Positive Attachment Workers

Client Work:

• To explain boundaries of confidentiality, exchange of information and informed consent (including Three Cornered Agreements) to clients.
• To undertake assessments. To be able to recognize common mental health issues and draw out relevant information needed for an assessment using skilful and sensitive questioning.
• To provide expertise in a specialist clinical area, undertaking specialist psychological interventions, formulating mutually agreed contracts with clients, establishing, maintaining, and disengaging from relationships with the client group. To select and deliver evidence-based client centred psychological treatments to meet the needs of the client group. With experience dealing with issues relating to young people such as ACE’S, county lines, bullying, school stress etc.
• Monitoring outcome and modifying and adapting interventions, drawing on a range of theoretical approaches.
• Interventions to be delivered in accordance with relevant NICE Guidelines.
• To undertake and manage own client caseload.
• To be accountable for own clinical decisions and professional actions in consultation with supervisor.
• To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
• To communicate skilfully and sensitively highly complex and sensitive information, considering sensory and cultural barriers to communication.
• To work in accordance with Adferiad Recovery’s Policies and Procedures, All Wales Child Protection Procedures and North Wales Vulnerable Adults Protocol.
• To refer clients to other services as appropriate. When making referrals to other services and agencies, to do this in a manner consistent with the specific referral processes used by those agencies.
• To develop and deliver regular therapeutic training to services and organisations across Powys, to enhance positive attachment and trauma informed practice (both online and in person).
• To undertake clinical administrative tasks and reports relating to clients when necessary.

Policy and service development:

• To adhere to agreed Adferiad Health and Safety and Security procedures/policies.
• To identify and contribute to any aspects of the service where improvement can be made and to advise Manager accordingly.

General:

Administration:

• To keep in regular contact with the Therapeutic Positive Attachment Team, Service Manager and Supervisor.
• Keep up- to- date records of current client work, case notes and other such pro forma as directed.
• To comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (2016).
• To make referrals to other services and agencies in accordance with guidelines.
• To attend meetings as required.

Professional:

• To participate in the Adferiad continuous learning, development, and appraisal process including maintaining CPD requirements.
• To operate within and observe Adferiad policies and procedures as amended and updated.
• To maintain membership of BACP if applicable.
• To make regular use of supervision.
• To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
• To be responsible for working within your level of competence. If you have concerns around this issue, to speak with your manager and supervisor.
• To undertake internal and external training as appropriate and as required as part of Continuous Professional Development.
• To develop and maintain professional working relationships with external agencies.