Key Responsibilities: Clinical & Client Care To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation & integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological & neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct & indirect structured observations & semi-structured interviews with clients, family members & others involved in the clients care. To formulate & implement plans for the formal psychological treatment &/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, & employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological/psychotherapy interventions for individuals, carers, families & groups, within & across teams employed individually & in synthesis, adjusting & refining psychological/psychotherapy formulations drawing upon different explanatory models & maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To evaluate & make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical & therapeutic models & highly complex factors concerning historical & developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment & discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans. To provide specialist psychological/psychotherapy advice, guidance & consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis & treatment plan. To contribute directly & indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding & care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings & agencies serving the client group. To undertake risk assessment & risk management for individual clients & to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment & risk management. To communicate in a skilled & sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation & treatment plans of clients under their care & to monitor progress during the course of both uni- & multi-disciplinary care. To provide culturally appropriate psychological/psychotherapy interventions with carers or families of referred clients. Responsibilities for team or service clinical functioning To contribute towards the development of psychologically, anti-racist & trauma-informed framework for the service. To contribute towards the services delivery of accessible & acceptable services to diverse local communities. To be proactive in challenging discrimination & support the development of culturally competent services. To advise junior members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients. To liaise with referrers, GPs & other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop & review care plans. Teaching, Training & Supervision To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical psychologist &, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues. To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training & supervision & to provide supervision to other MDT staffs psychological work, as appropriate. To provide professional & clinical supervision of assistant/graduate psychologists &, as appropriate, to contribute to the supervision of individual cases for trainee clinical psychologists. To contribute to the pre- & post-qualification teaching of clinical &/or counselling psychology, as appropriate. To provide advice, consultation & training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies & settings, where appropriate. To contribute to the development of the knowledge & skills base within the service & the rehabilitation wards by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology & addictions & by implementing knowledge gained in practice. To disseminate research & service evaluation findings through presentations & published articles. Management, Recruitment, Policy & Service Development To implement policies & procedures in own area of work. To identify any aspects of the service which could be improved & propose changes to practices or procedures that affect the rehabilitation offer on the wards & with partner agencies. To contribute to the development, evaluation & monitoring of the teams operational policies & services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation & audit. To advise both service & professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological &/or organisational matters need addressing. To manage the workloads of assistant & graduate psychologists, within the framework of the team/services policies & procedures. To be involved, as appropriate, in the shortlisting & interviewing of assistant/graduate psychologists. In the absence of senior psychologists to co-ordinate (& chair) meetings for the team to ensure effective functioning & review these structures across the wards when appropriate. To contribute towards the consultation & engagement of service users in planning & delivering services which meet the needs of local communities. Research & Service Evaluation To utilise theory, evidence-based literature, & research to support evidence-based practice in individual work & work with other team members. To undertake appropriate research & provide research advice to other staff undertaking research. To undertake project management, including complex audit & service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop service provision.