Job description

Job responsibilities

• Support the identification of appropriate referrals to the service through suitability consultations with HMPPS staff.

• Support and contribute to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of evidence-based psychosocial interventions, working collaboratively with relevant professionals to ensure interventions are meaningful and integrated within a wider framework of support.

• Contribute to the delivery of a psychosocial and psychologically informed service across the Thames Valley, including travel to Probation and Health bases. The post holder will manage a caseload across multiple sites within the region.

• Encourage and support service users to maintain regular engagement with the Thames Valley Integrated OPD Pathway Service, promoting the development and use of skills.

• Build effective and supportive working relationships with individuals who may be experiencing distress or communication difficulties, and motivate them to engage with the service.

• Monitor service user progress, taking account of environmental factors, and adapt interventions through supervision as required.

• Manage an agreed, prioritised caseload under the supervision of senior clinical staff and with support from a qualified clinician.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues and partner agencies to ensure a coordinated approach to risk management, care, and treatment

The role is subject to Job evaluation

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology or similar social science subject.

Desirable

• Further training relevant in relevant areas of psychology, social science or mental health.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with difficult to engage populations, particularly individuals with interpersonal difficulties and/or diagnosed personality disorders.
• Experience of working with people from a range of diverse social and ethnic backgrounds.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working and in the development and maintenance of professional relationships with external partner agencies.
• Effective skills in using supervision, which includes self-reflective skills around workload monitoring, personal development and performance appraisal.
• Experience of motivating people to attend sessions or take part in tasks / activities

Desirable

• Experience of working in forensic settings or with people with offending histories.
• Experience of planning and running therapeutic interventions.

kowledge & Skills

Essential

• Understanding of risk factors associated with working with service users within offending histories and personality difficulties and how to manage these risks effectively.
• Demonstrates a professional approach including boundary keeping to relationships with staff and service users.
• Ability to work as a team member, remaining adaptable to changing demands within the team.
• Able to solve problem and use solution-focused approaches and recognise own limitations.
• High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Criminal Justice System structure and procedures.

Personal

Essential

• Ability to maintain high level of professionalism when faced with highly distressing material, problems and circumstances, including challenging behaviour, verbal abuse and occasional threatened physical abuse from clients
• An ability to reflect on their practice with peers and within supervision.
• Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.

Other

Essential

• Driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Ability to travel between sites as required by service delivery.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Manzil Way Resource Centre

Manzil Way

Oxford

OX4 1XE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Our community need social workers to work full time (yes - you are that valued!) but we understand the importance of work life balance so if you have other interests that you want to develop then lets have a chat to see how we can help you achieve a balance that works for you.

Our diverse community would love to have you join the team so get in touch for an informal chat.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Qualified social worker or nearing completion of social work degree/Masters
• Understanding of mental health conditions and models of mental disorder
• Experience of assessing need and implementing and reviewing care and support packages

Desirable

• Higher level qualification -BIA and/or AMHP

Knowledge

Essential

• Practical knowledge of the Care Act , Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and associated codes of practice and statutory guidance
• Knowledge of s.42 Care Act safeguarding adults and Making Safeguarding Personal
• Knowledge of how to recognise different forms of abuse and harm and how raise a concern for both adults and children and young people
• Recognising the importance of the social perspective of mental health and the importance of rights based person centred approaches

Desirable

• Knowledge of the process of applications to the Court of Protection
• Housing legislation

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrating the ability to use a strengths and rights based approach to social care assessments under the Care Act and s.117 aftercare
• Ensuring that the social perspective of mental health is promoted to the wider MDT
• Ability to use a range of communication skills to engage people who use mental health services

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Warneford Hospital

Warneford Lane

Oxford

OX3 7JX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the NIHR Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (OH CRF) is a specialist research facility dedicated to the delivery of high-quality mental health and neuroscience research. Based within Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, we work closely with the University of Oxford, industry partners and NHS organisations to support research that improves understanding, treatment and care for people living with mental health and neurological conditions.

Since opening in 2011, the OH CRF has supported a diverse portfolio of research studies, ranging from observational research and experimental medicine through to complex interventional studies and commercial clinical trials. Our research includes studies involving healthy volunteers as well as people living with conditions such as depression, psychosis, bipolar disorder and dementia.

As part of our team, you will work in a collaborative and supportive environment that values innovation, professional development and high-quality research delivery. We are committed to helping staff develop their research and leadership skills and offer opportunities to contribute to service development, education, patient and public involvement activities, and the continued growth of clinical research across Oxford Health.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree-level or equivalent in relevant field
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) trained.
• Professional Registration (NMAHP)

Desirable

• Postgraduate training - PhD, MSc, MA in health sciences field
• Postgraduate teaching or mentorship qualification
• Leadership/Management qualification

Experience

Essential

• Recent, relevant clinical experience of working with people with physical or mental health problems
• Experience of clinical research delivery in a healthcare setting.
• Experience of managing or leading people, with evidence of leadership skills.
• Experience of audit and quality initiatives
• Evidence of teaching and mentoring

Desirable

• Previous experience of mental health services or mental health research

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of obligatory regulations and legal requirements of Clinical Research in NHS settings.
• Evidence of managing the clinical research environment
• Knowledge of Research Governance
• Awareness of application of evidence-based practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Warneford Hospital

Oxford

OX3 7JX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)