Job responsibilities
As an assistant psychologist, you can expect to
work in a variety of roles within Talk Well with a strong focus on
co-production, engagement and evaluation. You may be involved in tasks such
as:
Talk Well Chat/InTER-ACT (1.5 days per week)
To
provide psychologically informed support through the TalkWell Chat anonymous
text/phone drop-in service.
To assist
in the coordination and delivery of psycho-educational groups and workshops,
face-to-face and/or virtually.
The above will require you to work for two
evenings per week until 9.15pm.
To
receive monthly clinical supervision from a qualified psychologist.
To attend
the TalkWell Chat monthly peer supervision group.
Talk Well
are leading providers of training and you will be expected to engage in regular
internal and external CPD, in consultation with your team manager and
supervisor.
Talk Well Eating Difficulties Service and
Gloucester Multi Agency Navigation Hub (2 days per week)
TEDS
Following
the FREED model of intervention for eating difficulties, to provide an initial
engagement call with all young people accessing the Talk Well Eating
Difficulties Service (TEDS), allocate the young person to a suitable counsellor
(including booking a suitable room) and provide ongoing support.
You may
also have a role in completing assessment calls for TEDS clients and in
occasionally attending the NHS Eating Disorder triage meetings to represent the
TEDS team, with support from the TEDS Lead Counsellor.
Attending
weekly TEDS Team meeting and twice monthly clinical supervision.
Navigation
Hub
Attend the Gloucester Single Point of Access Navigation Hub
contributing to the multi-agency discussion, decision making, preparing and
reading referrals.
Clinical Resource Development and Training(approximately 0.5 days per week)
To be responsible for the shared resource
hub, and ensure all materials added are credible and psychologically
informed.
To help in the production of teaching
material for counselling training, in collaboration with the Talk Well
counselling tutors.
Deliver training to counselling students in
collaboration with the YPVG, on subjects privileging the experiences of young
people.
Participation and Outreach(approximately 0.5 days per
week)
At Talk
Well, co-production is key to our approach and you will be involved in running
the Young Peoples Voices Group, and the Parent and Carers Voices Group.
This will include recruiting to the group, preparing resources for consultation
and facilitating the discussion.
Engagement
with service users, parents and professionals to include the promotion of Talk
Well services through outreach events including school assemblies, mental
health awareness events and written materials.
You may
be required to attend networking events, where you will be expected to
represent Talk Well and provide a detailed overview of the charity's services,
while building relationships with other local organisations.
There may
also be opportunities to deliver training sessions to external
organisations.
Audit, Research, Evaluation (approximately 0.5 days per week)
To have a
critical appreciation of the relevant research literature and to produce
systematically informed literature reviews when requested.
To lead
on a service evaluation project, in collaboration with the Chief Clinical Officer,
with the aspiration to publish the findings in a peer reviewed academic journal
and increase the national profile of Talk Well.
You may
also be required to develop surveys, interview schedules and written materials
to facilitate staff feedback and promote internal engagement with new services
and initiatives.
Alongside
the Talk Well data analyst team, to be involved in the collection and analysis
of data related to the above and annual evaluations e.g. staff survey
data, experience of survey data.
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and
you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the
organisation.
