Band 4 Assistant Psychologist Fromeside

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

We are looking to recruit an Assistant Psychologist to join our psychology team in Secure Services. Secure Services consists of Fromeside, our 80 bed medium secure unit and Wickham, our 30 bed low secure unit, both based on the Blackberry Hill Hospital site in north Bristol. Service-users are all sectioned under the mental health act and have offending histories or a history of challenging and/or violent behaviour in both units.

Individuals with a psychology degree and previous assistant experience in mental health are invited to apply.

Main duties of the job

Applicants would have the opportunity to work across both the medium and low secure services. Wickham House is for male mentally disordered offenders and Fromeside has a mixed gender population in separate ward areas.

The post will involve assisting psychologists in delivering different aspects of the psychological service, including psychometric assessment, group work, general admin tasks, file reviews and some individual work where appropriate.

An important part of the role will be to support the delivery of ward based groups and assisting with our Violence Prevention Programme. The post-holder will be expected to use the principles of 'recovery' across the different elements of the service with specific models of care in place in the Women's Service and Cary ward (our LD and neurodevelopmental disorders ward)..

About us

The post-holder will receive regular supervision from a qualified psychologist. They will join an experienced and friendly psychology department with expertise in working with sex offenders, violence, trauma and with service users with a diagnosis of personality disorder. There is a range of special interests within the department including different clinical models and approaches; there are good support, supervision and management structures.

Date posted

25 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year Pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

342-SEC068-0723

Job locations

Fromeside MSU

Blackberry Hill

Bristol

BS16 1EG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for more information on roles and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for more information on roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Degree

Essential

Degree in Psychology

Desirable

Work experience in NHS mental health care

Person Specification

Degree

Essential

Degree in Psychology

Desirable

Work experience in NHS mental health care

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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