Assistant Psychologist

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust seeks an Assistant Psychologist to join their Personality/ Complex Trauma team. The role involves coordinating DBT group sessions and providing psychological interventions under supervision, contributing to a comprehensive mental health care service. This entry-level position aims to support individuals with complex needs, promoting a collaborative environment within multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of running DBT groups is essential.
• Experience working with individuals with borderline personality disorder is common.
• Prior experience in psychological assessments and interventions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and facilitate DBT groups and support interventions.
• Conduct psychological assessments and contribute to patient care plans.
• Assist in data analysis and service outcome measures.

Skills

Experience with Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

Working with complex needs

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Undergraduate degree in Psychology

Job description

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We are seeking an Assistant Psychologist to join the Personality/ Complex Trauma team. The team offers a city-wide and regional tertiary level service to people experiencing difficulties associated with a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable/Borderline Personality Disorder and/or complex trauma.

We provide psychotherapeutic interventions, consultation and advice for service users and other teams, alongside specialist education, training and research. The team is part of the Specialist Psychotherapy Service at St Georges and has been awarded APPTS accreditation (the Accreditation Programme for Psychological Therapies Services) from the Royal College of Psychiatry.

We offer a full Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) programme alongside a range of other psychotherapy modalities with an evidence base in this area, such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Psychodynamic Therapy and trauma focused approaches such as EMDR.

We are a welcoming and supportive team who are keen to develop our skill base in order that we meet the needs of our service users.

Please be advised there is a cap on this vacancy and the post will close automatically once this has been reached.

We are seeking an Assistant Psychologist who can join our Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Programme; and contribute to the delivery of DBT skills groups, DBT graduate groups and a DBT 'skills for staff' initiative. We are therefore seeking someone who has prior knowledge and experience of running DBT groups (see personal specification for further details).

We are seeking someone who has enthusiasm for, and experience of working with service users with complex needs, as well as experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.

We are seeking someone who can offer one to one interventions with our service users under supervision, for example, stabilisation or behavioural activation work, or administering the Skills Training in Affect and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR) programme.

We are seeking someone who can aid with the collection, inputting and analysis of our service outcome measures and qualitative feedback.

We are seeking someone who can contribute to co-production initiatives, working along side our service users to develop our services.

We are seeking someone who can run our monthly "Coffee and craft" drop in session for service users whilst they are on our waiting lists.

Sheffield Health And Social Care NHS Foundation Trust Is a Major Employer And Provider Of Services. Our Service Users, Carers And Staff Are Central, And Our Values Are Important, To The Delivery Of High-quality Care. We Actively Seek Out Individuals Who Share These Values

We work together

We are inclusive

We keep improving

We are respectful and kind

With The Guidance And Support Of Supervising Staff

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of service users within the team; to provide psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the management of the senior supervising psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with the Clinical Leads and Senior Supervisor and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.

To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work and the developing reporting requirements of the Team.

Clinical

To assist in the coordination and running of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy groups.

To be required to work on a frequent basis with people with complex difficulties often associated with diagnoses such as Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder/Borderline Personally Disorder.

To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of service users, including the use of psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the persons care under the management and clinical supervision of the Clinical Psychologist.

To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a service users problems, under the management and clinical supervision of the Clinical Psychologist, in the Team.

Where required, to attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.

To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all users of the service, across all settings where care takes place.

To lead in the co-production, with service users, of initiatives such as DBT graduate groups and cross service waiting list groups.

To support the referral and assessment process under development in the Team by collating clinically relevant information in the form of notes reviews to include key information on risk, previous therapy, diagnosis/es and support clinical decision making.

Teaching, training and supervision

To receive regular management and clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.

To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.

To contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care.

Service Development

To assist in the collection, input and analysis of service outcome data.

To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.

To attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.

Research and service evaluation

To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects.

To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.

To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist the qualified clinical psychologist in evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

Working Environment

The job role will involve working in situations where there may be occasional verbal or physical aggression from service users carers and the general public.

General Requirements

To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post-holders professional and service manager(s).

To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal, and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines.

To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry, recording and report writing in accordance with professional codes of practice of the BPS and Trust policies and procedures.

To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues.

To attend and contribute to relevant professional meetings.

To develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues within Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust and in the statutory and voluntary services with the aim of promoting high standards of care and clinical practice.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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