Senior Assistant Psychologist

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider is seeking a senior Assistant Psychologist for its Forensic Services. This role focuses on providing psychological assessments and interventions within a supportive multidisciplinary team, aimed at enhancing the care provided to individuals with complex needs. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience and an upper second class honours degree in psychology, demonstrating a compassionate approach to rehabilitation. This exciting opportunity allows for professional growth while making a significant impact on service users' lives.

Benefits

Up to three weeks’ induction for new starters

Qualifications

• Experience working with people with complex needs and risk patterns is essential.
• Demonstrates optimism for rehabilitation and recovery.
• Capability to work collaboratively with various healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Supporting psychological care and providing assessments and interventions.
• Engaging in clinical administration and contributing to training packages.
• Working closely with multidisciplinary teams in inpatient areas.

Skills

Compassion

Creativity

Education

Upper second class honours degree in psychology

Job description

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and creative senior Assistant Psychologist to work within our Forensic Services.

Overall the service consists of three inpatient services; 1. A regional forensic step down service within the rehabilitation complement; 2. A regional low secure inpatient wards for men with mental health related difficulties 3. A regional specialist ASD and ID low secure inpatient for autistic people with ID and complex risk needs. We are looking for applicants who have considerable experience of working with people with complex needs and risk patterns and who can demonstrate their compassion and optimism for the rehabilitation and recovery and safe support to this service user group.

The senior assistant psychologist role will involve supporting and enhancing the psychological care of service users, providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions (individual and group) under the supervision of Qualified Clinical Psychologists. You will work alongside staff teams within the inpatient areas, with Nursing professionals, Support Workers, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapist and Psychiatrists.

Additional aspects of the role will include clinical administration, audit, data collection and input into the development of training packages and the delivery of them. Applicants should have achieved an upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology which confers Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

We also offer up to three weeks’ induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Rebecca Swarbrick Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 012625862501

If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact [e-mail] or telephone [phone]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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