Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to work with our service users across our inpatient units; providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy, while offering advice and consultation on service users' psychological care to the multi-disciplinary team. You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. In addition, you will utilize research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
The assessments and interventions undertaken will be embedded within the framework of: MDT principles of working The SAFE model (shared assessment, formulation and education) Main Duties of the Job
As a Senior Clinical Psychologist, your role will involve developing the psychology service into our new hospital: Stanford Court. You will provide specialist psychological assessments to service users referred to the team, formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of service users' mental health problems. In addition, the postholder will provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to other professionals, contributing directly to service users' formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
You will undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users, utilizing a team approach to the completion of START and associated formulations, and provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. You will also lead on reflective practice sessions and develop action plans with the multidisciplinary team to address issues raised.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the role and responsibilities.
About Us
Options for Care provides mental health recovery services in Birmingham. Our primary objective is to empower service users and help them realize their full potential through improvements in their quality of life and a steady progression towards recovery, culminating in successful discharge.
Mission
Realizing Potential
Vision
We offer best-practice interventions to enable personal recovery and well-being.
Values
The individual is at the heart of everything we do. We inspire, stimulate, and empower people to achieve and grow through compassionate, supportive, and protective relationships. We deliver and continuously evaluate high-quality service while respecting differences, promoting dignity, and supporting the privacy of others.
At Options for Care, we understand the importance of delivering personalized holistic support to our service users. Our dedicated team is committed to providing relationship-centered interventions that are grounded in evidence-based practices. We strongly believe that our approach helps individuals lead fulfilling lives and attain their personal objectives. To ensure that we consistently meet our service users' needs, we use recognized assessment tools to track outcomes and make adjustments as needed. Our goal is to empower our service users to live in the least restrictive setting feasible while maintaining their dignity and independence.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users across a range of care settings. Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse. Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having worked as a specialist clinical psychologist for a minimum of 18 months. Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS. Desirable Experience of teaching, training, and/or supervision. Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts. Experience of working within a multicultural framework. Qualifications
Essential Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies, and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS. Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist. Desirable Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training, and/or other fields of applied psychology. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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. UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see.
Employer Details
Employer Name
Options for Care Address
106 Moseley Road
Birmingham
B12 0HG
Employer's Website #J-18808-Ljbffr
We are seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to work with our service users across our inpatient units; providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy, while offering advice and consultation on service users' psychological care to the multi-disciplinary team. You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. In addition, you will utilize research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
The assessments and interventions undertaken will be embedded within the framework of: MDT principles of working The SAFE model (shared assessment, formulation and education) Main Duties of the Job
As a Senior Clinical Psychologist, your role will involve developing the psychology service into our new hospital: Stanford Court. You will provide specialist psychological assessments to service users referred to the team, formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of service users' mental health problems. In addition, the postholder will provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to other professionals, contributing directly to service users' formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
You will undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users, utilizing a team approach to the completion of START and associated formulations, and provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. You will also lead on reflective practice sessions and develop action plans with the multidisciplinary team to address issues raised.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the role and responsibilities.
About Us
Options for Care provides mental health recovery services in Birmingham. Our primary objective is to empower service users and help them realize their full potential through improvements in their quality of life and a steady progression towards recovery, culminating in successful discharge.
Mission
Realizing Potential
Vision
We offer best-practice interventions to enable personal recovery and well-being.
Values
The individual is at the heart of everything we do. We inspire, stimulate, and empower people to achieve and grow through compassionate, supportive, and protective relationships. We deliver and continuously evaluate high-quality service while respecting differences, promoting dignity, and supporting the privacy of others.
At Options for Care, we understand the importance of delivering personalized holistic support to our service users. Our dedicated team is committed to providing relationship-centered interventions that are grounded in evidence-based practices. We strongly believe that our approach helps individuals lead fulfilling lives and attain their personal objectives. To ensure that we consistently meet our service users' needs, we use recognized assessment tools to track outcomes and make adjustments as needed. Our goal is to empower our service users to live in the least restrictive setting feasible while maintaining their dignity and independence.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users across a range of care settings. Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse. Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having worked as a specialist clinical psychologist for a minimum of 18 months. Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS. Desirable Experience of teaching, training, and/or supervision. Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts. Experience of working within a multicultural framework. Qualifications
Essential Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies, and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS. Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist. Desirable Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training, and/or other fields of applied psychology. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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. UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see.
Employer Details
Employer Name
Options for Care Address
106 Moseley Road
Birmingham
B12 0HG
Employer's Website #J-18808-Ljbffr
