Assistant Psychologist

Cygnet Health Care; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Cygnet Health Care is seeking a Full Time Assistant Psychologist for Cygnet Newton House in Blackpool. The role involves supporting psychological services delivery, assessing client mental health, and providing individual and group therapy under supervision. Candidates should have a strong degree in Psychology and relevant experience in mental health.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering therapeutic work and group therapy sessions is essential.
• At least 6 months working experience as an Assistant Psychologist is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support psychological care by assisting Qualified Psychologist in services delivery.
• Administer psychometric assessments and report writing.

Skills

Team player

Motivated

Organized

Understanding of therapeutic boundaries

Evidence-based interventions

Patience

Commitment to helping others

Education

Good degree in Psychology

Postgraduate training in applied psychology and mental health

Job description

Full Time Assistant Psychologist

Starting Salary: £27,825 p/a

Cygnet Healthcare is seeking to recruit a full time, experienced and motivated Assistant Psychologist to join Cygnet Newton House in Blackpool, Lancashire. This role will be working 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday.

Cygnet Newton House

Cygnet Newton House is a 21 bed specialist high support inpatient rehabilitation (level 2) service for men. The service is dedicated to providing a high quality environment to promote long-term recovery for men who have severe and enduring mental illness and who may have been detained under the Mental Health Act. Men placed with us often come from multiple placement breakdowns, failed treatment programmes or are stepping down from secure settings.

Job Role

The role of the Assistant Psychologist will be to support and enhance the psychological care of clients within Cygnet Newton House by assisting the Qualified Psychologist in the delivery and evaluation of effective psychological services. The post holder will help understand, prevent and ameliorate psychological distress and disorder and improve mental health and wellbeing of clients. The role involves the administration, scoring and report writing of psychometric assessments, standardised risk assessments, clinical formulation and supervised individual and group interventions. Clinical supervision will be provided as an important part of personal and professional development, and additional training will be supported.

Candidate Profile

You will be a strong team player, confident, motivated and well organised. You will have a good understanding of the role of therapeutic boundaries, clinical risk and the importance of evidence-based interventions. Patience and commitment are essential, but above all you'll be someone with a genuine desire to help others. We are looking for someone with a good degree in Psychology, further postgraduate training in relevant area of applied psychology and mental health is desirable.

Previous experience of working within in-patient mental health services and settings is essential. At least 6 months previous experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist and delivering 1:1 therapeutic work and group therapy sessions is desirable. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

Please note this post may be closed early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Interview date: TBC