This is a job for female applicants only because of the sensitive nature of the work as described below. This role is part of the overall Psychological and Psychological Therapies provision for clients who have severe and complex mental health issues.

You will be a co-facilitator of a specialist therapy group for women who are survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, working in a beautiful building with a dedicated group room. The Briars also has lovely grounds to work in when appropriate and suitable equipment to facilitate a creative and embodied approach to the therapy.

• Part time 15 hours per week (0.4 wte)

Main duties of the job

The main duties include triaging, assessing, planning, and co- facilitating the therapy group for women who have survived Childhood Sexual Abuse as well as individual support for these women during the programme and some individual support for the corresponding men's group.

About us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

Our values

We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess and demonstrate the behaviours which underpin the core values of our organisation. These values include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health & learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Job description Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

The principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health & wellbeing of people with a history of childhood sexual abuse.

This will be achieved in this post through undertaking the following areas of responsibility:

Carry out consults in specialist area of work with professionals wishing to make referrals, to determine suitability

Undertake independent specialist assessments of individuals and their needs, leading to advice and guidance for individuals and referrers as well as assessment of suitability for specialist interventions and contribute to the development and review of risk management plans with professional colleagues.

Design and provide a groupwork model of Psychological Therapy to people with a history of childhood sexual abuse including any individual work that may be a part of that model.

Provide clinical supervision where appropriate in highly specialist area

Provide specialist advice and information to service users, their family members and carers

Provide information and provide training to colleagues within DPT in relation to the model of therapy and the suitability of service users to take part in a model of trauma therapy for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse

To work within professional guidelines

Communication and Working Relationship Skills

• Clients, family and carers: To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner with clients who may have specific difficulties in understand and/or communicating and who may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotionally disturbed.
• Multidisciplinary team colleagues:To work closely with colleagues in the multi-professional integrated mental health and wellbeing service on a day to day basis.
• Health & social care staff:To communicate with a wide range of health & social care staff in hospital and in community settings in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, complex and sensitive information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under the services care. To provide support & guidance in the application of psychological principles and techniques, and to foster reflective practice.
• Senior managers & professional staff: To maintain and build good working relationships with senior professional staff and managers across the Psychology and Therapy service and in DPT to foster a positive approach to the integrated mental health and wellbeing service and to enable effective negotiation.

Analytical and Judgemental Skills

• To provide specialist psychological therapy expertise and advice to people with a history of childhood sexual abuse within PPT.
• To provide psychological therapies, developing specialist psychological formulations and assessments of clients, offering specialist assessments of individuals and their needs, leading to advice and guidance for individuals and referrers as well as assessment of suitability for specialist interventions, formulating plans for their psychological treatment and implementing psychological interventions for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse as individuals and in groups.
• Undertake risk assessments and develop a formulation of risk which will contribute to the development of risk management plans with professional colleagues as appropriate. Ensure the continuous re-evaluation of individuals needs and clinical risk situations and use clinical judgement to formulate the most appropriate clinical plan, with professional colleagues as appropriate.
• To provide specialist clinical therapies expertise and advice

Planning and Organisational Skills

• The service: To plan and prioritise own workload, balancing the demands of individual care, support and guidance of carers and professionals and service research and development activities. To contribute to the planning and organising of the delivery of psychological trauma therapies within Devon Partnership NHS Trust and to contribute to the development and improvement of provision of psychological therapy for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse within services to best meet the organisations strategy and priorities.
• The multidisciplinary service: To provide trauma therapy model Psychological Therapies knowledge to the multi-professional planning, development and marketing of mental health and wellbeing services.

Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy

• Assessment & intervention:To make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about assessment, treatment and discharge, including the management of risk. To formulate plans for psychological therapy and implement specialist psychological interventions for women as individuals and groups, and to demonstrate awareness of diversity issues.
• Consultation & guidance:To provide specialist advice, guidance and consultation on psychological therapy aspects of individual care to people with a history of childhood sexual abuse to colleagues and other service providers.

Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation

• The post holder is responsible for their own professional actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures and Professional Practice Guidelines, working within clearly defined occupational procedures utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work within the PPT and local mental health services.
• To support project work including specific areas of audit, research or service evaluation as appropriate
• As a clinician to be responsible for collecting clinical practice and outcome data that contributes to building practice based evidence and service evaluation.

Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources

• Careful use of equipment.

Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and Management

Leadership & supervision:

To clinically supervise the work of less experienced psychological therapy practitioners, trainees and assistants as required.

To provide training as required and continuing professional development in therapies / treatments for people with a history of childhood sexual abuse.

Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties

• To maintain accurate and timely records compliant with Trust Practice Standards
• To be responsible for using an email account to generate, monitor, and respond to the e-mail traffic by which the Trust conducts much of its internal communication.

Responsibility for Research and Development

• To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work within the PPT and local mental health services.
• To support project work including specific areas of audit, research or service evaluation
• As a clinician to be responsible for collecting clinical practice and outcome data that contributes to building practice based evidence and service evaluation.

Freedom to Act

• The post holder is accountable for their own professional actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures and Professional Practice Guidelines
• To work autonomously within the code of conduct and professional guidelines and ensure governance is embedded within PPT. Implement policies in conjunction with peers, Head of Profession and General Manager.
• To provide specialist expertise and guidance and consultation on psychological aspects of patient care to other service providers, clients, supporters and families

Any Other Specific Tasks Required

• To contribute to ensuring all clinical care and treatment provided by Psychological therapists is carried out under appropriate supervision and leadership.
• To contribute to ensuring that all Psychological therapists continuously update the skills and techniques relevant to their clinical work.

Person Specification Knowledge and Skills Essential

• Knowledge and familiarity of specialist services; and of the services in the NHS where psychology and psychological therapies is commonly applied.
• An in-depth understanding of providing psychological therapy for people presenting with Complex trauma experiences
• Knowledge of Trauma Interventions and Trauma Informed Practice

Qualifications Essential

• Psychological Therapists need to be trained to masters level or equivalent in a specific psychological therapy and registered with an appropriate recognised professional body e.g. HCPC, UKCP, BABCP. BACP or other relevant PSA accredited body or Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent) and eligible for Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society and Registered with HCPC.
• Further training in specialist area (Psychological Trauma)
• IT skills

Experience Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a wide range of care settings, including community, and in-patient settings.
• Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality
• Experience gained during supervised training in working with people with a history of childhood sexual abuse

Desirable

• Experience of small scale project management

Other Essential

• This is a job for female applicants only because of the sensitive nature of the work as described. Please confirm that you are female in the box below.

Skills and abilities Essential

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