Job Description:To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment for service users experiencing moderate, severe and complex mental health/psychological problems based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observation and semi-structured interviews with service users, their family and/or carers.To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological intervention and/or management of mental health/psychological and/or behavioral difficulties based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and exercising expert clinical judgement based on the highest standards of evidence-based practice across a full range of care settings.To establish rapport and build effective working relationships with service users and all those involved in their psychological, emotional and behavioral well-being.To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes.To work jointly with other team members and professionals in delivering the most appropriate clinical service to service users and, where appropriate, their families/carers.To follow appropriate local Safeguarding Adults and Children policies in all clinical work, including close liaison with all relevant agencies.To provide specialist risk assessment of, and intervention to, service users who may present in local acute settings in line with agreed proceduresTo liaise and consult with the wider professional network in the care of service users, offering consultation and supervision where necessary.To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychological interventions and to autonomously manage a caseload of clients.To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all service users, the settings in which they present, and agencies involved in the psychological, emotional and behavioral well-being.To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to effectively evaluate progress.To participate in the multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of service users.