New Ways Safeguarding Ltd, Cork

Assistant Psychologist

New Ways Safeguarding Ltd, Cork

Open to: 2018 & Recent Graduates Disciplines Required:Masters in Psychology

Nature of Employment: Full-time

New Ways Safeguarding is an independent organisation experienced in providing training, assessment, intervention and consultancy where there are concerns in respect of problematic sexual behaviour (PSB). They work directly with young people and the adults in their world which means that they regularly assist children’s services, education, industry and multi-agency teams responsible for safeguarding children. New Ways Safeguarding work closely with specialist residential services dealing with children and young people who have engaged/are engaging in problematic sexual behaviour (PSB) through the design and delivery of assessment and intervention programmes. They provide training and staff development to professionals working in the area to increase awareness and understanding of PSB. For further information please see mentorforensics.com who are developing their New Ways programme.

We are seeking to recruit an assistant psychologist who we will train and develop into a forensic practitioner over 2-3 year period. The key responsibilities and duties for Year 1 are outlined below. Year 2 and Year 3 will entail greater exposure to various aspects of forensic psychology, including risk assessment and therapeutic intervention programmes with children who present with problematic sexual behaviour.

New Ways Safeguarding are committed to equal opportunities employment and on-going professional development of our staff. This role requires someone who is prepared to spend Year 1 focusing on getting to know the team, our clients, our processes and the services we provide.

Key Duties, Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Administrative duties include

•Greeting visitors to the office and directing them to the appropriate individual

•Answering telephone calls, enquiries and requests

•Taking phone messages and delivering to appropriate individual

•Dealing with incoming email from clients

•Proof reading documents

•Producing/editing documents, reports and presentations

•Establishing and maintaining permanent files – retrieving files as requested

•Organising, maintaining and updating diaries and making appointments

•Coordinating events including training and large scale client meetings.

•Processing and issuing invoices for services delivered - training will be provided.

Research duties include;

•Logging and scoring of psychometric assessments - training will be provided.

•Transcription of research material.

•Coding of research material for qualitative analysis - training will be provided.

Therapeutic duties include;

•Undertaking assessment programmes - training will be provided.

•Specialist report writing - training will be provided.

•Providing therapeutic intervention packages - training will be provided.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Attributes

•Excellent communication skills – written, oral and listening

•Ability to be a team player – strong interpersonal skills

•Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy

•Highly effective planning, organisational and time-management skills

•Ability to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives

•Flexibility – good ability to respond to changing demands and situations

•Honesty and trustworthiness

•Absolute respect for client confidentiality

•Highest levels of personal and professional commitment

•Computer skills – including ability to operate software packages, including Microsoft
Office, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook at a highly proficient level.

•Proficient in use of SPSS and NVIVO preferred but not essential – training provided.

•Willingness to travel throughout Ireland and overseas

•Full driving licence and car is essential

Essential Qualifications Masters in Psychology or final year of Masters with results pending

Salary Dependent upon experience and qualifications

Closing date: Closing date for applications is 31st March 2018 with interviews on 16th April 2018 for those shortlisted.

Application procedure: If interested please send a completed application form (available at the end of this adverti) to Dr Valerie Sheehan at

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APPLICATION FORM

POSITION APPLIED FOR: Assistant Psychologist

The following information will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Personal

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Are you willing to work overtime and weekends if required?

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If offered employment, you will be required to complete a Medical Questionnaire. Are you prepared to undergo a medical examination before starting employment?

Have you applied for employment with New Ways Safeguarding Ltd before?

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Have you any convictions, including pending, spent and unspent in Ireland or in the UK under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) order 2013? Unless you are applying for an administrative role which has to access to records but does not have direct contact with children, you must disclose the above including cautions, reprimands, bindovers, warnings-including those that are considered spent. However, the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013 provides that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected' and are not subject to disclosure from employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found at the Disclosure and Barring Service website.

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Disqualification from Caring for Children (England) Regulations 2002 and Disqualification from Caring for Children (Wales) Regulations 2004

The post for which you are applying is covered by the Disqualification from Caring for Children (England) Regulations 2002 and Disqualification from Caring for Children (Wales) Regulations 2004. You are therefore required to complete this form before you can be considered for this post.

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1. Has a child of yours, at any time, been the subject of a care order?
2. Has an order been made at any time for the purpose of removing a child from your care or preventing a child living with you?
3. Have you ever been concerned with a voluntary or registered home which has been removed from the register?
4. Has an application made by you for registration of a voluntary or registered home ever been refused?
5. Have you ever been prohibited from being a private foster parent?
6. Have you ever been refused registration to be a child minder or provider of day care, or had your registration as either of those cancelled?

Financial Services Act 1988

The role for which you are applying puts you in a position of trust and may include the handling and management of organisational budgets and monies. Would you please therefore indicate whether you have, or either been subject to, or are currently liable to Bankruptcy proceedings and if you have any County Court Judgements or Attachment of Earning orders against you.

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Interviews

Shortlisted applicants will be asked to provide the following at interview:

• Relevant qualification certificates and or documentary evidence of training courses attended.
• Driving License (if applicable)
• Proof of ID and current address by providing:

(a)Passport or photo driving license(b) Birth or marriage certificate (c) Recent utility bill.

Offers of Employment

If we do not contact you within two weeks of the closing date then you have not been shortlisted for interview. All applications are however kept on file for 6 months for future vacancies if appropriate.

Education

Please account for any time not spent in education by explaining what you did in-between times, for example if you attended different establishments, what did you do between the two, i.e. summer breaks, work experience, travel, employment etc. ALL GAPS IN EDUCATION MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR OTHERWISE APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE SHORTLISTED.

Schools attended since age 11 / From
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Employment Details

Please give details of your past employment, excluding your present or last employer, stating the most recent first. Please account for any time not spent in employment. For example, if you were at home being a house parent, were unemployed or travelled abroad etc, this must be identified in this section. Months and years are an essential requirement and dates would be valuable also. ALL GAPS IN EMPLOYMENT MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR OTHERWISE APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE SHORTLISTED. For posts within the last five years, please confirm salary details.

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Please set out below any further information to support your application taking the job description and person specification into consideration by showing how you meet the requirements of the post. You can also give examples from past employment, voluntary work, life experiences, past achievements, future aspirations and personal strengths.

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References

Please give the names of two referees who will be able to comment on your ability to perform the job for which you are applying. The first should be your current or most recent employer, the second a previous employer. If two professional references are not available to undertake, please let us know and we can send a personal reference. One of your professional referees must be able to comment on your suitability for the post for which you are applying. Please note that references from your spouse, partner or family members are not acceptable and that we may also take up references in respect of any previous employers from those provided without further notice from you.

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Declaration

I declare that the information given in this form is complete and accurate. I understand that any false information or deliberate omissions will disqualify me from employment or may render me liable to summary dismissal. I understand these details will be held in confidence by the Company, for the purposes of ongoing personnel administration and payroll administration in compliance with the Data Protection legislation in Ireland and the UK. I undertake to notify the Company immediately of any changes to the above details.

Given the nature of the job to which I have applied, I understand that any offer of employment will be subject to information on my criminal record being disclosed to the Company by the Criminal Records Bureau.

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