Assistant Psychologist

Sussex Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust; Bexhill-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in England is seeking an Assistant Psychologist to support the Thinking Well team in delivering specialist assessments and treatment for clients with complex emotional needs. The role involves engaging in safety management, training staff, and participating in clinical work. Ideal candidates will be psychology graduates with a genuine interest in this field and preferable experience in group work. The organization emphasizes a supportive work environment with opportunities for initiative and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Supportive team environment

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Psychology graduate with a genuine interest and experience in working with people who have complex emotional needs.
• Desirable experience of running groups and service development.

Responsibilities

• Support safety management planning, formulations and providing treatment within an SCM and MBT model.
• Support outcome measures collection and presentation as part of service reporting.
• Engage in clinical work, audit & evaluation, administration, consultation, reflective practice and training staff.

Skills

Interest in working with complex emotional needs

Experience running groups

Service development

Education

Psychology degree

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a committed, capable, resilient and enthusiastic team player to join Thinking Well (East Sussex Tier 3 Personality Disorders specialist team). As an Assistant Psychologist this role will be primarily supporting the Thinking Well staff and members to access specialist assessments and treatment within Thinking Well. Thinking Well is a group-based service made up of SPFT and VCSE staff for clients with complex emotional needs expecting to work with them for 3 years. We work closely with NMHTs who provide referrals and we hope you can support good communication between other services. We also need the successful candidate to support with ensuring outcome measures are collected and presented as part of our reporting on the service.

Responsibilities

• Support safety management planning, formulations and providing treatment within an SCM and MBT model.
• Support outcome measures collection and presentation as part of service reporting.
• Engage in clinical work, audit & evaluation, administration, consultation, reflective practice and training staff to work with personality disorder.

Qualifications

• Psychology graduate with a genuine interest and experience in working with people who have complex emotional needs.
• Experience of running groups and service development desirable.

Benefits

• Our organisation is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission.
• 70% of staff highlight flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work.
• 79% report feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team.
• 77% identify the opportunities to show initiative in their roles.