the client group. To regularly attend and facilitate group supervision. POLICY, SERVICE, ORGANISATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES To utilise evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members. To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research. To participate in and contribute to clinical audit and service evaluation with colleagues within the service, to help evaluate and improve service provision, proposing changes to working practice and procedures for own work area as required. To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical or counselling psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues. To participate in an agreed programme of training and continuing professional development and maintain an active engagement with current developments in psychological practice in areas related to the post. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues of relevance to the service and client group.