Practitioner Psychologist - North East Lincolnshire

Practitioner Psychologist - North East Lincolnshire

At Turning Point, we are recognised leaders in helping people recover from addiction and regain control of their lives.

By providing the rightsupportat the right time, and making sure that people can find all the help they need through a single point of contact, wehave grown into one of the largest providers of substance use services in England and Wales.

Right now, we are looking for a talented Practitioner Psychologist or Psychotherapist to ensure the effective management,development, and delivery of all psycho-social interventions within newlyformed team based within our substance use services in Grimsby.

North East Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership (NELRP) is afree andconfidentialservice for Adults and Young People in North East Lincolnshire who would likesupportwith their drug and alcoholuse.

A joined-up service, with partners working closelytogethersothat the people wesupportdont have to navigate their way betweendifferent parts of the system on their own.

You will offer clinical guidance, training and leadership toa team that delivers psycho-social interventions to both individuals and groups. You will use your expertise to build on a range of innovative approaches with people who use substances and experience mental health difficulties. You will offer practical advice on trauma-informed evidence-basedpsycho-social interventions to colleagues as well as local agencies and organisations. Inspiring, developing and coordinating everyone on your teamwill of course, be a vital part of your role.

We will also expect you tohave a small caseload of service users with complex needs, providing specialistpsychological assessments and therapies. Beyond the operational level, you will contribute to the strategic direction and development of the service as a whole. This will include building strong professional links with other statutory and voluntaryservice providers and using your expertise to put relevant support and education structures in place.

You will explore ways to continuouslyimprove our services and integrate wider issues - housing, employment andfinances, for example into the overall treatment process. You will beinvited to work with our national team of Clinical, Counselling, Forensic Psychologists and Psychotherapist, to develop psychological and psycho-socialapproaches used across services.

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

Across the varied regions, sectors and settings we operate within, our organisation is held together by a shared vision and our people are connected by the same values. These include belief in potential, confidence in communication, embracing positive change and always treating each other as individuals.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

Our people bring our vision to life. So, if you are enthusiastic, motivated and committed to support others to fulfilling their potential, here at Turning Point, we don't just offer you a job we offer you a career.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

(Please see attached Role Profile)

• You will hold a doctorate and have current registration through the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist, or be registered with the UKCP, BPC, or BACP as a Psychotherapist.
• Your experience of leading and supervising clinical staff will ideally be supported by experience of working with substance misuse Service Users. Formal training in supervision, whilst not essential, would be desirable. Excellent communication skills, adaptability and commitment to the Recovery Agenda, will all contribute to you becoming a vital member of our clinical leadership team.

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.

Depending on experience £55,136 to £64,501 (DOE)