Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Criminal Justice & Liaison & Diversion (CJLD) service. The role work across CJLD with a focus on the Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) pathway alongside colleagues in the Probation and Courts Service.

CJLD aims to improve health and justice outcomes for adults and children who come into contact with the youth and criminal justice systems where a range of complex needs are identified as factors in their offending behaviour. CJLD is integrated with the whole range of justice, health, social and voluntary support agencies and take awareness of a range of inter-related projects and developing initiatives.

MHTR is one of three treatment options available to the court when considering sentencing options. MHTR is designed to help people who experience mental health difficulties and is an opportunity for someone to engage with treatment while still receiving a sentence: a form of diversion within, rather than away from, the criminal justice system but outside custody. This treatment will be delivered by the MHTR pathway, under the direction of the Clinical Psychologist. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of and develop an inclusive, psychologically led service providing psychosocial interventions as part of court ordered community sentences.

Main duties of the job

You will join a dedicated team who make a difference to patients, carers and the teams you work with. You will contribute to the effective running of MHTR pathway by being a motivated and supportive team member. You will deliver evidence-based assessment and intervention and will support the patient's recovery journey. You will show a good balance of initiation and seeking support and direction.

For MHTR this will mean working with agreed case formulations and plans of care, ensuring models of psychological intervention delivered is evidence based and relevant. Liaison and development and maintenance of robust relationships with partner agencies and involvement in overall CSTR process evaluation and develop.

As this part of the service is in development, there will be a great opportunity under the guidance and supervision of the clinical psychologist to be part of developing this pathway in directing and enabling new ways of working, which cut across traditional professional and cultural boundaries and developing relationships with key internal and external partners.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.