Full-Time Assistant Psychologist Starting Salary £27,825 Cygnet Healthcare is seeking to recruit a full-time, experienced and motivated Assistant Psychologist to join Cygnet Hudson Hospital. This role will be working 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday. Cygnet Bury Hudson Cygnet Bury Hudson has six wards and 78 beds and provides low and medium-secure inpatient services for men. There is a dedicated personality disorder service on two medium secure wards, both delivering care for men with enduring mental health needs and co-morbidity in a therapeutic environment with a focus on service user experience, shared care and safety. Across all of our medium and low secure services, service users are supported by a dedicated multi-disciplinary team who work with people to assess their needs and create a discharge pathway to the community. Job Role The role of the Assistant Psychologist will be to support and enhance the psychological care of clients within the hospital by assisting the Qualified Psychologists in the delivery and evaluation of effective psychological services. The post holder will help understand, prevent and ameliorate psychological distress and disorder and improve mental health and wellbeing of clients. The role involves the administration, scoring and report writing of psychometric assessments, standardised risk assessments, clinical formulation and supervised individual and group interventions. Clinical supervision will be provided as an important part of personal and professional development, and additional training will be supported. Candidate Profile You will be a strong team player, confident, motivated and well organised. You will have a good understanding of the role of therapeutic boundaries, clinical risk and the importance of evidence-based interventions. Patience and commitment are essential, but above all you’ll be someone with a genuine desire to help others. We are looking for someone with a good degree in Psychology, further postgraduate training in relevant area of applied psychology and mental health is desirable. Previous experience of working within in-patient mental health services and settings is essential. At least 6 months previous experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist and delivering 1:1 therapeutic work and group therapy sessions is desirable. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks. Please note that successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible Interview date: TBC