Job summary
Are you an existing Assistant Psychologist looking for a new challenge? Or an aspiring Psychologist seeking your first Assistant role? If you have the passion, drive, and commitment towards providing the very best psychological support to our Children, Young People, and Families, we would love for you to come and join us in Suffolk Specialist CAMHS!
We're seeking two pro-active, passionate, and motivated Assistant Psychologists to join our well-established and thriving East Suffolk CAMHS team based in Ipswich. Our service provides highly specialist mental health treatment to children and young people up to the age of 18 years old; experiencing moderate to severe mental health disorders.
We appreciate that as part of developing the skills and experience required to take the next steps to clinical training, our Assistant Psychologists value a range of experiences. Within our Suffolk Children, Young People and Families (CFYP) care group, we support our Assistant Psychologists to gain experience working within and across our core secondary Mental Health services. Positions will be based within CAMHS, with potential opportunities to become involved in clinical and project work within our Young Adult Mental Health Service (YAMHS) which serves the 18 - 25-year-old age range.
Main duties of the job
JOB OVERVIEW
Please see attached job specification and recruitment letter. To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the nominated Specialist CAMHS service, and where appropriate YAMHS service, to in summary:
Support the overall psychological care and treatment of children, young people and families within the service.
Provide psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist; including the use of specialist psychometric assessments.
Under supervision, to deliver brief psychological interventions.
Support the qualified Clinical Psychologist in the development and delivery of workshops and training packages.
Participate in audit, research, service evaluation, and project activities.
The successful candidate will need to have a BPS accredited MSc in Psychology.
If you have the drive to provide excellent care, the ambition to develop high quality clinical skills, and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to young people's lives then we would love to hear from you.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A BPS accredited degree in Psychology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of quantitative research
Desirable
- Experience of research in the NHS.
- Experience of working with children, young peoples and families
Skills
Essential
- Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows
Desirable
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues. Presentation Skills.
Other
Essential
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- An ability to interact with clients with mental health Application Form / Interview / Document Check Page | 8 Generic 2016 problems.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
- Ability to travel independently.
Desirable
- An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A BPS accredited degree in Psychology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of quantitative research
Desirable
- Experience of research in the NHS.
- Experience of working with children, young peoples and families
Skills
Essential
- Skills using microcomputers for databases or date analysis, especially SPSS for Windows
Desirable
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and colleagues. Presentation Skills.
Other
Essential
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- An ability to interact with clients with mental health Application Form / Interview / Document Check Page | 8 Generic 2016 problems.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
- Ability to travel independently.
Desirable
- An ability to apply existing knowledge to a mental health context
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
