Lecturer (Academic Tutor - YIPP)

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

The two above part-time 0.2 - 0.4 posts are available immediately until 31st March 2024

The role

We are seeking to appoint one or two new Lecturers (depending on hours) with a particular interest in the development and delivery of an innovative and trail blazing new mental health training for practitioners working with children and young people experiencing severe and complex needs.

The above part time posts are available immediately to 31st March 2024 in the Clinical Education Development and Research (CEDAR), within Psychology.

CEDAR (Clinical Education Development and Research) is an applied psychological centre of excellence whose core mission is to grow and develop the psychological workforce, maximising their impact through training and development, service transformation and research and evaluation.  In doing so we aim to ensure access to evidence based psychological practice that leads to positive outcomes for service-users, service providers and funders across England and beyond.  CEDAR’s impact is achieved through CEDAR CREATE through its Consultation, Research and Evaluation, Transformation and executive education activity resulting in significant benefits to service provision alongside more effective and acceptable interventions for service users.

Main purpose of the job:

With the support of the Programme Lead and team, you will have responsibility for the design, development and production of teaching and learning material for the new Youth Intensive Psychological Practitioner (YIPP) programme within CEDAR and its associated operational administration, curriculum development, and quality management and enhancement (including accreditation / registration by relevant professional institutions if appropriate). You will work with the team to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the academic elements of the programme in accord with the College’s education strategy and implementing the External Affairs strategy. You will also contribute directly to teaching in one or more of the discipline areas in the Programme and to the development and implementation of innovative teaching practices across CEDAR. 

The Youth Intensive Psychological Practitioner is a Health Education England funded post-graduate certificate training programme that will develop and train a practitioner role to support and deliver active contribution to assessment, formulation and focussed interventions with young people who may be experiencing a crisis and/ or severe or complex mental health needs. The training will ensure the Youth Intensive Psychological Practitioners (YIPPs) are equipped with the skills and knowledge to support the delivery of safe and effective care to young people who are severely unwell and may have complex needs.

Trainees’ learning will include assessed practical experience with young people and their parents, families and carers in both in-patient and community mental health settings, including intensive home treatment teams, learning and practicing under close supervision as integral members of the multi-disciplinary teams. Trainees will learn to form resilient collaborative relationships with young people and with the staff teams around them, contributing to improvements in the psychological care of the young people.

The Youth Intensive Psychological Practitioner (YIPP) role is designed to support and deliver under close supervision, assessment, formulation and a subset of psychological interventions with young people aged 13 to 17 years who are experiencing a range of severe and complex mental health needs.  Although some mental health presentations in this context are more commonly seen in inpatient settings (eating disorders, emerging ‘emotionally unstable personality disorder’, depression and self-harm sometimes with co-existing neurodevelopmental challenges), this cohort of young people is inherently broad and diverse in range.

Specific Purposes of the Job: 

• Support the Academic Lead with the development and delivery of the timetable in line with the curriculum in specified area 
• Contribute to the assessment strategy including module descriptors, marking process in defined area in line with TQA 
• Contribute to Accreditation / registration submissions as needed within area
• Support recruitment alongside the Academic and Programme Lead
• Provide teaching in defined area as needed
• Provide individual tutorials to students

About you

For a Lecturer post you will:

• Possess a depth or breadth of specialist knowledge demonstrated by a doctorate level training or the necessary equivalent in Clinical Psychology or related clinical area such as Counselling Psychology, Family Therapy, Mental Health Nursing or similar. You will demonstrate core knowledge relating to academic area of acute psychiatric inpatient and/or outreach/community care for children and young people in order to teach and support learning.
• Possess a good honours degree in Psychology or a related discipline (at least a 2:1 or equivalent)

• Use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students;
• Participate in and develop external networks, for example, to contribute to student recruitment, secure student placements, facilitate outreach work, generate income, obtain consultancy projects, or build relationships for future activities;
• Will have evidence of excellent teaching identified by peer review and have made an impact at discipline programme level beyond their own teaching;
• Be expected to work towards Fellow of the HEA status and to attend formal CPD relating to this.

What we can offer you:

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines;
• Support teams that understand the University wide teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly;
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development;

• Our Exeter Academic initiative supports high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career;
• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a new Fertility Treatment Policy;

• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 and QS World University Ranking 2022).  

Our research income in recent years means we’re the fastest growing UK Research University with some of the world’s most influential scientists, and we seek to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today through this. More than 99% of our research is of international quality and our world-leading research impact is growing faster than any other Russell Group university (2021 Research Excellence Framework). We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City .

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

With over 27,000 students and 6,400 staff from 180 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 41 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a new Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Please ensure you read our Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

For further information please contact Professor Hannah Sherbersky [email protected]