About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen to join our Nexus Provision PIPE (Psychologically Informed Planned Environment) at HMP Eastwood Park which forms part of the National Offender Personality Disorder Pathway (OPD) provision within the prison. The Nexus Provision PIPE sits alongside our Nexus Day and Nexus Outreach Services.
Nexus is a welcoming, compassionate and innovative team to work within and consists of a multi-disciplinary clinical and operational team. There are lots of opportunities for development within our service from specialist training and supervision.
The role of an assistant psychologist on the Nexus PIPE is to provide support to Nexus Personality Disorder Service in the collection, input and analysis of research project data and, under supervision, to support the delivery of clinical work including assessment and support of service users on the Provision PIPE. To observe professional and Trust guidelines for professional conduct, including accurate record keeping and to undertake CPD and attend personal clinical supervision sessions.
We are looking for someone with an interest in working with female offenders with a personality disorder. People that attract a diagnosis of personality disorder are often stigmatised and we are therefore keen to find somebody driven to support the wider system to challenge the stigma surrounding personality disorder.
Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the job
Directly support service users living on the Provision PIPE
Support the service users with the planning element of living on the PIPE.
Develop psychological resources.
Support qualified staff with assessments, developing formulations and writing psychological reports.
Support the referrals process, that includes some clinical administrative tasks.
Support research and evaluation, including delivering and scoring psychometric questionnaires.
About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description Job responsibilities
Support the delivery of groups alongside clinical and operational colleagues e.g. our well-being focussed group interventions and DBT programme.
Engage in supervision with a qualified Psychologist.
Training will be offered to support development to deliver duties described above.
Please see attached Job Description for further information.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
An honors degree in Psychology (2:1 or 1st) Eligibility for graduate membership of the BPS
Desirable
Introductory training in a psychological therapy
Experience Essential
Experience of person-facing work, either paid or voluntary. Understanding of common mental health problems
Desirable
Audit or research experience. Experience working in a forensic setting Experience of working in a health or care role. Experience of working with diversity
Skills Essential
Self-awareness and emotional resilience Ability to use supervision well Good written and verbal presentation skills Ability to work collaboratively with other staff
Desirable
Group work skills
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.
Employer details Employer name Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address HMP Eastwood Park
Falfield
Wotten-Under-Edge
GL12 8DB
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)