Band 5 Assistant Clinical Psychologist - The Barberry (Band 5) - Deaf Mental Health Care - Birm[...]

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Une opportunité passionnante est disponible pour un Assistant Psychologue Clinicien pour travailler dans le service national de santé mentale pour les sourds à Birmingham. Le candidat retenu effectuera des évaluations et fournira des interventions psychologiques aux personnes sourdes souffrant de troubles mentaux. Ce poste exige une formation en psychologie, une expérience en langue des signes et un engagement à travailler au sein d'une équipe pluridisciplinaire.

Qualifications

• Diplôme en psychologie.
• Expérience de travail avec des personnes en difficulté mentale.
• Compréhension de la culture des sourds.

Responsibilities

• Faciliter des interventions de groupe et individuelles aux utilisateurs de services.
• Participer aux revues cliniques et aux réunions multidisciplinaires.
• Promouvoir l'utilisation de la langue des signes britannique.

Skills

Adaptation de la communication

Travail collaboratif

Education

Diplôme en psychologie

Job description

Band 5 Assistant Clinical Psychologist - The Barberry

Band 5

Main area Deaf Mental Health Care Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 436-7216595

Site The Barberry Town Birmingham Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 08/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 27/06/2025

Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated Assistant Psychologist to work at the National Deaf Mental Health Service, Birmingham. The post will involve assessing changes in language and cognition of deaf people with mental health difficulties and providing psychological intervention to aid recovery. The applicant will be a psychology graduate with sign language experience and someone willing to work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team.

The service operates from The Barberry. We provide specialist mental health services for deaf people across a third of England via a 12 bedded mixed inpatient ward and community team. We work directly with clients who have severe and enduring mental health problems and co-work with their local mental health teams. Some of our services users have concurrent learning disabilities and/or language deprivation.

The applicant would be supervised by an experienced clinical psychologist and be a member of a small subgroup of psychologists. However, we pride ourselves on our multidisciplinary working and much of the assistant psychologist's work will involve engaging other professionals, both deaf and hearing.

Our service works closely with other national and international deaf mental health care providers and values the sharing of evidenced based practice.

It is our hope that the successful candidate for the assistant psychologist post will have a future in clinical psychology and a long term interest in deaf mental health care.

Main duties of the job

Under the supervision of a qualified and suitably experienced psychologist:

• To facilitate group and individual interventions to service users within both inpatient and community settings.
• To attend clinical reviews and other multi-disciplinary meetings, where appropriate.
• To promote the use of British Sign Language and the inclusion of Deaf staff in all aspects of service delivery.
• To assist in making clinical observations of service users.
• To design, plan, run and write up research projects within the service focusing on the use of BSL in a clinical context.
• To disseminate the results of this work through training, presentations at conferences and publication of research papers in peer reviewed journals.
• To undertake specific duties, as identified, relating to service governance objectives including planning, data collection, analysis and report writing. This will require the substantive use of IT equipment and software.
• To attend individual supervision with a Clinical Psychologist.
• To undertake personal appraisal and continuing professional development activities as agreed with the relevant line manager including general training as mandatory within the policies and procedures of the Trust.
• To liaise with professional colleagues, operational managers, referral agencies, affiliated organisations and academic departments as relevant to this post.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Psychology Degree

Experience

• Understanding of Deaf Culture and the Deaf community
• Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties

Knowledge

• BSL Level 2 or equivalent

Skills

• An ability to adapt communication appropriate to the situation
• An ability to work collaboratively with MDT

Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case by case basis.

Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust. The Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.

All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your second week with us.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, please ensure that you check if this role meets the eligibility criteria for sponsorship. Non UK /Republic of Ireland candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) . The minimum salary threshold for a Health and Social Care is £25,000 and for the Skilled Worker route is £38,700. If the starting salary for this role is below this, we will not be able to provide sponsorship.

Relocation expenses may be reimbursed subject to eligibility. The policy provides for reimbursement up to £8,000.

Please note - if you are applying for a role within Police custody, due to Police Vetting requirements you must have been a UK resident for the last years.

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.