Educational Psychologist jobs in United Kingdom

This is a unique opportunity to work as part of a collaboration with the voluntary sector providing a therapy group for men who experienced sexual abuse as a child. We are looking to employ two co facilitators working 2 days each to plan and run the group together in liaison with MoMENtum. The successful applicants will be based at The Briars, a beautiful building with a large group room in beautiful grounds.

• Assessing suitability of referrals to the group.
• Adapting, planning and running and evaluating the therapy group for men who have experienced childhood sexual abuse.
• Identifying and supervising 1:1 support for the group including the buddy system provided by Momentum.
• Providing 1:1 for other existing groups as appropriate

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

The principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health & wellbeing of people with a history of childhood sexual abuse

1. Carry out consults in specialist area of work with professionals wishing to make referrals, to determine suitability
2. Undertake independent specialist assessments of individuals and their needs, leading to advice and guidance for individuals and referrers as well as assessment of suitability for specialist interventions and contribute to the development and review of risk management plans with professional colleagues.
3. Design and provide a groupwork model of Psychological Therapy to people with a history of childhood sexual abuse including any individual work that may be a part of that model.
4. Provide clinical supervision where appropriate in highly specialist area
5. Provide specialist advice and information to service users, their family members and carers
6. Provide information and provide training to colleagues within DPT in relation to the model of therapy and the suitability of service users to take part in a model of trauma therapy for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse
7. To work within professional guidelines

Communication and Working Relationship Skills

• Clients, family and carers: To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner with clients who may have specific difficulties in understand and/or communicating and who may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotionally disturbed.
• Multidisciplinary team colleagues: To work closely with colleagues in the multi-professional integrated mental health and wellbeing service on a dayto day basis.
• Health & social care staff: To communicate with a wide range of health & social care staff in hospital and in community settings in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, complex and sensitive information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under the services care. To provide support & guidance in the application of psychological principles and techniques, and to foster reflective practice.
• Senior managers & professional staff: To maintain and build good working relationships with senior professional staff and managers across the Psychology and Therapy service and in DPT to foster a positive approach to the integrated mental health and wellbeing service and to enable effective negotiation.

Analytical and Judgemental Skills

• To provide specialist psychological therapy expertise and advice to people with a history of childhood sexual abuse within PPT.
• To provide psychological therapies, developing specialist psychological formulations and assessments of clients, offering specialist assessments of individuals and their needs, leading to advice and guidance for individuals and referrers as well as assessment of suitability for specialist interventions, formulating plans for their psychological treatment and implementing psychological interventions for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse as individuals and in groups.
• Undertake risk assessments and develop a formulation of risk which will contribute to the development of risk management plans with professional colleagues as appropriate. Ensure the continuous re-evaluation of individuals needs and clinical risk situations and use clinical judgement to formulate the most appropriate clinical plan, with professional colleagues as appropriate.
• To provide specialist clinical therapies expertise and advice.

Planning and Organisational Skills

• The service: To plan and prioritise own workload, balancing the demands of individual care, support and guidance of carers and professionals and service research and development activities.
• To contribute to the planning and organising of the delivery of psychological trauma therapies within Devon Partnership NHS Trust and to contribute to the development and improvement of provision of psychological therapy for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse within services to best meet the organisation's strategy and priorities.
• The multidisciplinary service: To provide trauma therapy model Psychological Therapies knowledge to the multi-professional planning, development and marketing of mental health and wellbeing services.

Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy

• Assessment & intervention: To make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about assessment, treatment and discharge, including the management of risk. To formulate plans for psychological therapy and implement specialist psychological interventions for women as individuals and groups, and to demonstrate awareness of diversity issues.
• Consultation & guidance: To provide specialist advice, guidance and consultation on psychological therapy aspects of individual care to people with a history of childhood sexual abuse to colleagues and other service providers.

Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation

• The post holder is responsible for their own professional actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures and Professional Practice Guidelines, working within clearly defined occupational procedures utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work within the PPT and local mental health services.
• To support project work including specific areas of audit, research or service evaluation as appropriate.
• As a clinician to be responsible for collecting clinical practice and outcome data that contributes to building practice based evidence and service evaluation.

Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources

• Careful use of equipment.

Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and Management

Leadership & supervision:

1. To clinically supervise the work of less experienced psychological therapy practitioners, trainees and assistants as required.

2. To provide training as required and continuing professional development in therapies/ treatments for people with a history of childhood.

Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties

• To maintain accurate and timely records compliant with Trust Practice Standards
• To be responsible for using an email account to generate, monitor, and respond to the e-mail traffic by which the Trust conducts much of its internal communication.

Responsibility for Research and Development

• To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work within the PPT and local mental health services.
• To support project work including specific areas of audit, research or service evaluation.
• As a clinician to be responsible for collecting clinical practice and outcome data that contributes to building practice based evidence and service evaluation.

Freedom to Act

• The post holder is accountable for their own professional actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures and Professional Practice Guidelines.
• To work autonomously within the code of conduct and professional guidelines and ensure governance is embedded within PPT. Implement policies in conjunction with peers, Head of Profession and General Manager.
• To provide specialist expertise and guidance and consultation on psychological aspects of patient care to other service providers, clients, supporters and families.

Any Other Specific Tasks Required

• To contribute to ensuring all clinical care and treatment provided by Psychological therapists is carried out under appropriate supervision and leadership.
• To contribute to ensuring that all Psychological therapists continuously update the skills and techniques relevant to their clinical work.

• Ability to work independently within defined occupational procedures and use initiative working with people with a history of childhood sexual abuse
• Ability to work as a member of a clinical team.
• Ability to tolerate ambiguity, and maintain own morale and motivation in challenging service delivery contexts.

• Knowledge and familiarity of specialist services; and of the services in the NHS where psychology and psychological therapies is commonly applied.
• An in-depth understanding of providing psychological therapy for people presenting with Complex trauma experiences
• Knowledge of Trauma Interventions and Trauma Informed Practice

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a wide range of care settings, including community, and in‑patient settings.
• Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality
• Experience gained during supervised training in working with people with a history of childhood sexual abuse

• Excellent verbal, non‑verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to integrate complex data, make evaluations, formulations and decisions
• Organisation and time management skills
• IT Skills
• Small scale project management

• Psychological Therapists need to be trained to masters level or equivalent in a specific psychological therapy and registered with an appropriate recognised professional body e.g. UKCP, BABCP. BACP, HCPC or other relevant PSA accredited body Or Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent) and eligible for Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society and Registered with HCPC.
• Further training in specialist area

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata (2 posts available, each working 15 hours per week)