Assistant Psychologist - CAMHS

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Rochdale seeks an Assistant Psychologist to join the CAMHS Neurodevelopmental team. You will assist with neurodevelopmental assessments, take developmental histories, and work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver care to children and families.

The post requires a psychology degree with BPS eligibility and prior Psychology Assistant experience is desirable. A supportive, values-driven work environment is highlighted by the trust.

Qualifications

• An upper second class honours degree in psychology with graduate BPS membership entitlement.
• Experience as a Psychology Assistant is desirable.
• Understanding of child development and neurodevelopmental needs.
• Ability to design and evaluate research relevant to Clinical Psychology.

Responsibilities

• Assist in neurodevelopmental assessments including developmental histories and observations.
• Work as part of the MDT within the neurodevelopmental team.
• Support the psychology lead in delivering aspects of assessments.

Skills

Communication

Observational measures

Report writing

MDT collaboration

Supervision use

Interpersonal skills

Education

Upper second class psychology degree

Job description

We are looking for a highly skilled, compassionate assistant psychologist to join us in Pennine Care NHS foundation trust CAMHS.

Why Pennine Care CAMHS?

We are passionate about staff well-being and compassionate leadership in the CAMHS Care Hub.

We support staff to work flexibly and recognise and respect the roles our colleagues hold outside of their working hours.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the top of our agenda. We believe that a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture is vital; that everyone’s value should be recognised and respected.

We are committed to staff development and have an extensive psychological therapies training programme

Our trust values are:

Kindness, Fairness, Ingenuity and Determination

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an assistant psychologist committed to these values and with a passion for working with children and their families to join us and work with neurodevelopmental team within HMR CAMHS.

You will support the psychology lead by assisting in the delivery of aspects of neurodevelopmental assessments including developmental histories and observations and working as an MDT within the wider neurodevelopmental team.

Does this sound like you? If so we’d love you to join us.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of #PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

These can be found in the attached job description and person specification in the documents to download section below.

Person specification

Qualifications

• An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Experience

• Experience as a Psychology Assistant

Knowledge

• An understanding of the difficulties of children with neurodevelopmental conditions and / or mental health problems and the needs of their carers
• An understanding of psychology applied to health care
• Knowledge of child development
• Evidence of ability to design and evaluate research projects relevant to Clinical Psychology

Skills

• High level of communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance
• Ability to devise observational measures
• An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with children with mental health problems / disabilities and their families
• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
• High Standard of report writing
• An interest in working with children with mental health problems / disabilities and their families
• A desire to explore a career in Clinical Psychology

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Amanda Harris Job title Neurodevelopmental team manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01706 676000

If you have problems applying, contact

Address Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
225 Old Street
OL6 7SR
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