Group Therapist/Psychological Therapist/Psychologist

Job overview

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT OF THIS ROLE WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM FEMALE APPLICANTS

The successful (female only) applicant for this role will be working collaboratively with the other group facilitator, assessing for, continually reworking and providing a creative, body based group psychotherapy programme for women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

They will be based at The Briars which has a lovely group room and beautiful grounds and part of a very supportive team.

Main duties of the job

The main duties include:

Evaluation, assessment for, planning and provision of women's group programmeSome supervision of staff providing 1:1 support for the programme1:1 support for the existing men's Childhood Sexual Abuse programmeSome training elements for other staff making referrals

Job responsibilities

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

This will be achieved in this post through undertaking the following areas of responsibility:

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 day to 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 organisations 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 appropriateAs 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 sexual abuse.

Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties

To maintain accurate and timely records compliant with Trust Practice StandardsTo 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 GuidelinesTo 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.

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

This will be achieved in this post through undertaking the following areas of responsibility:

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 day to 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 organisations 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 appropriateAs 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 sexual abuse.

Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties

To maintain accurate and timely records compliant with Trust Practice StandardsTo 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 GuidelinesTo 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.