Band 4 Assistant Psychologist - ICCR, SOLAR

Birmingham And Solihull Mental Health Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an Assistant Psychologist to join the Core CAMHS team. The role involves supporting psychological assessment, intervention, group work, and service development alongside clinical psychologists and the multidisciplinary team.

We welcome motivated psychology graduates with strong communication and organisational skills, who are interested in mental health and neurodevelopmental needs, and who can work flexibly across teams

Qualifications

• Motivated, reflective psychology graduates with strong communication and organisational skills.
• Experience working with children or vulnerable groups is desirable.
• Interest in mental health and neurodevelopmental needs.

Responsibilities

• Assist with psychological assessments and support formulation-informed interventions.
• Contribute to group work and help collect and record outcome measures.
• Prepare clinical materials and support service development activities.
• Work under supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist and be flexible across Solar teams.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Psychology graduate

Education

Psychology degree

Job description

Solar provides specialist mental health support to children and young people (0-18 years) experiencing a range of emotional, behavioural and psychological difficulties. We are recruiting to an Assistant Psychologist post within The core Team in Solar.

The role offers an excellent opportunity to gain experience working within psychologically informed multidisciplinary teams supporting children, young people and families with complex needs.

The role will involve supporting psychological assessment, intervention, group work, and service development activity, working closely with clinical psychologists and the wider MDT.The role offers an opportunity to gain clinical experience within Solar and the post holders may work flexibly across teams within Solar in response to service need, development opportunities and the needs of children, young people and families.

Main duties of the job

The post holders will support the delivery of psychologically informed care within Solar working alongside clinical psychologists and the wider multidisciplinary team to support children, young people and families with a range of mental health needs.

Assistant Psychologists will assist with psychological assessments, support formulation-informed interventions, contribute to group work, and help collect and record outcome measures. The role will also involve preparing clinical materials, supporting service development activities

The post will be based within Core CAMHS and the post holders will work under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist and may be expected to work flexibly across teams in response to service need. There may also be a need to work clinically in other environments such as schools or the home of the young person. We are looking for motivated, reflective psychology graduates with strong communication and organisational skills, experience working with children or vulnerable groups, and an interest in mental health and neurodevelopmental needs. The ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, is essential.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.