The closing date for completed applications for this post is 9am on Monday 20th April 2026, and it is anticipated interviews will take place on Thursday 30th April 2026.

Hours: 37 hours per week.

Salary: £41,902 - £47,716 (SCP 35-40)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

As SIS Practitioner, you will report to the Specialist Intervention Health and Wellbeing (SIHW) Manager.  You will deliver interventions using a range of psychological assessment tools, and formulations. You will provide specialist knowledge, support, and guidance to young people and members of their key team.

The post-holder will assist in designing and delivering 1:1 and group work packages for young people who reside at Rossie in either the secure or residential campus. The primary focus will be to ensure a range of therapeutic interventions tailored to the needs, risks, responsivity issues, and learning styles of the young people are met and risk assessment and management strategies are put in place. You will consult with colleagues, attend meetings and write professional reports to inform others of the work being achieved.

You will have regular supervision from a Clinical Psychologist to ensure your work is ethical, focused on positive experiences and outcomes and continues to meet the needs of the young people.

Undertake assessments, formulations and create intervention pathways:

• Work with young people who are placed in secure and residential care who may be in crisis with serious and co-occurring risks including self-harm; suicide, self-neglect, harm to others, substance use, absconding, abuse and exploitation, offending risks and other risks

• Build positive and therapeutic relationships with young people

• Complete the assessments of young people including self-report measures, structured professional judgement, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews under the supervision of the team manager

• Deliver a range of therapeutic interventions (low intensity, high intensity and highly specialist) to young people drawing on behavioural, cognitive, systemic and humanistic models working within sphere of competencies and training

• Assist in the development of multimodal formulations

• Design and deliver therapeutic intervention pathways, using structured and dynamic approaches, under the supervision of the team manager

• Assist in the running of therapeutic groups and 1-1 sessions

• Work with other staff to assess young people and review their care in preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews

• Attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings. To develop and maintain the high standards of assessment and evidence based interventions to young people

• Undertake and contribute to individual risk assessments

Communicate effectively with a range of working partners and stakeholders:

• High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate effectively in a highly emotive atmosphere and overcome psychological resistance to potentially threatening information

• Communicate appropriately and effectively with children and families, other team members and professionals and ensure that personal presentation, appearance and attitude is appropriate

• Work collaboratively to ensure young people receive the right support at the right time using approaches to assessment and therapies that are evidence based and professionally acceptable and within modality integrity

• Prepare reports and summaries understandable to young people, professionals and family members

• Assist in ensuring that care planning and interventions take place appropriately for all young people

• Manage a caseload and provide advice and consultation for young people who have a range of complex needs

• Establish and maintain effective systems of communications between all workers in the team and external agencies

• Liaise and maintain relationships with CAMHS

• Build and maintain a trauma-informed therapeutic relationship with young people

Report writing and attendance at multi-disciplinary meetings:

• Ensure the development and delivery of intervention work with young people in line with Rossie’s Intervention Pathway

• Contribute effectively to a range of multi-disciplinary meetings to review young people’s progress

• Ensure clear and accurate record keeping is maintained to meet the professional requirements of Rossie is achieved

• Compile assessment outcome reports and comprehensive progress reports

Development of self and others:

• Provide advice and guidance to Rossie colleagues and external partners

• Develop clinical effectiveness skills

• Adhere to the appropriate Codes of Professional Conduct as well as Rossie’s Policies and Procedures at all times

• Attend identified training and developmental opportunities

• Contribute to Clinical Supervision

• Maintain confidentiality in line with GDPR

• Contribute to the development of others by sharing knowledge and experience

Please note this job description is to provide a clear and concise statement of the main tasks and activities of the post, and it is not intended as an exhaustive list of every aspect of the post holder's duties.  All the above duties will be carried out in line with Rossie policies and procedures. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Knowledge Base (Essential):

• Child Care legislation

• Children’s Hearing System and the Looked After and Accommodated Child legislation

• Needs and difficulties of vulnerable young people, communication and learning difficulties

• Principles of risk assessment

• Range of therapeutic models and skills

• Psychological understanding of attachment, development and trauma

Knowledge Base (Desirable):

• Current policy and legislative frameworks relating to residential and secure care

• Understanding of neurodevelopmental conditions, intellectual difficulties and speech and language needs

• Formulation

Qualifications (Essential):

• Holder of a Dip SW or BA in Social Work, an honours degree or higher in psychology or BSc or MSc Nursing

• Ability to demonstrate eligibility to affiliate with an appropriate governing body (SSSC/BPS/NMC)

Qualifications (Desirable):

• Further post graduate training in relevant areas of mental health social work/nursing/professional psychology, clinical or forensic practice and/or research design and analysis

• Additional training in specific therapeutic modalities

Experience (Essential):

• 1:1 and/or group work

• Commitment and passion to support young people – maximising their potential in a fast paced, trauma informed environment

Experience (Desirable):

• Working with Youth Justice or young people with trauma/attachment, violence and aggression, exploitation, ASD presentations, emotional and behavioural and mental health problems and/or other disabilities

• Working in forensic/secure settings

• Completing commonly used need and risk assessments

• Psychometric testing

Skills (Essential):

• Ability to apply biopsychosocial knowledge to a trauma/attachment and mental health context

• Ability to explain complex ideas at a suitable length and depth for varied audiences with clear planning, structure, spelling, grammar and interpretation

• Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with regular supervision

• Ability to maintain a high degree of ethical and professional standards

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team (internally and externally)

• Ability to accept and use reflective supervision appropriately and effectively to broaden emotional literacy

• Strong, compassionate communicator

Personal Qualities (Essential):

• Personal resilience, self-reflection and flexibility

• Sensitivity to the needs of all young people and in particular an awareness of the impact of disabilities, diagnoses, race, religion, gender and sexual orientation

• Warm, amicable, empathic, approachable, and enthusiastic

Full Clean Driving Licence (Essential).