Senior Trial Therapist - Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist
The main purpose of these posts is to provide access to CBSP therapy to men detained in prison who have been identified as at risk of suicide and have been recruited into the PROSPECT study. A course of up to 20 sessions of CBSP, with sessions lasting up to 1 hour on a once or twice weekly basis.
The therapy is based on a detailed manual, and you will receive training prior to treating patients in the trial and close supervision (group and individual) during the trial. The post holder will be expected to treat patients to an exceptionally high standard and to contribute to process evaluation that will be conducted alongside the RCT.
The study will run in four prisons (two in the northwest of England and two in Yorkshire). We are seeking to recruit four Senior Trial Therapists, with two posts working across the two prisons in the northwest of England and the other two posts working across the two prisons in Yorkshire.
This job advert specifically relates to the two posts based in the prisons in the Yorkshire region. The post holders will need to be able to travel to different sites and to the University of Manchester to attend meetings, training, and supervision.
The post holder will be expected:- To liaise across all sectors of care involved with participants on their caseload To provide highly specialist, psychological assessment and therapy in the context of the clinical trial To offer advice and consultation on patients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, as well as to other non-professional carers and workers of other agencies where appropriate To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and research within the area served by the teams / service. To contribute to the provision of research team services and fulfilment of research team priorities and objectives To contribute to the Trusts social inclusion agenda This is a unique opportunity to develop specialised treatment skills and to participate in a National Institute of Health Research funded evaluation of a new treatment for men detained in prison who are at risk of suicide.
Please see attached job description and person specification Staff benefits Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays. 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years Excellent pension Cycle to work scheme Salary sacrifice car scheme Wellbeing programme Blue Light Card Discount
The therapy is based on a detailed manual, and you will receive training prior to treating patients in the trial and close supervision (group and individual) during the trial. The post holder will be expected to treat patients to an exceptionally high standard and to contribute to process evaluation that will be conducted alongside the RCT.
The study will run in four prisons (two in the northwest of England and two in Yorkshire). We are seeking to recruit four Senior Trial Therapists, with two posts working across the two prisons in the northwest of England and the other two posts working across the two prisons in Yorkshire.
This job advert specifically relates to the two posts based in the prisons in the Yorkshire region. The post holders will need to be able to travel to different sites and to the University of Manchester to attend meetings, training, and supervision.
The post holder will be expected:- To liaise across all sectors of care involved with participants on their caseload To provide highly specialist, psychological assessment and therapy in the context of the clinical trial To offer advice and consultation on patients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, as well as to other non-professional carers and workers of other agencies where appropriate To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and research within the area served by the teams / service. To contribute to the provision of research team services and fulfilment of research team priorities and objectives To contribute to the Trusts social inclusion agenda This is a unique opportunity to develop specialised treatment skills and to participate in a National Institute of Health Research funded evaluation of a new treatment for men detained in prison who are at risk of suicide.
Please see attached job description and person specification Staff benefits Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays. 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years Excellent pension Cycle to work scheme Salary sacrifice car scheme Wellbeing programme Blue Light Card Discount
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