Higher Assistant Psychologist - Community Forensic Psychiatry

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Cambridge; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) is recruiting a Band 5 Higher Assistant Psychologist to join our enhanced Forensic Psychiatry Community Service, based between Cambridge and Peterborough. The post involves working within a multi-disciplinary team to develop psychological case formulations and interventions, and to support risk assessment using tools such as HCR20-v3 and SAPROF.

You will participate in administration, audit tasks, service evaluation and research, and

Qualifications

• Post involves working within a multi-disciplinary team in forensic community setting.
• Supervision to develop psychological case formulations and interventions.
• Involvement in administration, audit tasks, and service evaluation.
• Contribute to risk assessment work using tools such as HCR20-v3 and SAPROF.

Responsibilities

• The post-holder will be supervised to support the development of psychological case formulations and interventions (e.g., CFT, CBT, DBT, Trauma-focused therapies, Relapse Prevention) and enhanced risk assessment tools.
• There are administration and audit tasks attached to the post, and involvement in service evaluation and research.
• Work independently within the plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the team policies.

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Higher Assistant Psychologist, to join our enhanced and developing Forensic Psychiatry Community Service.

CPFT are one of six providers of specialist mental health and learning disability care in the East of England, working collaboratively to ensure there is a seamless pathway of care , that is closer to home for the communities that we serve. The Provider Collaborative also works closely with independent sector partners to make improvements to our services and the ways we deliver them.

This enhanced specialist service consists of a multi-disciplinary team, based between Cambridge and Peterborough,. The service works with adults diagnosed with a mental health condition and/or learning disability who present with a risk of significant harm to others, to achieve optimal management of risk and minimise re-offending.

Working closely with the individual, we produce tailored care plans together that is focused around their personal needs and risk. The service adopts a compassionate and trauma informed approach to promote relapse prevention and recovery, so enabling individuals to realise their full potential whilst supporting them to continue to build and live meaningful lives in the community.

The post-holder will be supervised to support the development of psychological case formulations and interventions (e.g., CFT, CBT, DBT, Trauma focused therapies, Relapse Prevention) and enhanced risk assessment tools (e.g. HCR20-v 3, SAPROF).

In addition, there are a number of clinically related administration and audit tasks attached to the post, and involvement in service evaluation and research. The post-holder will be required to work independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

You will be joining an experienced multidisciplinary team of professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, support workers and administrators who all share a passion and drive for delivering high quality care and treatment to service users with forensic histories.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Sapphire Rossdale Job title: Principal Psychologist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01223 219543

Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5pm