This post will support the Trust's commitment to Somerset's Transforming Care Programme, including:

* Clinical support for the Blue Light and crisis avoidance pathway for people with learning disabilities who are at risk of being detained under the mental health act.

* Maintenance and clinical oversight of the local learning disabilities dynamic support register including out of area patients.

* Liaison with emergency service and specialist forensic health colleagues.

* Specialist inpatient support for people with learning disabilities who have been detained under the Mental Health Act.

You will have a county wide role, and their base will be negotiable upon appointment.

We recognise that Assistant Psychologists are looking to further their career in the Psychology professions and promote opportunities for development whenever possible.

Main duties of the job

* Assessment and formulation

* Risk assessment

* Positive Behaviour Support Planning

* Placement specification

* Liaison with service users, families, emergency services, and health and social care colleagues.

* Assisting with Blue Light and crisis pathway process

* Assisting with service development work

* Liaison with service users, families, emergency services, and health and social care colleagues.

* Assisting with Blue Light and crisis pathway process

* Assisting with service development work

About us

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities, under clinical supervision:

* Support assessment and formulation with service users who have a formal diagnosis of learning disabilities and concurrent mental health problems, who may pose a risk to themselves or others. Such assessment work will involve working in a range of settings. This will involve judgments involving a range of facts or situations which require analysis or comparison of a range of options.

* Support the development of Positive Behaviour Support Plans, and Community Placement Specifications.

* Support the development of risk management plans.

* Support the delivery of health and social care intervention/treatment options in a way that promotes equality and respects diversity and the potential need for reasonable adjustments.

* Collaborate and communicate effectively with service users, families, and health and social care colleagues.

* Have a responsibility for recognising the potential for, or signs of, service-user harm, abuse, or neglect, including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns, and taking all responsible steps to protect the service-user.

* Have a responsibility for identifying and reporting concerns regarding the safeguarding of children or vulnerable adults who may be at risk.

* Have a responsibility for recognising own limits of competence and seeking assistance when appropriate.

* Assist team managers and colleagues in service development work, as appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• * A degree in psychology (first or upper second).

Desirable

• * A further qualification in a relevant subject.

Experience

Essential

• * Experience of working in community settings.
• * Demonstrable experience of working directly with a vulnerable client group, including experience of working psychologically with people with learning disabilities and/or mental health problems.
• * Experience of undertaking planned psychological assessments and/or interventions.

Desirable

• * Experience of developing therapeutic relationships with people who can be hard to engage.
• * A previous assistant psychology or equivalent post.

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Parkgate House

East Reach

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 3ES

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