Contents
Recommendations
Summary Statement
Introduction
Clarifying some aspects of the work:
- Terminology
- Length of client contacts
- Non face-to-face aspects of client work
- Travel time
- Supervision and CPD
- Part-time workers and those in split posts
The value and role of job plans:
- Working out a job plan
- Example job plan for a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist within a community mental health team for older adults
- Example job plan for a Band 8b Clinical Psychologist in a service for adults of working age in secondary mental health
- Example job plan for a Band 8c or 8d Clinical Psychologist working in a child, adolescent and family service in secondary care
- Example job plan for a Band 9 Clinical Psychologist
Targets for client activity
Balance of direct clinical to indirect clinical activity or non client related activity
Group work versus individual work
Caseload
Additional factors:
- Generic team/service activity/duty
- Care co-ordination roles
- Waiting times and waiting lists
- Trainees
Disagreements about clinical activity
References
Appendix
Contributors