This is an innovative service offering assessment and treatment of young people between 14 and 25 with a variety of complex mental health needs. We are looking for psychology graduates with previous Assistant Psychologist or relevant clinical experience who are interested in working with young people with emotional and mental health difficulties, who can be compassionate, thoughtful and have the ability to apply psychological theory to their work.
Weekly supervision for this post will be provided by a clinical psychologist within the team. We have good links with the University of East Anglia (UEA) Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme with previous post holders having been accepted onto the clinical doctorate and regularly have Trainee Clinical Psychologists on placement.
Main duties of the job
Within this role the post holder will have the opportunity to help assess, formulate and deliver a range of psychological interventions to young people and families across the CAMHS age range, as well as opportunities for delivering both group and family interventions. Working as part of the MDT this role will involve working with staff to offer psychologically informed care, develop psychological formulations as well as supporting the wider team with undertaking routine outcome measures and reporting on these outcomes.
Further responsibilities of this post will be conducting reviews alongside Clinical Psychologists within the team, supporting the wider psychological therapies team and supporting with monitoring of clients on waiting lists. There will also be the opportunity to be involved in service evaluation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* oA BPS accredited degree in Psychology
Experience
* oExperience of quantitative research
* Experience of research in the NHS.
Skills
* Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.
* Presentation skillsAbility to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues.
* Presentation Skills.
Knowledge
* oKnowledge of mental health
* oHigh standard of report writing
* oAn understanding of psychology applied to health care
* An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
* An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context.
other
* oAn ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
* oAbility to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
* oAbility to travel independently
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£28,392 to £31,157 a year gross per annum
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