Assistant Psychologist

NHS; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a passionate team as an Assistant Psychologist in a Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. This role involves working with children impacted by sexual harm and providing support under the supervision of a clinical psychologist. You will gain valuable experience in a multidisciplinary setting while contributing to essential mental health services.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 33

NHS Discount across shops and restaurants

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Excellent career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience with psychological knowledge in mental health context.
• Ability to work with people with mental health problems.
• Experience in data entry and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support with assessment and group interventions for young people.
• Contribute to MDT meetings and liaise with agencies.
• Assist in clinically related administration and audits.

Skills

High level communication skills

Organizational skills

Understanding of mental health needs

Education

Upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology

Postgraduate training in professional psychology

Job description

We, in Horizon, are a Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), working with children and young people experiencing distress as a result of sexual harm. There is no doubt that working in mental health, and particularly with sexual harm, can be challenging, but it can also be a hugely rewarding, and fulfilling experience, where you can make a real difference.

This Assistant Psychologist role is based at Maple House, The Slade, Oxford. The team shares office space with other small teams which are co-managed and offer other specialist input to children who are getting into trouble or being harmed by others.

We work in a variety of ways including consultation, assessment and intervention. We are looking for a motivated and passionate assistant psychologist to help our service delivery and support our ongoing development. The role supports the team whilst also being under the supervision of a clinical psychologist and contributes to the treatment of individuals as well as the service response more generally.

We'll need you to travel across the county for direct work and to the office as required, but there is the possibility of some remote working.

Main duties of the job

• There will be some direct work opportunities: some coworking and some autonomous working. This includes supporting with assessment, 1:1 and group interventions for young people and their families
• Attending and contributing to MDT and referral meetings
• Liaising with other agencies and offering consultation and advice when indicated
• Supporting with the collection and scoring of routine outcome measures and patient feedback
• Assist in clinically related administration; conduct of audits; collection of statistics; development of audit and/or research projects; teaching and project work.
• Attending regular clinical and management supervision

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

Horizon is a small, supportive multidisciplinary team, who work alongside other professionals to support young people and families who have been affected by sexual harm. We work hard to ensure high quality patient centred care is in place and that our staff are supported in their roles and encouraged to develop.

We are embedded within Specialist Services, so you will have unique opportunities to explore a career within Specialist CAMHS, as well as the wider CAMHS Teams. Across all these services and teams, you will be exposed to a range of professionals, such as Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Mental Health Nurses who will be willing to share their knowledge with you and develop your expertise.We understand just how important a healthy work-life balance is, so we have opportunities for flexible working; including hybrid working methods, flexible hours, and sometimes also offer you the chance to work compressed hours too!We have plenty of learning opportunities and there are always projects available for you to get involved with to really help progress your career.

Person Specification

TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS

• An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
• Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
• Experience using microcomputers for databases Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
• An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context High degree of organisational skills, ability to adjust priorities.
• High standard of report writing.

EXPERIENCE

• Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities. Experience of data entry and data analysis.
• Experience of paid work in direct care provision. Experience of working with older people and or people with dementia

PERSONAL

• An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with people with mental health problems and disabilities. Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
• An interest in working with people with mental health problems or other disabilities

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.