Band 5 Assistant Psychologist - Chester, United Kingdom - CWP

CWP

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Chester, United Kingdom

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Description

Main area

Bank Assistant Psychologist
Grade

Band 5

Contract
Bank

Hours

Flexible working
Other

37.5 hours per week (Bank, ad hoc)
Job ref
373-BANK0529

Site

Trust Headquarters, Redesmere Building
Town

Chester

Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum pro rata

Salary period
Yearly

Closing
21/08/2023 23:59

Job overview:

This role is a unique opportunity for an assistant psychologist with demonstrable experience in delivering training and research, to participate in the continuing evaluation and development of a tool for clinicians working with young people experiencing complex, unmet needs.

In Cheshire and Merseyside, the Tier 4 CAMHS General Adolescent Unit (GAU) is provided by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Ancora House in Chester in North West England.

It is a 26 bedded unit based across two wards.

The service also has an Assessment and Outreach Team that provides a gatekeeping function, a specialist community Eating Disorder service (CHEDS) and an intensive home support service, Ancora Care.

The service covers the population of young people aged 13-17 registered with a General Practitioner in Cheshire and Merseyside.

Young people from other areas in England or other devolved nations may also be admitted if there is capacity in Ancora House and where bed capacity elsewhere in the UK is limited.

In 2017, the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership Mental Health Programme Board prioritised the development of a new model of care for the delivery of Tier 4 CAMHS in line with the national direction of travel towards the Five Year Forward View (NHSE, The focus of the service change was to improve outcomes for young people through reducing avoidable admissions, enabling shorter lengths of stay and ending out of area placements.

Main duties of the job:

A clinically led, co-produced new Care Model (Complex Needs Escalation and Support Framework) was developed in 2019 with stakeholders across Cheshire and Merseyside including young people and families.

The stakeholder group designed three main elements to the model:

Ancora Care: A Tier 4 CAMHS intensive home treatment service for young people as an alternative to inpatient admission.
A multiagency Gateway meeting to be held in each Local Authority footprint to ensure that all agencies take responsibility for meeting the needs of young people at risk of admission to Tier 4 or receiving inpatient mental health treatment.
A needs stratification tool to provide an evidencebased way of identifying young people at risk of admission (the Complex Needs Escalation Support Tool or CNEST).
This role is focussed on the delivery of training, research and project support associated with CNEST.
You will assist in the provision and delivery of a defined training and research plan for CNEST. You will support the lead consultant psychologists and advanced nurse practitioner by proactively reviewing project plans, administering, delivering and evaluating CNEST training to groups of clinicians and cofacilitating group work. You will also undertake administrative tasks, literature reviews, report writing, audit and evaluation projects concerned with CNEST. All work will be supervised by a registered Practitioner Clinical Psychologist.

Working for our organisation:

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do.

We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community.

As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a 'Silver' award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a
_Values Based Interview/Assessment_,** which explores not only wha