Band 6 - Trainee Forensic Psychologist - Bristol/Swindon
Job overview
We are looking to recruit 2 full time Band 6 Forensic Trainee Psychologists into the Specialised PD Probation Service at AWP. Specialised PD, otherwise known as OPD, is a large, community based, multidisciplinary team that has developed innovative approaches to working with high-risk offenders with Personality Disorders.These service users are seen by the National Probation Service in Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and OPD covers the caseload within these areas.
As a service we cover Probation Offices based in Bristol, Bath, North Somerset, Swindon, Chippenham, Salisbury, Gloucester, and Cheltenham. In addition, we cover 3 Male and 1 Female Approved Premises in Bristol, and 1 Male Approved Premises in Gloucester.
We support a hybrid working model where we encourage staff to work from home 40% of the working week, and in an office space for 60% of their working week. Each staff member has an allocated geographical area with a central office in that area.Though this post is based primarily in Avon or Wiltshire, there will be occasional travel to other areas covered by OPD, or for training, conferences, or external meetings.
Main duties of the job
To support the delivery of community OPD by delivering; case triage and identification, case reviews, case consultations, developing formulation, designing and delivering training, providing advice and consultation to other professionals, and contributing to the research within the team.The post will also involve direct work with service users who are now residing in the community and would involve providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions.
In addition, the post holder will be required to regularly assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, delivery orders, collection of statistics and development of audit and/or research projects.
The post holder would be expected to work independently according to a plan agreed with the professionally registered clinical and operational lead for the area/service and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
For professionally unregistered staff all work is done under the supervision of professionally registered clinicians. Clinical supervision and line management are in play to support all clinical staff.
Working for our organisation
OPD is part of AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. AWP provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and Northeast Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description, Personal Specification, and Key Local Information which will detail information about the training requirements.
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We look forward to receiving your application
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria- BPS accredited Psychology Degree
- BPS accredited MSc in Forensic Psychology
- Training/Experience in CJS/Mental Health/PD
Experience
Essential criteria- Work with CJS and/or MH professionals
- Supervised work with offenders and adults with PD
- Supervision of other staff (including peer supervision)
Skills
Essential criteria- Experience of specialist interventions, risk assessment, and formulation
- Case management skills and awareness of offender management processes
- Organised, can manage own workload, and work independently
- Uses supervision, has emotional resilience, can engage with a team
- Teaching/presenting skills
- Set up/run small scale projects
- Driving licence & car
This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.
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