Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT)
ERA Team Assistant Psychologist/Facilitator
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Opportunity with ERA-ROCS
We have an exciting opportunity to try out working with the ERA-ROCS (Enhanced Risk Assessment - Risk to Others Service) as part of cover for one of our very good facilitators/assistant psychologists. We will welcome secondment applications (please get approval from your current line manager in advance) or applicants looking for a Fixed Term Contract.
Purpose of the Post
The purpose of this post is to support colleagues working within Adult Mental Health Services to develop their understanding and skills in identifying, assessing, and managing risk to others posed by some service users, who may not reach the threshold for Forensic Services, so that our colleagues can ensure that our service users can better engage with their treatment, remain in services, and improve their overall risk against others. This will involve supporting staff by facilitating Enhanced Risk Assessment (ERAs) meetings, Risk Management Plan meetings, and Consultations; attending AMH team meetings to discuss the ERA process and support decision-making regarding risk; contributing to training for AMH staff about assessing and working with risk; and as part of this process formulating risk and developing management plans with staff.
Role Focus
We do not work directly with service users within ERA; instead, our focus is on helping our colleagues (both within HPFT and from external agencies) to develop robust formulations and management plans that positively impact upon our service users and the community.
Primary Duty of the Post
The Primary Duty Of This Post Is To Ensure That All Colleagues Within HPFT Have Access To Appropriate Guidance And Support To Work With Service Users Who Pose a Potential Risk To Others. The Way That We Do This Includes Several Different Key Areas
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- You will increase the awareness of the team's work to teams within HPFT
- You will conduct Consultations with colleagues who refer service user cases to us, help facilitate Risk Management Plan Meetings with colleagues to create more robust plans to handle risk, and lead or support facilitate Enhanced Risk Assessment Meetings with multiple agencies
- Write up useful and accurate Consultation Records, Risk Management Plans, and ERAs in a timely fashion, taking advice and guidance from the Clinical Lead, and ensuring that the written work is disseminated appropriately
- Help develop and lead on training programmes for our colleagues on working with risk
- Collect and maintain the data that we collect on our work, take part in audits and evaluations, and support service development plans and growth
- Be aware of and responsive to changing need within the wider service, to ensure that our work is addressing the needs of our colleagues for working with risk
About HPFT
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
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Trust Values
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
- Welcoming
- Kind
- Positive
- Respectful
- Professional
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Join Our Team
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on…
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Jess McCloskey
- Job Title: Principal Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead
- Email Address: jessica.mccloskey@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 07816 118611
I warmly welcome advance questions or information requests by email about this post and whether it suits your ways of working and interests. I would also be happy to send you on our recent service evaluation or operational policy to help clarify the role.
As these posts tend to attract a lot of applications, I would recommend requesting a video discussion only after you have been shortlisted for the role. Should you be shortlisted, however, I would encourage you to meet with me for a conversation by Teams.
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