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• To oversee the dual diagnosis caseload of service users with complex mental health needs.
• To work with service users to identify goals as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan, using specialist mental health assessment tools & treatment techniques.
• To work with service user peer workers and junior staff to deliver appropriate counselling and psychological groups and interventions to patients with a dual diagnosis.
• To plan, co-ordinate & implement individual and group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
• To plan, co-ordinate and oversee dual diagnosis HMP Swaleside 
• Contribute to the provision of the forensic therapies service, Specialties Directorate, by undertaking counselling/therapy with individual clients, or when appropriate, in groups. Using communication and relationship skills to undertake assessment of clients referred to the service by GP’s, probation officers or other professionals including risk assessment, to develop an appropriate model in which to work and, where necessary, to refer on to appropriate services. This client group includes those with diverse and complex psychological and mental health needs and on occasion, clients may present with aggression, hostility or verbally abusive behaviour.
• To prioritise and manage own client caseload.
• To exercise professional responsibility for the assessment, intervention and discharge of clients, using highest level of interpersonal and communication skills when presenting and receiving complex, sensitive and contentious information to clients, family, support workers and other professionals
• To maintain up to date clear client records and case notes in line with the policies and procedures and service standards of the Trust.
• To provide psychological therapy/counselling, collaboratively with clients including:

a) Assessments: Psychometric assessments required of the service ; observational assessment; assessment by interviewing; assessment by analysis of archive material, multi-disciplinary notes and discussions, reviews, and supervision.

b) Interventions: Counselling and other psychological therapies as appropriate;

c) With a range of presenting problems primarily including Anxiety, Depression, trauma but including the full range of primary and secondary care mental health difficulties.

• To provide guidance and advice to relevant significant others (such as prison staff and other criminal justice professionals) in order to improve the psychological health of clients.
• To provide advice to other professionals within and external to the multi-disciplinary team, and agencies that provide services to this client group.
• To keep adequate clinical records in accordance with Trust guidelines, the BABCP/UKCP/BACP or BPS Division of Counselling Psychology and DoH guidance
• To frequently sit in a restricted position for substantial proportion of working time during clinical sessions and meetings, requiring long periods of concentration
• Dealing with frequent highly distressing situations i.e. clients with severely distressing mental health experiences, past and current abuse. Dealing with unpleasant working conditions i.e. verbal aggression, physical threats from client, family or others. The job requires mental and emotional effort working in busy prison environments. 
• Clinically supervise and manage the EWB mentors clinical activities under the governance of the Integrated Mental Health Service 
• Liaise with the prison activities to support payment of the EWB mentors.

Management responsibilities

• To provide information and guidance to other primary care and mental health staff on the issues of psychological therapy.
• To attend meetings when required, within the working times of your post.
• To maintain statistical data.
• To liaise, collaborate and communicate with GPs and other criminal justice practitioners in the care and treatment of clients. This may also include the communication of sensitive information requiring knowledge and skills of data protection issues.
• To support with the supervision and line management of assistant psychologists and other non-clinical staff. 
• To contribute and lead on the operational delivery of the EWB scheme within HMP Swaleside.

 Leadership

• To provide courses/seminars/workshops/presentations relevant to counselling.
• To sit on relevant working groups of the service as required.

 Research

• To use published research and information on good practice regularly to keep clinical practice up-to-date and evidence based
• Participate in discussion and review regarding the development and evaluation of the locality counselling service.
• To undertake clinically relevant evaluation within the locality psychological therapy service.
• To provide information relating to the post-holders clinical and administrative activities as determined by the management of the Trust and the psychological therapy service

 Communication

• Clinicians within forensic psychological therapies and clinicians within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; mental health practitioners within integrated MH services
• Senior Trust Officials, when indicated or appropriate i.e. service development
• General Practitioners and GPs with special interest.
• Service providers from both statutory and voluntary organisations e.g. Adult Mental Health Services, CAMHS, Social Services, criminal justice system,
• Maintain accurate written record

Custodial Responsibilities

• Assume personal responsibility for the security of issued keys. 
• Understand and comply with prison orders, procedures, and instructions in your area of work.
• Comply with all security requirements. 
• Respond to any situation or circumstance that might indicate a threat to security of the establishment or to the safety of an individual, completing Incident, Security, Injury, or other reports as appropriate. 
• Report breaches of order and discipline including reporting and recording untoward incidents according to local protocol. 
• Contribute to effective risk assessment and management procedures.