Clinical or Counselling Psychologist | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
You will also be part of a network of psychological professions working in both inpatient and community mental health sevrices in Trafford, with close links to the clinical psychology training programmes in the north-west.
You will be an active member of the Trafford Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT), which is a multi-disciplinary team focused on supporting people experiencing mental health difficulties that are acute and severe.The role of the clinical/ counselling psychologist in the team is to provide a psychological service to people referred to the team, and to their families and carers, including completing psychological assessments, formulations and delivering brief psychological interventions focused on a compassionate, trauma-informed and psychologically-informed perspective of the development and maintenance of the current issues.
In addition to direct work with people under the care of the service, an important part of the role will be to work with colleagues within the team to provide advice and support about understanding people’s difficulties and needs, informing care plans and treatment interventions.This part of the role could include providing consultation and supervision to other staff members, delivering training sessions, facilitating team formulation and/ or reflective practice groups, completing reviews of case notes, liaison with other services and staff, informal discussions and attendance at team meetings.
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
The post-holder will be an active member of the Trafford Home Based Treatment Team, which is a multi-disciplinary team focused on supporting people experiencing mental health difficulties that are acute and severe, taking a recovery-focused approach to support people and their families and carers through a crisis, providing care and treatment interventions in the least restrictive environment and so providing an alternative to hospital admission when required and appropriate.The role of the clinical psychologist in the team is to take a lead on providing a psychological service to people referred to the team, and to their families and carers, including completing psychological assessments, formulations and delivering brief psychological interventions focused on a compassionate, trauma-informed and psychologically-informed perspective of the development and maintenance of the current issues.
In addition to direct work with people under the care of the service, an important part of the clinical psychologist’s role will be to work with colleagues within the team to provide advice and support about understanding people’s difficulties and needs, informing care plans and treatment interventions.
This part of the role could include providing consultation and supervision to other staff members, delivering training sessions, facilitating team formulation and/ or reflective practice groups, completing reviews of case notes, liaison with other services and staff, informal discussions and attendance at team meetings.
The post-holder will play a key role in supporting the functioning of the team in order to support the recovery and well-being of people using the service.
This advert closes on Monday 21 Oct 2024