Assistant Psychologist Community Sentence Treatment Requirement

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in Gloucester is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Psychologist to join the Community Sentence Treatment Requirements Service (CSTR). You will help deliver low level psychological interventions under supervision and contribute to service development and audits.

Working within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team, you will support testing, data collection and report production, aiding in interventions for individuals in the Criminal Justice System

Job description

Are you ready for a new and exciting challenge?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Assistant Psychologist to join the Community Sentence Treatment Requirements Service (CSTR) within Gloucestershire. It sits alongside our Liaison & Diversion Service to provide the best possible outcome for those individuals who are undergoing proceedings within the Criminal Justice System. This Service is funded by NHS England, Gloucestershire CCG and the Office of the Police Crime Commissioner Gloucestershire as part of the long term reducing reoffending strategy.

CSTRs are a sentencing option for the courts and will offer therapies to address the health vulnerabilities of our client group which will include primary mental health problems as well as working in conjunction with our local drug and alcohol misuse services.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic, passionate and creative team providing high quality evidence based psychological interventions to clients.

Promote the psychological health and well-being of service users made subject to CSTR's by the criminal courts.

Under the supervision of aClinical Psychologist or Psychological Therapist, deliver low level psychological intervention to individuals, or groups of service users who may present with a range of mental health issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, personality disorders, and neurodiversity. Clients may also have a dual diagnosis.

Carry out audit, service evaluation or research as indicated.

Prepare test materials, visual aids and undertake specific administrative duties as required.

Assist in teaching, and project work.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

To undertake psychological assessments of clients applying psychological tests, including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, and others involved in the client's care, under the supervision of a qualified psychologist

To assist in developing client formulations, treatment planning and the delivering of evidence based psychological interventions.

To assist in the co-ordination and running of therapeutic groups.

To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings

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.

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

Undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to inform best practice within the service.

To collate and report audit data in order to meet the audit requirements of the service.

To assist with the analysis, development, evaluation and monitoring of the team's operational policies and services, through service evaluation and audit.

The Trust is required to work in line with the Government's UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas