Main duties of the job

To work as part of the psychological therapy leadership team to ensure the implementation of psychological and trauma informed understanding of offender mental health and personality presentation. To draw on a range of psychological theories including attachment, trauma and adversity and how this is linked to offender mental health.

To complete assessments, formulations and make recommendations for ongoing support, care and management of service user psychological health and well-being.

To provide consultation, advice and support based on developed formulations and psychological information.

To provide supervision and leadership across the Health and Justice network.

To provide training and formulation support to MHIT and HMPPS staff.

To support the development of psychologically informed ways of working and to work collaboratively with others to implement this.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work with individual service users presenting to the mental health inreach service to support psychological health and well-being.

To complete detailed and thorough psychological assessments, formulations and intervention.

To provide consultation and advice and contribute to the MDT psychological understanding of service users.

To support the development of psychologically informed ways of working.

To work within a supervisory and consultancy capacity across the H&J network.

To provide training, supervision, reflective practice and formulation support across the network.

To work closely with the Consultant clinical psychologist in ensuring the wider psychological therapy workforce development is optimised and to contribute to wider understanding of psychological informed ways of working.



Person specification

Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Registered psychologist / therapist or specialist nurse at Msc or above
• Post qualification specialist training

Desirable criteria

• Qualification in leadership and management

Experience
Essential criteria

• Experience of working with a range of service users presenting with complexity and risk
• Experience of providing psychological assessment, formulation and intervention
• Experience of providing leadership and supervision

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within a prison environment

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.. Apply

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

**If you do not hold a current competency based qualification and or the Care Certificate, you will be expected to complete an appropriate Apprenticeship in Healthcare with GMMH.**

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some a