About this role
Job summary
Resettle (Intensive Intervention & Risk Management Services) is an innovative community service, providing an alternative approach to enhancing the lives of service users who have complex needs due to their personality related needs and offending histories. We are a true partnership model between Merseycare NHS Trust, the Probation Service and Merseyside Police and are part of the Offender Personality Pathway.
Applications are welcomed from individuals with an optimistic, realistic attitude to working with individuals who have committed sexual and/or violent offences who also have significant personality difficulties. We invite applications from individuals who are empathic, flexible, able to work as part of a busy, multi-agency team, to manage risk and address psychological needs.
The post holder is expected to work in wide range of settings, including to prisons and working in the community, but will be based at the Resettle base, with travel being an integral part of the post.
Main duties of the job
To support and enhance the professional psychological care of service users within the service, across all relevant sectors; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with the supervising qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full detailsand requirementsof the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
A First or Upper Second honours degree in psychology OR a lower class with a post-graduate qualification. (e.g., Master's degree) Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (GBR) ECDL or demonstrable proficiency with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Publisher and SPSS
Desirable
Degree included study of psychopathology/clinical/forensic issues. Further training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice, positive behaviour support, autism, personality disorder and/or research design and analysis
Experience Essential
Ability to carry out instructions, use own initiative but recognise own limits and can utilise and tolerate supervision effectively High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive. Able to use library effectively, conduct literature searches, etc. Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
Desirable
Has experience of face-toface work within psychology, mental health and/or with clients with behaviours that challenge. Experience of working in a setting comparable to that in which the post is based Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team/ experience of working alongside staff from other disciplines. Experience of research methods, audit or other service evaluation techniques Has worked with qualified psychologists and/or mental health professionals and has an awareness of professional standards/issues Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, especially SPSS for Windows
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge of psychological approaches to working with people who have mental health needs or behaviours that challenge (e.g., Positive Behaviour Support, Trauma Informed Care, Person Centred Care etc) An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and/or behaviours that challenge. An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
Desirable
An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a learning disability context
Skills Essential
Good written and spoken English. Good keyboard skills Good inter-personal skills Good organisational skills Ability and willingness to travel for work Recognises the limits of own competence and need for supervision.
Desirable
High standard of report writing
Values Essential
Continuous improvement - committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all. Accountability - taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care. Respect - how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way. Enthusiasm - demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it. Support - actively supporting others with compassion and courage.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address Resettle
Unit 1, 3 De Havilland Drive
Liverpool
L24 8RN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)