Assistant Psychologist

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Elysium Healthcare as an Assistant Psychologist at Castle Holme Lodge, where you will support individuals with mental health conditions. You will contribute to assessments, facilitate interventions, and assist in research tasks, benefiting from various career development opportunities. This role offers a competitive salary with extensive benefits to foster your professional growth.

Benefits

33 days annual leave including birthday off

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts and special offers

Qualifications

• Graduate Membership eligibility of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• Experience as an Assistant Psychologist in a mental health setting.
• Experience in maintaining office systems.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to psychological assessments and formulations.
• Facilitating psychological interventions for service users.
• Assisting with the delivery of reflective practice for staff.

Skills

Creative thinking

Clinical efficacy

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Upper second-class honours degree in Psychology

Job description

Introduction

Are you looking for the next step in your career, in an environment where you can develop and specialise your skills? Then join Castle Holme Lodge as an Assistant Psychologist where you will have the opportunity to work with a dedicated team to make a real difference in lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.

What you will be doing

You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people withMental Health conditions, usingyour knowledge and skills to help people along their recoverpathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life.

As an Assistant Psychologist you will have the opportunity to assist with assessments, formulations, and treatment to our service users, under the supervision of the Senior Psychologist. You will also assist inclinically related administration including conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching, and project work.

At Castle Holme lodge you will have the chance to develop specialist skills through out your time with us. Your professional growth is important, which is why there are numerous career development opportunities to keep you learning and improving.

To start your career at Castle Holme Lodgeapply today.

As an Assistant Psychologist you will be:

• Contributing to psychological assessments and formulations
• Facilitating psychological interventions on a 1:1 and/or group basis to service users, monitoring and reporting upon their effectiveness
• Assisting in designing and delivering specialist training to others
• Assisting with the delivery of reflective practice for staff
• Maintaining clinical databases
• Completing outcome measures
• Writing reports for various audiences
• Service evaluation and other research tasks including collecting, analysing, and reporting upon an array of statistics
• Undertaking clinically relevant audits

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A minimum of an upper second-class honours degree in Psychology conferring eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist ina forensic and/or mental health settingin a similar role
• Experience of maintaining office systems and undertaking administration tasks
• Creative thinking, clinical efficacy, and a strong commitment to working with evidenced based models of therapeutic intervention
• Strong organisation skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• To meet professional practice expectations including the HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics, and the BPS code of ethics and conduct

Where you will be working:

Location:Castleholme Lodge, 4 Bryan Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield, HD2 2AH.

Castleholme Lodge issituated in Huddersfield with excellent transport links to the surrounding areas. It is undergoing a complete refurbishment to ensure best environment for service users and staff to thrive in.

Castleholme Lodge will be a 20 bed Care Home with nursing, providing a range of mental health services for adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. It will form part of a cluster of Elysium services across the Yorkshire and Midlands region that work closely together in support of each other.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £ 25,353
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.