The Transforming Care in Autism team aims to fulfil the remit of the national Transforming Care Programme in three inner London b.....
The Transforming Care in Autism team aims to fulfil the remit of the national Transforming Care Programme in three inner London boroughs: Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. The team is focused in working with autistic adults who do not have a learning disability diagnosis; a population who have so far been poorly served by the Transforming Care implementation and who often fall between services.
The Transforming Care in Autism (TCA) service was developed to meet the needs of autistic individuals at risk of admission to, or within, mainstream mental health services.
The team approach is two-fold: 1 Increase capability of mainstream adult mental health services to work with autistic adults through teaching and training; and 2. Provide a crisis response for named service users at risk of admission, working with the treating mental health teams.
• To assist Practitioner Psychologists in the delivery of specialist applied psychology service in the Transforming Care Autism Service.
• To carry out individual assessments and interventions as required by the service, under the close clinical and professional supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist.
• To coordinate and deliver psychology groups when required.
• To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
• To work at appropriate levels of independence, following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, while closely supervised and seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager as required.
The neurodevelopmental pathway includes a wide range of services staffed by multi-disciplinary colleagues including psychiatrists, psychological
practitioners, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and nurses, supported by skilled administrative and managerial staff.
There is a commitment across the service to ongoing reflection and service development to ensure services are efficient and responsive. We have close links with Kings College and undertake research across the service, as well as offering support and teaching to their Masters and Doctorate courses.
• About our locations
This role is a mix of home working (including Teams meetings) and face-to-face working which can include working at one of our bases listed below, and other Trust or community bases as required.
The Bethlem Royal Hospital
Maudsley Hospital
Lambeth Hospital
Lewisham Hospital
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
• To provide psychological assessments for clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care in the Adult Neurodevelopmental Pathway Services service under the close supervision of a Practitioner Psychologist including psychometric and neuropsychological assessments and treatment suitability assessments, in conjunction with multi-disciplinary colleagues.
• To participate as a team member in the delivery of individual psychological interventions for clients in Adult Neurodevelopmental Pathway Services including individual therapeutic work
• To arrange, schedule and provide protocol based group psychological interventions for clients in neurodevelopmental services including the coordination and delivery of psychological intervention and psycho-education groups.
• To assist the psychologists in the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials.
• To arrange, schedule and co-facilitate training to carers or employees of partner agencies in order to support the clinical work with clients.
KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
• To contribute to the effective working of the Adult Neurodevelopmental Pathway Services by contributing to collection and audit of routine clinical outcome measures.
• To act in a manner that supports a psychologically informed framework for the service.
• To participate in the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse communities.
KR 3 Policy and service development
• To attend meetings in which service developments regarding the improvement of the therapeutic environment and client care are planned and discussed.
• To participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the post-holder’s professional manager.
• To follow policies and procedures in own area of work
• To participate in the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
KR 4 Care or management of resources
• To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.
• To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting supplies as needed.
KR 5 Teaching and Training
• To undertake training relevant to the post in agreement with the psychologist and the team leader.
• To contribute to the training and support of other staff in developing psychological care of clients in the service.
• To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations or published articles.
KR 6 Record-keeping and Information Governance
• To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.
• Under the supervision of the Practitioner Psychologist, to maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
• To maintain databases and enter data, and perform analyses and produce reports.
KR 7 Research and development
• To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects to inform the service psychologists and others in the development of Trust psychology and other services, training provision and research activities.
• To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.
• To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist in the development in the Trust of evidence based practice.
• Under guidance to conduct surveys with service users and carers to gather views on service provision
KR 8 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development
• To receive regular clinical and professional supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines
• To gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post-holder is employed.
• To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.
• To undertake personal training relevant to the post in agreement with the supervising psychologist and the manager.
KR 9 General
• To travel across the Trust when required.
• To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow Trust policies relating to its management
• To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations, including challenging behaviour and clients experiencing significant distress, and to support others involved in such situations.
This advert closes on Monday 18 Nov 2024
