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Assistant Psychologist
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologists to join the Sutton, Merton and Wandsworth CAMHS SPA. The role offers a valuable opportunity for people with a strong first degree in psychology, plus relevant experience, to further progress their career. Supervised by clinical psychologists, the post is highly suitable for candidates who aspire to future training in clinical psychology and other psychological therapy professions.
The main role within the CAMHS SPA will involve completing screenings and telephone assessment for families referred for neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder or ADHD, as well as for referrals to the CAMHS SPA for general mental health difficulties, including conducting basic risk assessments as required, in conjunction with the supervising psychologist. The role will also involve collating and scoring standardized screening measures, writing reports, and completing other general tasks required within the SPA, such as completing audits, literature searches or developing resources within the SPA for referrers, children, young people and their families. There are also opportunities to help facilitate our brief intervention groups for families and there will be scope for shadowing and contributing to assessments and therapeutic work within the wider CAMHS teams within the boroughs. This role also involves regular Mental Health welfare check in calls to families and CYP
Main duties of the job
* To support the development, organization and delivery of a Triage and assessment service
* To contribute to the effective working of the SPA team by creating and maintaining databases to track referrals, assessments, interventions and producing reports from this data.
* To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations or published articles where appropriate.
* To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects to inform the Lead Psychologist and others in the development of Trust psychology and other services, training provision and research activities.
* Under guidance to conduct surveys with service users and carers to gather views on service provision
* To receive regular clinical and professional supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines and undertake personal training relevant to the post in agreement with the supervising psychologist and the manager.
* To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and to support others involved in such situations.
* Facilitate brief intervention groups for families
* Undertake regular welfare check-in calls to families and CYP, reporting back identified risks to clinical leads
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Sutton, Merton and Wandsworth CAMHS SPA are based in the locations below:
Sutton CAMHS - SPA: Jubilee Health Centre, East Building 2, 6 Stanley Park Road, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 0EX
Wandsworth CAMHS - SPA:Wandsworth CAMHS, Springfield Hospital, London, SW17 0YF
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Under appropriate supervision from a qualified clinical psychologist.
1. To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
2. To undertake telephone-based screening and assessments of children and young people and their families referred to the Sutton, Merton and Wandsworth CAMHS SPA, under the supervision of a HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.
3. To assist in the formulation and delivery of care/safety plans involving the psychological management of a clients problems, including communication of assessments, formulations and clinical advice within written reports, under the supervision of a HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.
4. To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.
5. To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* oAn upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology
* oGraduate membership of the British Psychological Society
* oFurther post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
Experience
* oExperience of working with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities
* oExperience of paid work in direct care provision
* oExperience of using microcomputers for databases or data-analysis, especially SPSS for Windows
* oExperience of work with CYP with Learning Disabilities and/or Neurodevelopmental (ASD and/or ADHD) presentations
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.
South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
Jubilee Health Centre, Birches House & Springfield Hospital
£31,081 to £33,665 a yearper annum inclusive of Outer London HCAs
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
294-CAMHS-7270896-FZ
Job locations
Jubilee Health Centre, Birches House & Springfield Hospital
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