Job Description (JD)
Band 8
Group Profile - Senior Registered Practitioner (SRP)
Job Description - SRP: DTC Therapy Manager
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JES 2200 JD B8 SRP : DTC Therapy Manager
Document Type
Management
Version
7.0
Classification
Sensitive
Date of Issue
02/08/19
Status
Baselined
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JES 2200 JD B8 SRP : DTC Therapy Manager v7.0
Job Description
Job Title
SRP : DTC Therapy Manager
Group Profile
Senior Registered Practitioner
Organisation Level
Functional Specialist
Band
8
Overview of the job
This is a non-operational, prisoner facing job with functional management and
clinical responsibilities.
Summary
The job holders covered by this job description are usually categorised as specialists
in their field or those whose role requires significant additional experience, training
and personal development.
The focus of the work is based on therapeutic community principles, where a
dedicated multidisciplinary team are clinically led by the post holder to develop a
treatment environment where attitudes and expressions, which would not normally
be tolerated in prison, are accepted and used to give feedback to prisoners. This
therapeutic dialogue leads to prisoner’s greater understanding of their usual
behaviour and is based on psychotherapeutic principles.
The job holder will largely excel in the area of psychodynamic and psychotherapeutic
models of treatment, risk assessment or be a specialist in a specific area such as
working with sex offenders, learning disability or personality disorder. At this level
the jobholder has the responsibility for the key specialist tasks involved in the
delivery of a therapeutic community intervention which includes overseeing the
quality of delivery and supervision. They will also provide direction and support for
other supervisors.
The job holder will provide clinical leadership in the provision of Psychotherapy
within their work area by offering group and individual supervision in the support of
Psychotherapists and other clinicians.
This is a specialist clinical job with responsibility for the output and activity for a
large team of operational and specialist team members.
The job holder will be working with complex prisoners and prison staff and applying
their experience and competence in the area of psychotherapy to reduce the risk of
harm and re-offending by undertaking complex treatment intervention with
prisoners, conducting or contributing to research, providing consultancy and
delivering training for staff and group interventions for prisoners.
This is a prisoner facing role, which may have line management responsibilities
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities and Duties
and duties:
? Specialise in the clinical delivery and management of an accredited
intervention (Democratic Therapeutic Community) ensuring that clinical
and operational requirements are in place and fit for purpose.
? Lead and oversee the effective implementation of the Democratic
Therapeutic Communities accredited core model in the prison setting.
? Manage the function of the multi-disciplinary clinical team, comprising of
operational and non-operational staff, ensuring staff are competent and
JES 2200 JD B8 SRP : DTC Therapy Manager v7.0
equipped to deliver the therapeutic intervention.
? Lead and deliver individual and group clinical supervision to all members of
the staff team and develop the clinical abilities of staff who deliver group
therapy. Contribute to the overall appraisal and performance management
of staff on the TC.
? Support and supervise others in the team delivering supervisory processes.
? Provide a specialist group analytic contribution to the adult male treatment
service in the prison setting, working men with significant offending
behaviour and Personality Disorder referred to the Therapeutic Community,
utilising information from a broad base group theory and methodology and
integrating it into a psychological formulation of the client in the context of
their family and wider social context.
? Manage the tensions between therapeutic and operational imperatives are
properly balanced
? Ensure that the staff group put these principles into practice in the way
they communicate with and work with one another, the Therapy Manager
should model TC values and culture for staff
? Oversee all clinical written documentation (sentence plans, recording of
groups, parole reports, etc. ) and ensure this accurately reflects the work
being done and progress being made by individual prisoners
? Ensure creative psychotherapy or complementary work undertaken with
prisoners (e.g. education, offending behaviour programmes,
complementary therapies) is properly integrated into the prisoner’s
Individual Treatment Plan
? Conduct full case reviews on difficult cases and offer authoritative advice on
next steps relating to sentence plan
? Offer professional opinion to multi functional teams conducting offender
reports e.g. risk reports, parole reports on high risk or vulnerable prisoners
? Act as a “professional witness" in parole board hearings, multi-agency
meetings, and other formal settings where psychology input is required.
May also act as expert witness in respect of court proceedings for Ministry
of Justice
? Lead on the formulation and implementation of plans for
psychotherapeutic treatment or management of resident’s mental health
problems based on current evidence-based best practice within the
Therapeutic Community.
? Lead on risk assessment and resulting risk management of complex,
vulnerable or high risk prisoners, reporting on treatment and therapeutic
progress in relation to criminogenic factors.
? Lead on decisions relating to progress in treatment for residents on the TC,
continuation or termination of therapy and therapeutic dosage.
? Contribute to other offender management processes (usually with more
complex cases in work such as Assessment, Care in Custody & Teamwork
(ACCT) assessments and self harm or personality disorder assessments)
? Attend weekly clinical, community, staff team meetings, including
administrative, assessment and academic meetings, and other service
meetings as necessary for effective team working and service development
needs.
? Integrate into the Therapeutic Community, engaging in all aspects of its
community life, abiding by the rules of the constitution in line with other
members, staff and residents. Ensure all members of the team adopt this
approach.
? Monitor therapy practice through direct observation, feedback etc. to
ensure that it meets the required standards
? Lead on the management of referrals received, ensuring these are
appropriately managed and apply appropriate criteria in assessing
suitability. Provide ultimate clinical judgement and override for cases
outside of the criteria where appropriate.
? Provide supervision, training, mentoring and support to trainee
psychotherapists and those undertaking psychotherapeutic qualifications
(e.g. Group Analysis training) where required.
? Provide consultancy support to colleagues such as an establishment SMT in
relation to psychology services and outcomes
JES 2200 JD B8 SRP : DTC Therapy Manager v7.0
? Assist in national specialist tasks such as training on courses related to their
specialist discipline
? Develop and provide specialist clinical advice to strategic policy
developments for therapeutic communities
? Provide professional supervision to support a trainee in developing through
the key steps towards chartered and registered status. This may be as a
coordinating or designated supervisor.
? Teach psychotherapy principles to other professions and trainees of other
professions within the NHS and other professions engaged in mental health
work.
? Work with colleagues to develop service priorities through the design,
development and evaluation of clinical audit tools and participation in
appropriate clinical audit projects.
? Provide consultancy role to wider team on their specialist activity. Visit a
range of sites to advise on complex cases
? Responsible for the management of relevant research including data
gathering and analysis
? Ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning
by undertaking audit and development activities relevant to the service
area.
? Remain informed of and critically evaluate current research to support
evidence-based practice in own professional work and to contribute this
perspective in the multi-disciplinary team.
? Participate in the evaluation of the Service by working with colleagues in
the design and development of service-related research and evaluation
projects, as agreed with the Head of Department.
? Responsible for relevant accreditation audit baselines as detailed in the
audit document
? Lead on the preparation for clinical external audit of the therapeutic
community, including preparation of case studies, detailed self reviews and
liaison with external agencies such as the community of communities. Act
as a peer-reviewer consultant to other Therapeutic Communities outside of
the prison service.
? Ensure that the function produces and analyses audit and establishment
performance management information identifying variances and areas
requiring improvements
? Provide specialist reports when requested for prisoners and to submit
within the appropriate time framework
? Engage with wing managers and Offender Management Unit (OMU)
ensuring that regular and thorough assessments are completed on
community members’ progress and therapy
? Maintain professional networks with other TCs sharing best practice
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not
intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable
alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant
adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall
be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium
of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.
Behaviours
•
Making Effective Decisions
•
Leadership
•
Communicating and Influencing
•
Working Together
•
Developing Self and Others
•
Managing a Quality Service
•
Delivering at Pace
JES 2200 JD B8 SRP : DTC Therapy Manager v7.0
Strengths
NB: The below are for guidance only. It is advised strengths are chosen locally,
recommended 4-8.
Essential Experience
Possess a professional background in one of the following disciplines:
Psychotherapy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Nursing
Experience in providing clinical supervision
Have undertaken psychotherapy training, including knowledge of psychotherapeutic
models and effective models for treatment delivery and adherence to best practice
models.
Technical
Qualified and registered clinician with an associated and relevant
Requirements
professional body, e.g. BACP, BPS, BABCP, UKCP
Qualification and experience in providing clinical supervision (preferably both group
and individual)
Must be a Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council
and eligible to use a protected title.
Ability
Minimum Eligibility
? All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.
? All external candidates are subject to 6 months’ probation. Internal candidates are
subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within
HMPPS.
? All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or
organisation which HMPPS consider to be racist.
Hours of Work
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
JES 2200 JD B8 SRP : DTC Therapy Manager v7.0
Success Profile
Technical
Strengths
N.B these are the technical
requirements for the group profile,
Behaviours
It is advised strengths are
Ability
Experience
please check the individual job
chosen locally,
description relating to this group
recommended 4-8.
profile for the any job specific
requirements and add if required.
Possess a professional
Qualified and registered clinician
background in one of the
with an associated and relevant
Making Effective Decisions
following disciplines:
professional body, e.g. BACP, BPS,
Psychotherapy, Psychology,
BABCP, UKCP
Psychiatry, Nursing
Qualification and experience in
Experience in providing clinical
Leadership
providing clinical supervision
supervision
(preferably both group and individual)
Have undertaken psychotherapy
training, including knowledge of
Must be a Registered Practitioner
psychotherapeutic models and
Psychologist with the Health
Communicating and Influencing
effective models for treatment
Professions Council and eligible to
delivery and adherence to best
use a protected title.
practice models.
Working Together
Developing Self and Others
Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
JES 2200 JD B8 SRP : DTC Therapy Manager v7.0