Trainee Associate Psychological Practitioners

7 days ago


Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Young Person's Advisory Service Full time

Job Title:
Associate Psychological Practitioners

Hours: 35 hours

Salary:
NJC Scale 13: £24,948

Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term

Employed by:

YPAS

Responsible to:
YIAC Development Manager

Accountable to:
Senior Strategy and Operations Manager

Project Delivery:
Wellbeing Service

Location:

YPAS Community Mental Hubs, and Peripatetic delivery

Training:
_
Qualification gained:_ The Postgraduate Diploma Associate Psychology Practitioner (PgDip APP)
-
Training:
_University of Central Lancashire (UClan) _1 day per week_
-
Placement:_Young Persons Advisory Service
  • Liverpool _(4 days per week)_

Purpose of Role:


Improve access to early intervention and prevention services, delivering evidence based psychological therapies to prevent referrals to specialist/ targeted CAMHS.

Provide evidence-based psychological interventions with children, young people and parents. Upon successful completion of course, progression onto the Qualified APP

Role (equivalent band 5)

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • To manage and maintain a caseload
  • To provide evidencebased psychological interventions to CYP and parents who are experiencing difficulties with their mental health and emotional
- wellbeing.

  • To engage with families as appropriate to the needs of the child/young person
  • To provide group interventions as and when required
  • To liaise with teaching staff, pastoral support, parents and carers
  • To use outcome measures collaboratively with children, parents and teachers to assess, monitor, evaluate and demonstrate the impact of the intervention as agreed by
    YPAS
  • To utilise MDT process to step up complex cases
  • To develop and maintain sound working relationships with external agencies, to enable appropriate support relating to the child's needs.
  • To initiate and support the EHAT (Early Help Assessment Tool) assessments
  • To attend safeguarding meetings as and when required by your caseload
  • To be Information Governance compliant in regards to Safeguarding Children and Young People's personal data
  • To record, file and enter data in accordance with the organisation's needs.
  • To actively promote participation
  • To write reports
  • To generate monthly statistical information in response to
    YPAS guidelines
  • To play a key role in aspects of the service developments, including monitoring and evaluation.
  • To identify and access appropriate training and personal development opportunities
  • To be committed to value based and anti
- discriminatory practice

Shared Tasks;

  • To adhere to all health and safety regulations
  • To adhere to all
    YPAS policies.
  • To actively participate in the evaluation and quality assurance of the service.
  • To share knowledge and skills through training as and when required.
  • To engage with all
    YPAS services and team members

Support and Supervision.

  • Comprehensive staff induction
  • KIT (keep in touch) meetings during probation period Six weekly line management supervision
  • Weekly clinical supervision.
  • Staff meetings
  • Skill share meetings
  • Staff Conferences
  • Annual appraisal

Safeguarding:


YPAS is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and families and expects all staff to share in this commitment.


Information Governance:

  • You are required to familiarise yourself with the charity's Information Governance Policy and adhere to all related policies and procedures included in the staff induction._

Review

Essential Qualifications:

  • A minimum of a secondclass honours degree or higher in psychology
  • Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Essential Experience:

  • Experience of working with people with who experience difficulties with mental health and/or physical health, either in a voluntary or paid capacity
  • Minimum of 1 years' experience of working therapeutically with children and young people
  • Time limited interventions
  • Evidencebased psychological interventions
  • Working with complex needs
  • Working collaboratively across health, education and social care
  • Safeguarding children and families
  • Antioppressive practice
  • Working with families
  • Working in secondary education

Essential Knowledge & Skills:

  • Demonstrates an understanding of the needs and difficulties of young people with psychological/mental health difficulties or other disabilities
  • Experience using computers for databases or data
- analysis.

  • Ability to undertake psychologically informed research projects under supervision.
  • Ability to work with people from different backgrounds and of different ages
  • An ability and confidence to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work across a number of different settings
  • Issues affecting children's mental health and emotional wellbeing.
  • Equal opportunities and antidiscriminatory pract


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