The post holder will hold a strategic position as Clinical Lead for the unit. They will have a key role in maintaining a psychosocial environment; ensuring that the unit adheres to the theoretical principles of the PIPE model.
The post holder will contribute to staff development by offering consultancy and supervision. They themselves will be offered peer supervision along with the other clinical leads of the PIPE pilots.
The post holder will ensure that the delivery of psychological aspects of the service is compliant with current and emerging policy and delivery arrangements. They will also provide general expert advice in relation to the risk assessment and management of offenders.
Post holders are required to proactively promote offender management policy in all activities and behaviours e.g. promote diversity, decency, safety and reducing reoffending agendas.
There will be requirement to contribute to research, consultancy and training activities as deemed appropriate by their Line manager in conjunction with National PIPE leads. This will include facilitating the national evaluation of the PIPE field test services, and liaising with the Personality Disorder Policy Team within Rehabilitation Services Group (RSG).
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
To ensure that the delivery of psychological aspects of the service is compliant with current and emerging policy and delivery arrangements. They will also provide expert advice in relation to the risk assessment and management of offenders.
To proactively promote offender management policy in all activities and behaviours e.g. promote diversity, decency, safety and reducing reoffending agendas.
To contribute to the identification of research, consultancy and training activities as deemed appropriate by the Primrose clinical lead. This will include facilitating the national evaluation of the PIPE field test services, and liaising with the Personality Disorder Policy Team within Rehabilitation Services Group (RSG).
This advert closes on Sunday 13 Oct 2024