About this role
Job summary
The Asylum Seeker and Refugee Clinic (ARC) is a highly specialised service supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers aged 0-18, including parents and carers. The service covers Bristol, South Gloucestershire and N. Somerset.
Be Safe Service is a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working with children and young people who have engaged in problematic/harmful sexual behaviour and their parents/carers and system supporting them in Bristol for those aged 4-17 and for those aged 7-11-year-olds in South Gloucestershire.
To support the Be Safe and ARC services in providing including psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions under the supervision of the clinical psychologist.
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
Main duties are to assist services in to provide psychological services including psychological assessment and intervention under the supervision of a qualified clinical/counselling/ forensic psychologist working independently within the limits agreed.
Further details for each role are included in the Key Local Information Sheet.
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
To support the Be Safe and /or ARC Services Multi-disciplinary Team under the direction of the Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Leads.
Where required, to prepare and deliver high quality psychological interventions under supervision, either individually or in groups.
Where required, to offer high quality psychological assessments following instructions appropriate to the assessment tools/processes.
To gather and organise information about clinical notes, relevant psychological interventions and clinical tools for use by other staff.
To work alongside other team members and ensure close liaison and communication within teams.
To work at level of autonomy appropriate to a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist. Goals to be agreed and reviewed in clinical/management supervision.
To maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times when working with distressed people.
To maintain clinical records, databases and other professional records as appropriate.
For full details see Job Description & Key Local Information Sheets
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Honours Degree in Psychology (2:1 or 1st)
- Eligibility for BPS graduate membership
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of working with diverse populations
- Knowledge of therapeutic interventions to address the impacts of trauma on children and young people
- Experience of person facing work either paid or unpaid
Desirable
- Audit and research experience
- Experience of working with children/young people who have harmed sexually or young people in the asylum system
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good IT, written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to use own initiative and work independently
- Ability to use supervision well
- Self-awareness and emotional resilience
- Ability to develop resources to support clinical delivery
Desirable
- Ability to co-facilitate groups and/or facilitate training
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
CAMHS, Wellspring Spring Settlement,
43 Ducie Road
Bristol
BS5 0AX
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)