An exciting opportunity has arisen for maternity cover within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as part of the ACORN Service at HMP Whatton. This is a specialist treatment service for individuals with personality difficulties and a history of sexual offending. The service is part of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway and is jointly delivered by NHS and Prison partners.

We are committed to working in partnership with Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), both with Prison and Probation colleagues this service is a joint enterprise so relies on collaborative working. We also work in partnership with other healthcare providers and our criminal justice system partners to improve health, support justice and reduce re-offending behaviour. The ACORN service forms part of a wider network of OPD pathway services delivered as part of Offender Health services across HMP North Sea Camp, HMP Gartree and community services in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.

Main duties of the job

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he ACORN service is a comprehensive specialist service offering a range of therapeutic interventions on an outreach basis at HMP Whatton to individuals with problematic personality traits which are linked to difficulties with progression or risk. The service offers a suite of therapies including Schema Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitiation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO-DBT), and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) within tiered phases. Therapies, including socially creative sessions, psychoeducation and both group and 1:1 therapy are provided with an emphasis upon the importance of relationships and the environmental setting.

The successful post holder will work as part of a team approach to the assessment and treatment of individuals referred to the service, initially with a focus on the assessment waiting list, and co-delivering psychologically informed groups, alongside offering 1:1 therapy and supervision and consultation to the team and wider prison

About us

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work as part of a team to provide comprehensive trauma informed therapies to individuals with a history of sexual offending and difficulties arising from trauma and problematic personality traits.

The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessments and develop collaborative formulations to inform treatment pathways.

The post holder will deliver a range of therapies as indicated by the need and risk understood in the formulation on a 1:1 or group basis.

The post holder will contribute to multi-disciplinary team discussions and decision making processes.

The post holder will be responsible for engaging with their own supervision and reflective practice and to support team members in offering supervision and reflective practice.

For further details contact:

Dr Felicity Nichols

Senior Clinical Psychologist and ACORN Service Clinical Lead

01949 803473

Felicity.nichols@nottshc.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MSc or Doctorate in Clinical or Forensic Psychology.
• Must be HCPC registered and able to demonstrate eligibility for registered status as a Clinical or Forensic Psychologist.

Desirable

• Chartered Clinical or Forensic status.
• Further relevant post-qualification training.

Work Experience

Essential

• Experience of working effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Minimum two years supervised practice developing expertise in forensic clinical psychology practice and in forensic mental health.
• Experience of facilitation of ward/MDT based supervision groups and/or reflective spaces

Desirable

• Experience of delivering specific group programmes
• Experience of training and supervision of staff, MDT colleagues, and other psychologists..
• Experience of clinical audit, service evaluation and research.
• Experience of providing and evaluating evidence based highly specialist psychological interventions to address complex problems and needs of mentally disordered offenders in a forensic service.

Values and Behaviours

Essential

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel to each location

Desirable

• Driving licence

Further Training

Essential

• Advanced knowledge, experience and expertise in at least one specialist area of Clinical /Forensic practice gained through specialist training and supervised practice, e.g. psychotherapy, neuropsychology, risk assessment, and Clinical /Forensic supervision.
• Advanced knowledge, experience and expertise in forensic mental health services and systems gained through specialist training and supervised practice.

Desirable

• Evidence of training in areas relevant to Men's Mental Health forensic service e.g. trauma informed care, CBTp, CBTt, Schema Therapy, EMDR

Aptitudes / Skills

Essential

• Record of clinical effectiveness in a forensic service
• High level of ability to plan and organise clinical service provision to meet service demands
• Proven ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams
• Research Skills
• IT literacy, e.g. experience of SPSS, databases, spreadsheets
• Knowledge of legal system/MHA.
• Broad knowledge of models of assessment, management and treatment of mentally disordered offenders in forensic settings.
• Can demonstrate competence in supervision of junior psychology and/or MDT staff and/or psychology trainees
• Presentation and teaching skills
• Groupwork skills

Desirable

• Experience of dissemination of research/service evaluation e.g. Publications.

Dispositional Attributes

Essential

• Good communication skills
• Commitment and enthusiasm
• Reliability & personal integrity

Desirable

• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Employer details

Employer name

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

National Probation Service,

Grange House, 46 Union Street or 8 Corporation Street

Grantham or Lincoln

NG31 6NZ



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