Assistant Psychologist

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Brent CAMHS is seeking an assistant psychologist to support the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service at Monks Park Health Centre, Wembley. The role involves assisting with clinical work under the supervision of a registered practitioner psychologist, and taking part in assessments, interventions and service development.

You will contribute to group sessions, help with audits and research, and help integrate feedback from young

Qualifications

• Assisting clinicians under supervision with psychological assessments.
• Delivering protocol-based individual interventions for clients.
• Co-facilitating group interventions and psycho-educational sessions.
• Assisting in developing clinical materials and training resources.
• Supporting carers/partner agencies training to aid clinical work.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessments under the case of Brent CAMHS with close supervision.
• Provide protocol-based individual interventions for Brent CAMHS clients.
• Arrange and co-facilitate protocol-based group interventions for Brent CAMHS.
• Assist in development of clinical materials and training resources.
• Co-facilitate training to carers or partner agency staff to support clinical work.
• Support service quality by adhering to CNWL policies and NICE guidelines.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Audit and research

Teaching and training

Job description

• To assist practitioner psychologists in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service in Brent Core CAMHS.
• To provide clinical work as required by the service, under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision of a registered practitioner psychologist.
• To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
• To work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, while closely supervised and regularly seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager.

We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Wherever you wish to work and whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Brent is a multi-ethnic and culturally diverse community, and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working within the richness and complexity of multiculturally diverse context.

The successful applicant will be joining a comprehensive and dynamic CAMHS service, located at Monks Park Health Centre, Wembley.

• To provide psychological assessments for clients under the case of Brent CAMHS under the close supervision of a practitioner psychologist including neuropsychological, tests, self-report psychometric measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.
• To provide protocol based individual psychological interventions for clients under the case of Brent CAMHS.
• To arrange, schedule and provide protocol-based group psychological interventions for clients open to Brent CAMHS including psycho-educative and early upskilling CBT groups.
• To assist the psychologists in the development of individual or group clinical materials, or training materials.
• To arrange, schedule and co-facilitate training to carers or employees of partner agencies in order to support the clinical work with clients.
• To raise the quality standards of our Service and ensure that policies and procedures are adhered to and practise in line with the National CAMHS agenda, NICE guidelines and CNWL policies and procedures.
• To establish and maintain positive relationships with local organisations.
• To be actively involved in obtaining feedback from young people and families about their treatment, and take initiative in service improvement processes based on this feedback
• To develop, order and maintain appropriate resources and materials, using participatory approaches to help local community's access local CAMHS services e.g. (video, leaflets and webpages).

CNWL have a pioneering history of improving health outcomes in people's lives, by providing physical and mental health services at GPs, clinics, hospitals, and in the community.

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Staff are the heartbeat of our organisation! You'll receive monthly supervision to support bespoke training, development offers, and you have access to the Trust leadership and development programme, see the "Staff rewards and wellbeing handbook" for more details.

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