Job description
Job overviewThe Asylum Seeker and Refugee Clinic (ARC) is a highly specialised service supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers aged 0-18, including parents and carers. The service covers Bristol, South Gloucestershire and N. Somerset.
Be Safe Service is a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working with children and young people who have engaged in problematic/harmful sexual behaviour and their parents/carers and system supporting them in Bristol for those aged 4-17 and for those aged 7-11-year-olds in South Gloucestershire.
To support the Be Safe and ARC services in providing including psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions under the supervision of the clinical psychologist.
Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the jobMain duties are to assist services in to provide psychological services including psychological assessment and intervention under the supervision of a qualified clinical/counselling/ forensic psychologist working independently within the limits agreed.
Further details for each role are included in the Key Local Information Sheet.Working for our organisationWe are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities To support the Be Safe and /or ARC Services Multi-disciplinary Team under the direction of the Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Leads.
Where required, to prepare and deliver high quality psychological interventions under supervision, either individually or in groups.
Where required, to offer high quality psychological assessments following instructions appropriate to the assessment tools/processes.
To gather and organise information about clinical notes, relevant psychological interventions and clinical tools for use by other staff.
To work alongside other team members and ensure close liaison and communication within teams.
To work at level of autonomy appropriate to a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist. Goals to be agreed and reviewed in clinical/management supervision.
To maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times when working with distressed people.
To maintain clinical records, databases and other professional records as appropriate.
For full details see Job Description & Key Local Information Sheets Person specificationEducation and Qualification Essential criteria - Honours Degree in Psychology (2:1 or 1st)
- Eligibility for BPS graduate membership
Experience and Knowledge Essential criteria - Awareness of working with diverse populations
- Knowledge of therapeutic interventions to address the impacts of trauma on children and young people
- Experience of person facing work either paid or unpaid
Desirable criteria - Audit and research experience
- Experience of working with children/young people who have harmed sexually or young people in the asylum system
Skills and Abilities Essential criteria - Good IT, written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to use own initiative and work independently
- Ability to use supervision well
- Self-awareness and emotional resilience
- Ability to develop resources to support clinical delivery
Desirable criteria - Ability to co-facilitate groups and/or facilitate training
We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,- we are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.
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