Job overview

Clinical Psychologist within Homeless Services

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Psychologist with enthusiasm and interest in working with the homeless population in Manchester to join a friendly and supportive mental health multidisciplinary team. 

The post is 7 permanent sessions; there is a possibility of a further 2 sessions to be confirmed.

This post offers a varied and positive opportunity for a qualified Clinical Psychologist to work in a team which has both direct work and indirect ways of working.

The postholder will primarily support the work of the Manchester Mental Health Homeless Team and will contribute to the Homeless Hub-wide Psychology initiatives. 

Working within a trauma informed approach, we offer psychological consultation, training and reflective practice to mental health staff in the homeless hub and homelessness workers in partner organisations across the Greater Manchester area. Psychological assessments and interventions with services users is undertaken as appropriate and we aim to provide a flexible and accessible service that recognises the additional needs of the homeless population. Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency collaborative working are at the foundation of our work.

Main duties of the job

•    To deliver highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy to clients with complex, severe and longstanding mental health difficulties, which frequently involve high risk behaviour, e.g. risk of suicide and self-harm. Clients who are referred to the Service have often either failed to engage with, or benefit from, other mental health services
•    To contribute to the service delivery and target objectives/priorities of the Homeless Hub plans
•    To manage a highly complex clinical caseload 
•    To carry out specialised risk assessments and  agree risk management plans with individual clients, and to provide advice on aspects of risk formulation and management to other clinicians and services
•    To provide clinical supervision, training and team reflective practice to mental health and non-mental health workers.
•    To be responsible for the clinical supervision and teaching of trainees
•    To engage in peer supervision and peer consultation with clinical colleagues within the service
•    To provide clinical consultations for clinicians, including therapists in training, when difficult and challenging issues of assessment, treatment and risk management arise.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.