Assistant Psychologist (MHTR Practitioner

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave

Learning & Development

Salary Sacrifices

Employee Discounts

Wellbeing Support

Staff Networks

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) seeks a psychologist with Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership to help divert people from the criminal justice system and reduce reoffending by expanding access to psychological interventions.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, conduct assessments and interventions, and contribute to improved outcomes across Coventry and Warwickshire.

Qualifications

• Good Honours undergraduate degree (with GBC) in Psychology.
• Experience in psychological difficulties such as anxiety and depression, and working with people within mental health services.
• Experience in a service with targets and demonstrated clinical outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Communicate complex clinical information to clients and professionals clearly.
• Deliver psychological services across CWPT and partner organisations.
• Contribute to improving access to psychological interventions and reducing reoffending.

Skills

Clinical practice

Caseload management

Communication skills

Education

Good Honours psychology degree

Tools

NHS context

Job description

The team, with support of criminal justice partners and colleagues, aims to divert people away from the criminal justice system and short custodial sentences, and reduce reoffending via improving access to psychological interventions by addressing underlying unmet needs.

Please note that this post requires a Psychology degree meeting the requirements for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership with the British Psychological Society. Job description, Please note that this post requires a Psychology degree meeting the requirements for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership with the British Psychological Society. Person Specification Skills Essential

Qualifications Essential

• Good Honours undergraduate degree (with GBC) in Psychology

Experience Essential

• Relevant experience in psychological difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Experience of working with people within mental health services
• Evidence of working in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes

Skills Essential

• Ability to manage own clinical practice, caseload and time, with supervision
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, relating to complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Person Specification Skills Essential

• Car driver to have access to independent means of transport for work purposes and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation

Qualifications Essential

• Good Honours undergraduate degree (with GBC) in Psychology

Experience Essential

• Relevant experience in psychological difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Experience of working with people within mental health services
• Evidence of working in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes

Skills Essential

• Ability to manage own clinical practice, caseload and time, with supervision
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, relating to complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Responsibilities

• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, relating to complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

  At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

  We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.