Job summary
The Stalking Threat Assessment Centre (STAC) is a multiagency co-located pan London service focused on improving responses to stalking across the capital. The post holder would work closely with Metropolitan Police, National Probation Service and Third Sector Advocacy as part of pilot project focusing on the delivery and piloting of an Early Stalking Intervention Program (ESIP) funded by NHS London health in justice.
The post holder will be involved in leading the delivery of the pilot ESIP program, coordination of referrals, intervention delivery, data collection and will be the primary supervisor of two band 5 assistant psychologists who will be attached to the project. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of risk and suitability of those being assessed for a Stalking Protection Order or Probation cases where there is a Restraining Order.This will involve close liaison with co-working with police officers, MPS legal service, community probation officers and victim advocates in both the pre and post-conviction space.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified specialist practitioner psychologist to contribute to the delivery and development of a brief intervention for Stalking Behaviour as part of STAC service.
The post holder will be responsible for the supervision of two assistant psychologists as part of the ESIP pilot project. They will also lead and contribute to the development of the intervention model and ensure staff are suitably equipped to deliver intervention sessions.
The job holder will be responsible for coordinating the ESIP referral and clinical management pathway and developing multiagency case management of those referred to the ESIP program. Main Duties are summarised below:
Provide a clinically informed perspective to Police and other agencies and provide informal and formal education around mental disorder, risk and service provision.
Provision of psychological therapeutic intervention and assessment as part of MDT approach.
The post holder will be expected to manage and disseminate data collection and outcomes as required to funding and work closely with the services senior leadership team to deliver this objective.
About us
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
Generous Annual Leave Allowance
NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
We have excellent internal staff network support groups.
The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts' values and cultural pillars:
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job description and Person Specification for detailed description of the main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, Forensic Psychology, or Counselling Psychology
- Registered with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist
Desirable
- Trained in EMDR or the ADOS
- Evidence of post-doctoral training to develop expertise in a particular theraputic modality, leadership or research
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a forensic setting/service (ideally prison environment) either in a B7 role, or as a trainee.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, which can include outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems and where there is a history of violence.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- Experience of service development
Desirable
- Skills in providing consultation or reflective practice to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
- Experience of service development, and/or supporting transformation within services
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
Desirable
- Skill in the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in working with mentally disordered offenders.
- Trained in the ADOS/ADI
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
Stalking Threat Assessment Centre
East London Location
London
EN2 8NL