Army- Psychological Support Officer, RMA Sandhurst
- Ministry of Defence
- Camberley, Surrey
- Sep 21, 2022
Full time
Healthcare & Medical
Job Description
Contents
Location
Camberley, South East England, GU15 4NP
About the job
Summary
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) has been providing officer training in its current form since 1947. We are known throughout the world as the leading military training establishment for British and International Officer Cadets.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Psychological Support Officer to join the dedicated, motivated and hardworking team in the Welfare Department within Sandhurst Group Headquarters. You will be working alongside military and civilian colleagues to assist in the development of our future army officers and support them during training.
The Academy has a lot to offer its employees: free parking, subsidised gym and swimming pool membership, 271 acres of parkland, wooded areas and lakes, numerous historic buildings, a museum, a library, several caf style eating facilities, fly and coarse fishing, as well as regular social activities.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
The Psychological Support Officer will provide Academy Permanent Staff (PS) and students with a psychological coaching, mentoring and support service with the principle objective of supporting students in achieving their potential to meet the high standards that they must attain to commission.
Responsibilities
The primary focus of the role will be to provide students and staff confidential voluntary access to coaching and/or guidance counselling. Students applies to all individuals at the Academy undertaking courses e.g. Officer Cadets, Late Entry Officers, Professionally Qualified Officers, etc.
To deliver evidence-based responses through assessment, formulation and client centred interventions, either delivered directly through practised coaching, mentoring or guidance counselling, or sign posting to other more appropriate support teams or agencies, referring to the Medical Team where necessary.
Working confidentially with students or staff to build a development plan. Where needed, and with appropriate discretion and minimal disclosure, to inform the appropriate PS of outline plans and assist in authorising appropriate time away from timetabled activities for individuals to undertake the determined intervention.
To attend Medical Team briefings if requested; assisting them in providing information for Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) referrals and provide psychological support for individuals returning to RMAS after DCMH treatment (if considered appropriate by the Medical Team).
To work jointly with all RMAS departments, agencies and service providers (including Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS), Chaplaincy, Medical, Welfare and Training Teams) partnering to ensure realistic structured support is in place for the student body and individual students. To submit regular reports to DCOS on numbers of psychological support service users (including relevant gender and ethnicity statistics), and outcomes of the service to measure efficiency and impact. Participate as a member of the Academy Welfare Working Group.
To support, through professional observations or research, Academy understanding of factors impinging student or staff resilience (or other performance inhibitors). Participation is required in projects to develop or deliver mitigating interventions. These could be related to training and education, timetabling, culture or Academy policies.
Maintain professional qualifications or development, adhering to the highest standards of professional practice, Occupational Policies, Codes of Conduct and Health and Care professions Council (HCPC) regulatory framework with work being managed, rather than supervised, and outcomes assessed at regular intervals.
Collaborate closely with Military Welfare and Medical agencies to assess and monitor risk; identifying appropriate treatment pathway for staff or students as required. Understand the available military mental health and welfare pathways through primary care to specialist mental healthcare in order to facilitate the provision of support.
Provide input, support and in some cases mentoring to the continuous development of the coaching approach adopted across college permanent staff. This may include providing performance coaching, mentoring and psychological resilience training to Staff and Students ensuring this is coordinated with courses delivered in Colleges.
Qualifications
Qualified Chartered Psychologist - Occupational or Counselling. MSc or above.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Benefits
Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension
25 days leave per annum, increasing by 1 day per year up to 30 days after 5 years.
MOD offers support and development in your career, including apprenticeships, that you can undertake as part of your role. An apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through an apprenticeship, you will gain professional knowledge, practical experience and wider skills required for the job and your future career. Successful candidates can discuss their development options with their manager when in post.
The Academy has a lot to offer its employees: free parking, subsidised gym and swimming pool membership, 271 acres of parkland, wooded areas and lakes, numerous historic buildings, a museum, a library, several caf style eating facilities, fly and coarse fishing, as well as regular social activities.
The post does not offer relocation expenses
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six month probation period.
Please note: Interview travel expenses will not be reimbursed.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at
MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.
Things you need to know
Security
People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Candidates will be required to complete an online CV template to include job history, full details of education and qualifications and previous experiences and skills.
Applications will be sifted shortly after the vacancy closes. Those applicants that meet the standard required will be invited for interview. Second interviews and a familiarisation visit will follow if deemed necessary.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such..... click apply for full job details
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Location
Camberley, South East England, GU15 4NP
About the job
Summary
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) has been providing officer training in its current form since 1947. We are known throughout the world as the leading military training establishment for British and International Officer Cadets.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Psychological Support Officer to join the dedicated, motivated and hardworking team in the Welfare Department within Sandhurst Group Headquarters. You will be working alongside military and civilian colleagues to assist in the development of our future army officers and support them during training.
The Academy has a lot to offer its employees: free parking, subsidised gym and swimming pool membership, 271 acres of parkland, wooded areas and lakes, numerous historic buildings, a museum, a library, several caf style eating facilities, fly and coarse fishing, as well as regular social activities.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
The Psychological Support Officer will provide Academy Permanent Staff (PS) and students with a psychological coaching, mentoring and support service with the principle objective of supporting students in achieving their potential to meet the high standards that they must attain to commission.
Responsibilities
The primary focus of the role will be to provide students and staff confidential voluntary access to coaching and/or guidance counselling. Students applies to all individuals at the Academy undertaking courses e.g. Officer Cadets, Late Entry Officers, Professionally Qualified Officers, etc.
To deliver evidence-based responses through assessment, formulation and client centred interventions, either delivered directly through practised coaching, mentoring or guidance counselling, or sign posting to other more appropriate support teams or agencies, referring to the Medical Team where necessary.
Working confidentially with students or staff to build a development plan. Where needed, and with appropriate discretion and minimal disclosure, to inform the appropriate PS of outline plans and assist in authorising appropriate time away from timetabled activities for individuals to undertake the determined intervention.
To attend Medical Team briefings if requested; assisting them in providing information for Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) referrals and provide psychological support for individuals returning to RMAS after DCMH treatment (if considered appropriate by the Medical Team).
To work jointly with all RMAS departments, agencies and service providers (including Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS), Chaplaincy, Medical, Welfare and Training Teams) partnering to ensure realistic structured support is in place for the student body and individual students. To submit regular reports to DCOS on numbers of psychological support service users (including relevant gender and ethnicity statistics), and outcomes of the service to measure efficiency and impact. Participate as a member of the Academy Welfare Working Group.
To support, through professional observations or research, Academy understanding of factors impinging student or staff resilience (or other performance inhibitors). Participation is required in projects to develop or deliver mitigating interventions. These could be related to training and education, timetabling, culture or Academy policies.
Maintain professional qualifications or development, adhering to the highest standards of professional practice, Occupational Policies, Codes of Conduct and Health and Care professions Council (HCPC) regulatory framework with work being managed, rather than supervised, and outcomes assessed at regular intervals.
Collaborate closely with Military Welfare and Medical agencies to assess and monitor risk; identifying appropriate treatment pathway for staff or students as required. Understand the available military mental health and welfare pathways through primary care to specialist mental healthcare in order to facilitate the provision of support.
Provide input, support and in some cases mentoring to the continuous development of the coaching approach adopted across college permanent staff. This may include providing performance coaching, mentoring and psychological resilience training to Staff and Students ensuring this is coordinated with courses delivered in Colleges.
Qualifications
Qualified Chartered Psychologist - Occupational or Counselling. MSc or above.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Changing and Improving
Benefits
Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension
25 days leave per annum, increasing by 1 day per year up to 30 days after 5 years.
MOD offers support and development in your career, including apprenticeships, that you can undertake as part of your role. An apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through an apprenticeship, you will gain professional knowledge, practical experience and wider skills required for the job and your future career. Successful candidates can discuss their development options with their manager when in post.
The Academy has a lot to offer its employees: free parking, subsidised gym and swimming pool membership, 271 acres of parkland, wooded areas and lakes, numerous historic buildings, a museum, a library, several caf style eating facilities, fly and coarse fishing, as well as regular social activities.
The post does not offer relocation expenses
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six month probation period.
Please note: Interview travel expenses will not be reimbursed.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at
MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.
Things you need to know
Security
People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Candidates will be required to complete an online CV template to include job history, full details of education and qualifications and previous experiences and skills.
Applications will be sifted shortly after the vacancy closes. Those applicants that meet the standard required will be invited for interview. Second interviews and a familiarisation visit will follow if deemed necessary.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such..... click apply for full job details
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