Principal Psychologist
We are looking for an experienced HCPC registered psychologist 'Clinical, Counselling or Forensic' who is interested in consolidating their leadership skills. We want all of our services to be Psychologically Informed. We support people experiencing difficulties associated with a range of challenges, most frequently including drug and alcohol use.
We want to define clearly how we will focus our Psychology resources to support equity and assure quality and delivery of evidence- based interventions as outlined in Drug Misuse and Dependence
- UK Guidelines on Clinical Management 2017.
The role also involves supervision and oversight of counselling provision where relevant in local service structures.
We want to enable our teams to work in ways that promote physical, psychological, and emotional safety and help people to regain a sense of control and empowerment in their lives.We are looking for emotionally intelligent and committed leaders to work with us to develop our services, our psychologically informed approach and our psychosocial interventions offer.
You will already be at Principal level or experienced, qualified and seeking an opportunity to move into this role and you will be HCPC Registered.
Our organisation will be exploring new ways of working and innovating to extend the reach and impact of Psychology.
You will need to be as enthusiastic as we are about the opportunities that we have before us and help us to lead this vision.
You will need to appreciate the value of non-regulated colleagues and embrace integrated working.
As a key member of our national Psychology Team you will benefit from the opportunities it presents for connection, peer support, reflective practice and CPD.
Monthly clinical supervision is from a senior Psychologist You in turn will provide clinical supervision to any Highly Specialised Practitioners, Newly Qualified Practitioners or Assistant Psychologists within your local structure, with regard for capacity, regulatory requirements and wellbeing.
You will also provide group clinical supervision to non-regulated staff.Across your area you will work as part of multidisciplinary teams and your focus will be the excellent delivery of recommended specialised interventions.
These form the primary Job Plan for all Psychology positions as they are clearly identified as contributing to supporting recovery.
Primary Functions
-Plan, develop and implement localised: Contingency management initiatives in local services, aligned to evidence-based practice.
Social Behaviour Network Therapy- SBNT interventions embedded within the available range of psychosocial Interventions.
- CBT and motivational enhancement techniques, engaging in direct delivery of these interventions i.e.
Assessing and then offering 6 sessions of CBT on cycle to people for whom this is indicated.
Behavioural Couples Therapy BCT and trauma-focused interventions for co-occurring disorders.i.e. Assessing and then offering 6 sessions on cycle to people for whom this is indicated.
Support the implementation of localised approaches using Motivational Interviewing- MI, providing appropriate support and supervision to practitioners and connecting to associated national teams Explore and implement localised third-wave CBT approaches, including acceptance and commitment therapy
- ACT and mindfulness-based relapse prevention.
Support localised trauma-informed care approaches, embedding associated practice within the local team Develop and establish mechanisms to measure outcomes, undertake fidelity checks, and evaluate the effectiveness of the above interventions.
Develop and establish mechanisms to support equity of access to the above specialised interventions.
Clinical Supervision- Offer formal group clinical supervision to service staff on a monthly or bi-monthly basis.
Support broader staff teams in adopting psychologically informed practices.
Support the development of quality benchmarks for continuous professional development strategies.Collaboration within MDT- Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure integrated care and holistic support.
Participate in regular communication and case review meetings to adjust treatment approaches.
Support emergent OMD MDT development.
The focus of this role is work related to the psychological support of people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantages, including homelessness.
The role may work in Change Grow Live services and alongside the range of services related to supporting people experiencing homelessness with or at risk of becoming homeless which the postholder is expected to work closely with.
In this context you will work to support service provision which takes into account peoples psychological and emotional needs and experiences of trauma.
Using psychologically informed approaches you will be supporting the needs of those accessing services; for example, through implementation of Psychologically Informed Environments PIE and Trauma Informed Care.
This will be through a multitude levels, including direct interventions, staff training and support, research and service evaluation, reflective practice, provision of psychological consultation, team formulation and clinical supervision.