PIPE AP Clinical Lead

Overview

This post is an exciting opportunity for a senior psychological therapist to act as Clinical Lead for a Psychologically Informed Planned Environment (PIPE) Approved Premises (AP). The post holder will play a key role in creating and maintaining a healthy psychosocial environment in the Approved Premises, ensuring that the unit adheres to the theoretical principles of the PIPE model. This will include design, delivery and oversight of the core components of the PIPE model, including group work, supervision, and the management of group dynamics.

The post holder will manage a wide range of complex dynamics within the PIPE AP environment and host organisation. This will require the post holder to take on a leadership role within the service, working effectively alongside operational and strategic leads. They will contribute to staff development by offering training, supporting, and providing clinical supervision. As part of the National PIPE specification, they will also participate in individual and group (peer) supervision, provided by a group analytic consultant each month.

The PIPE clinical lead will ensure that the application of the PIPE service supports and adheres to its agreed pathway function, e.g. Progression or Community. They will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services  policies and procedures.

• Design, delivery and oversight of the core components of the PIPE model, including group work and management of group dynamics (0.8wte).
• Lead the development of a positive and enabling milieu, ensuring the delivery of psychosocial aspects of the PIPE service is compliant with policy and delivery arrangements.
• Ensure the PIPE service works towards meeting and maintaining the standards set out for the Royal College of Psychiatrists  Enabling Environments award.
• Act as Clinical Lead for the PIPE service, creating and maintaining a healthy psychosocial environment and ensuring adherence to PIPE principles within the unit and host organisation.
• Collaborate with operational and strategic leads, contributing to staff development through training and clinical supervision, and participating in individual and group supervision as per the PIPE specification.

Psychologically Informed Planned Environments (PIPEs) are designed, contained environments where staff have additional training to develop an increased psychological understanding of their work. This enables an enhanced safe and supportive environment, facilitating development for residents and staff. They focus on the environment and the importance of relationships and interactions, aiming to maximise ordinary situations and approach them in a psychologically informed way, including attention to interpersonal difficulties that may relate to personality disorder.

PIPEs are not treatment interventions; the PIPE model is an environmental approach to enhance core work within Prison and Probation (i.e., community) settings, where additional psychological or psychosocial considerations are required.

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