Job Description
Job Title:
Psychologist Responsible to:
Psychology Partner
Responsible for:
N/A
Hours of Work:
Minimum of 10 hours per week up to 15
Location:
Fazakerley
Salary and benefits:
£50,952 - £57,349 dependent on experience (pro-rata)
33 days annual leave including bank holidays per annum (pro rata)
Paid Medicash support
Day off for your birthday
Charity day of your choice
Well-being Hours
Cycle To Work Scheme
Refer a Friend Scheme
Company Pension Scheme 4%
Funded Training Opportunities
YMCA Together is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. We were founded in 1846 and so we build on a long history of providing a place for people experiencing challenging times in their lives.
YMCA Together is a truly value driven organisation.
Our vision is that everyone should feel safe, understood, empowered and positive for their future. We meet our vision by working within our values of Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness. These SHREK values run through all that we do from recruitment to how we work alongside people in our services to our partnership approach with other providers.
Our clear vision and values come together to help us in our mission to inspire and support people to change their lives by instilling hope, valuing the person and maximising potential.
YMCA Together have been developing our Psychologically Informed Services for over 8 years. We have been using Cognitive Analytical Therapy as a framework for supporting those people who use our services, the staff team and the organisation. We are looking to recruit a Psychologist to support psychologically informed working in our Knowsley service that supports people experiencing homelessness.
We use CAT both as a case management tool with service users, teams and the organisation and as a direct intervention in our rehabilitation service. We require someone to work alongside us to facilitate a number of supervision sessions and facilitate training both internally and externally.
Hours of Work
The service is open 24/7 so we can offer flexible working hours for this role.
Job Purpose
The successful post holder will work to:
In partnership with the Psychology Partner and Senior Leadership Team, embed relational working in our Knowsley service
Support the facilitation of reflective practice
Delivery of evidence based psychological therapies, primarily CAT
Deliver training in psychologically informed working.
Duties and Responsibilities
ACAT accredited CAT Practitioner status is desirable
Work with CAT as a case management tool with teams
Offer individual & group therapies as appropriate
Contribute to the evidence base for Psychologically informed working & CAT
Facilitate reflective practice sessions.
Knowledge:
Excellent communication, engagement and interpersonal skills
Work with individuals on a one-to-one basis and with (couples), families and groups of clients
Conduct a series of individual sessions with a client - normally lasting between 30 minutes to an hour, one or more times per week. Through these, you will assess need, build trust and explore issues. Through these you will need to assess need to enable the development of a formulation that guides support and intervention. Be able to establish and maintain trusting therapeutic relationships with a particular focus on managing ruptures and use the therapeutic process to explore issues
Encourage the client to talk about and explore their feelings and behaviour
Work relationally to support people we work with to explore their relationships, experiences (and) feelings and behaviours/actions
Keep abreast of developments in theory and research
Evaluate therapy outcomes and write reports
Work to targets
Undergo supervision with the appointed clinical psychologist, in order to raise personal issues and professional concerns arising from work
Facilitate reflective practice sessions with team members
Support service users to achieve their goals and targets as defined/ agreed within their support plans
Update and communicate service user risk assessments in line with YMCA/City wide policy and procedure
Assist team members in the planning of workshops to individuals and groups that inform/ teach service users around their mental health, how to manage a tenancy, manage a home and live independently
Creatively support and engage service users that have a wide range of complex and challenging support needs
Offer a creative but assertive approach in order to seek to re engagement
Assist Practitioners in the management of personalised behavior / support agreements
Provide clear, comprehensive and accurate information on handovers to the team making recommendations where appropriate
Maintain accurate up to date electronic and written records
Provide psychologically informed consultation and formulations
Communicate trauma informed practices across all areas of work
model a high standard of relational working
Offer flexible approaches to care and be willing to support people who display behaviours experienced as challenging.
Service User Involvement and Engagement
Encourage involvement, participation and co-production from the people we work alongside in the running and development of the service
Provide a safe, welcoming environment with excellent standards and an ethos of service delivery that encourages people to engage to engage.
Reporting/ Monitoring
Monitor positive feedback from the team and external agencies
Produce reports on the outcomes of your work within the organisation.
Health and Safety
Ensure at all times the safety of yourself and others on the premises in which you work
Conduct Health and Safety checks as required
Report, log and communicate all incidents to the appropriate people
Adhere to all risk management protocols.
Internal Relationships
Excellent communication with all YMCA staff and partner agencies
Flexible and positive approach with all team members.
To be committed to learning and personal development both as an individual and as part of a team
Sharing information and expertise with the team, covering absence, and working together to provide a high quality service
Attend team meetings as required.
Representing YMCA Together
Attend all meetings both internal and external
Attend stakeholder days, forums and other external events
Represent YMCA Together at regional and national level from time to time
Develop relationships with partner agencies, referral agencies and all other stakeholders.
General
Undertake own administrative services
Uphold and develop YMCA Together Equal opportunities and Diversity policy of anti-discriminatory practices across all services
Adhere to Protection from abuse policy
Report and log all safeguarding incidents
Observe and ensure compliance with the professional boundaries and data protection policy.
The post holder will be expected to carry out other duties consistent with the responsibilities of the post and may be requested from time to time, they will be expected to demonstrate flexibility in all areas of their work. They will be expected to carry out some out of hours duties such as emergencies and meetings called at short notice.
It is recognised that the organisation is operating in a dynamic environment and as such this job description may be varied in consultation with the post holder to reflect evolving needs of the business and changing nature of the job.
Person Specification Psychologist
Qualifications
Essential
Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
Registered as a Counselling or Clinical Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Desirable
Post-doctoral training in one ormore additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
ACAT accredited
Experiences
Essential
Experience of partnership working
Experience of formulating risk assessments
Working experience of maintaining up to date electronic records and calendars
Experience of delivering group interventions Experience of delivering co-produced activities Experience of working in a therapeutic environment
Desirable
Experience of working within a psychologically informed environment (PIE)
Experience of working in accommodation-based support services
Knowledge
Essential
Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems
A working knowledge of how to support teams to maximise safety and minimise risk
Evidence of an appropriat