Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT)
Higher Assistant Psychologist
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Higher Assistant Psychologist to work within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Offender Personality Disorder Pathway Service.
This small but established team arises from a joint initiative between Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust and National Probation Service.
The current post will be based in the community at the Approved Premises in Peterborough. The Approved Premise is a Psychologically Informed Planned Environment.
The post-holder will be working to develop the PIPE, its residents, and staff. Our PIPE offers the opportunity to participate in planning and pre-arrival work with the residents. The co-delivery of brief psycho-education groups and skills-based training to residents. As well as developing the residents’ engagement, motivation, and implementing individualized risk management plans.
The role offers further opportunities to gain insight into multi-agency risk management processes (e.g., MAPPA), as well as gaining a wider perspective of services for this client group; through attendance at commissioning meetings and regional/national events. The role will give opportunities to expand experience with:
- Consultation work
- Conduction of audits
- Collection and analysis of statistics
- Development of audit and/or research projects
- Clinically related administration
- Other associated project work
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The team is looking for an enthusiastic, robust, committed individual who has a keen interest in working with complex forensic clients with identified personality difficulties. Previous experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team, with clients with personality difficulties (diagnosed or undiagnosed) and/or complex presentations/challenging behaviors is essential. Furthermore, previous experience of working with clients within forensic settings is desirable.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organization dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care, and community settings, including children’s, adult, and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care, and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
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To achieve our goals, we recruit high caliber candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under-represented groups including people with long-term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
For further details/informal visits contact:
- Name: Lisa Atkinson
- Job title: PIPE Clinical Lead/Forensic Psychologist
- Email address: Lisa.Atkinson2@justice.gov.uk
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