Applied Psychologist inGlinton Peterborough inGlinton Peterborough PUBLISHED 13 DEC 2023
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Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
1. To provide psychological assessments of clients at Clare Lodge. Based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.2. To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural and biological factors.3. To use psychological formulations to develop and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, and to use these plans to inform and lead the work of non-psychology members of the wider MDT, including care and education staff.4. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. This includes responsibility for the delivery of psychological interventions by all team members.5. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, carers or group.6. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, and manage and maintain a caseload in line with service guidelines and under the overall co-ordination of the Lead Psychologist.7. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.8. To contribute directly and indirectly to a trauma informed framework (namely the attachment regulation competencies model) of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.9. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures.10. To communicate, in a skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care.
Clare Lodge isa leading national provider of secure accommodation "welfare" only placementsand the
only all female unit in the UK.
The service is governed by Peterborough City Council and works in a collaborative way with CPFT to provide an intensive and therapeutic environment, including anin-reach psychiatric and psychological provision.
Our expanding healthcare team provides a wide range of services and support to Clare Lodge which is a secure welfare unit for up to 16 young women. We are a friendly, passionate, and patient focussed team who are dedicated to working alongside our Local authority partners to improve both health and social outcomes and deliver the best possible care.
Clare Lodge provides:
- Trauma informed delivery of health care
- Comprehensive holistic health assessment and intervention including mental health, neurodevelopmental, speech and language, sexual health, and physical health.
- Direct therapeutic interventions
- Drug and alcohol advice.
- Outreach service
- Named health professional role and opportunity to liaise with national professional network.
- Group work
- Breakfast club and creative activities
- Integrated working alongside Clare Lodge residential and education teams.
- Under the overall co-ordination of the Team Manager and Clinical Lead Psychologist, to provide an expert applied psychology service to patients and staff at Clare Lodge. To be accountable for all aspects of psychological care delivered with the Team, including those delivered by non-psychologists.
- To provide line management and leadership within the in reach health team.
- Take a leadership role related to assessments and interventions.
- To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy, providing advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, the wider MDT and to other, non-professional carers.
- To support on the training and on-going supervision of non-psychologist staff in psychological interventions.
- To contribute to the assessment of new clients. To assess a young persons risk to self and to others and support MDT to implement strategies to manage this.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service, and to support leading on research, evaluation and clinical outcome monitoring for the team.
- At times there will be lone working in the environment of Clare Lodge, where there is an expectation to follow the relevant safety protocols.
- To work with clients and the carers who at times are experiencing high levels of distress and some of whom may become challenging both verbally and physically.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
1. To provide psychological assessments of clients at Clare Lodge. Based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.2. To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural and biological factors.3. To use psychological formulations to develop and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, and to use these plans to inform and lead the work of non-psychology members of the wider MDT, including care and education staff.4. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. This includes responsibility for the delivery of psychological interventions by all team members.5. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, carers or group.6. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, and manage and maintain a caseload in line with service guidelines and under the overall co-ordination of the Lead Psychologist.7. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.8. To contribute directly and indirectly to a trauma informed framework (namely the attachment regulation competencies model) of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.9. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures.10. To communicate, in a skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care.
Clare Lodge isa leading national provider of secure accommodation "welfare" only placementsand the
only all female unit in the UK.
The service is governed by Peterborough City Council and works in a collaborative way with CPFT to provide an intensive and therapeutic environment, including anin-reach psychiatric and psychological provision.
Our expanding healthcare team provides a wide range of services and support to Clare Lodge which is a secure welfare unit for up to 16 young women. We are a friendly, passionate, and patient focussed team who are dedicated to working alongside our Local authority partners to improve both health and social outcomes and deliver the best possible care.
Clare Lodge provides:
- Trauma informed delivery of health care
- Comprehensive holistic health assessment and intervention including mental health, neurodevelopmental, speech and language, sexual health, and physical health.
- Direct therapeutic interventions
- Drug and alcohol advice.
- Outreach service
- Named health professional role and opportunity to liaise with national professional network.
- Group work
- Breakfast club and creative activities
- Integrated working alongside Clare Lodge residential and education teams.
- Under the overall co-ordination of the Team Manager and Clinical Lead Psychologist, to provide an expert applied psychology service to patients and staff at Clare Lodge. To be accountable for all aspects of psychological care delivered with the Team, including those delivered by non-psychologists.
- To provide line management and leadership within the in reach health team.
- Take a leadership role related to assessments and interventions.
- To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy, providing advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, the wider MDT and to other, non-professional carers.
- To support on the training and on-going supervision of non-psychologist staff in psychological interventions.
- To contribute to the assessment of new clients. To assess a young persons risk to self and to others and support MDT to implement strategies to manage this.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service, and to support leading on research, evaluation and clinical outcome monitoring for the team.
- At times there will be lone working in the environment of Clare Lodge, where there is an expectation to follow the relevant safety protocols.
- To work with clients and the carers who at times are experiencing high levels of distress and some of whom may become challenging both verbally and physically.
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