Senior Assistant Psychologist

Change Grow Live; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Change Grow Live is seeking a Senior Assistant Psychologist to join their Liverpool team. In this role, you will promote trauma-informed practices and utilize evidence-based psychological and psychosocial interventions to support individuals facing complexity in their lives. This permanent position offers the opportunity for professional growth within a supportive team culture that values diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Experience in low-level psychological interventions.
• Ability to work within a team environment.
• Understanding of substance use challenges.

Responsibilities

• Provide low level brief psychological interventions, primarily in groups.
• Input into service development initiatives.
• Assist Psychologists with supervision and support.

Skills

Trauma-informed practice

Psychological interventions

Group facilitation

Education

Doctorate in Psychology (or equivalent)

Job description

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Overview

Believe in People?

The best people have one thing in common.

They care.

An opportunity to make a difference. If this is what you are looking for, we have an opening available for a Senior Assistant Psychologist with Change Grow Live at the Liverpool Service.

At Change Grow Live we care deeply about social justice and the work that we do. If you do too, we encourage you to apply for this position, which will support your professional growth and development.

You will work to promote trauma informed practice within the team and wider service through consultation, case management, training, reflective practice, and research. Under the supervision of a Senior Psychologist, you will offer a range of evidence-based psychological and psychosocial interventions relevant to address the degree of complexity experienced within this population of people.

Change Grow Live Salary Scale - Scale Points - 26- 32 - £30,134.90 - £36,183.91 (based on full time hours)

Location - Liverpool. We have 8 sites arond Liverpool and jobs will be based in anyone of these.

Contracted Hours - 37.5 hours per week (FTE)

Category - Clinical

Type of contract - Permanent

Responsibilities

Our model emphasises physical, psychological, and emotional safety and helps people to rebuild a sense of control and empowerment in their lives and in their communities. You will provide low level brief psychological interventions, primarily in groups, but also on an individual basis; input into service development initiatives; and assist our Psychologists, who will provide regular supervision.

Our national Psychology Team provides connection, peer support, reflective practice and CPD. Our Assistant Psychologists meet regularly, and we offer support in applying for further training. We embrace diversity, equality and inclusion as evidenced by our commitment to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills, and views. We strive to nurture a culture where inclusiveness is a way of being, not an initiative. If you're a team player who shares our organisational values of being bold, compassionate, and open, this could be the role for you.

We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we'd love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.

When completing your personal statement, please remember to demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria and also consider the following points:

a. Why does this particular post appeal to you?

b. What do you think are the major challenges in working psychologically with people who are struggling with substance use?

c. How does your experience to date particularly equip you for this post?

Does this sound like you? If so, we look forward to reading your application soon.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 26 to 32 (£30,134.90 - £36,183.91)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

If you have any questions or concerns on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Louise Dolan | [e-mail]

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.