Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join the psychological therapies service of the St Helens Recovery Team. The team sits within the wider multidisciplinary Recovery Team and comprises of Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists, Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, specialist nurse practitioners and four other Assistant Psychologists. We also regularly offer placements to Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate and the role offers excellent experience for those hoping to go on to clinical psychology training. If you require more information, please get in touch with the team on 01744 736708 and ask to speak to one of the psychologists. Alternatively email gina.smith@merseycare.nhs.uk and/or eve.applegate2@merseycare.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role will be providing low intensity psychologically informed interventions to clients, both 1:1 and in group format. You will receive weekly supervision from a Clinical Psychologist and there will be opportunities to access further training to develop new skills. The interventions Assistant Psychologists in the team currently offer include:
Structured Psychological Support - a newly developed 10 session intervention aimed at supporting those who have relational and emotional difficulties
COPE - 1:1 or group coping skills delivered over 10 sessions based on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) principles
Moving Towards Change - a three session intervention using Motivational Interviewing techniques aimed at helping clients build motivation and establish psychological goals
My Skills Toolbox - a three session intervention aimed at helping clients to understand how they cope and learn new skills to manage a crisis
1:1 Assistant Psychologist intervention - bespoke 1:1 intervention individually tailored to specific client needs e.g. psychoeducation around voice hearing, graded exposure etc.
The post holder may also offer support to the duty team as needed
About us
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate and the role offers excellent experience for those hoping to go on to clinical psychology training. If you require more information, please get in touch with the team on 01744 736708 and ask to speak to one of the psychologists. Alternatively email gina.smith@merseycare.nhs.uk and/or eve.applegate2@merseycare.nhs.uk
Job description
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Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Experience using computers for databases or data -analysis
- Experience of report writing
- Demonstrated high level ability to communicate sensitive information to service users, carers and colleagues in a way that facilitates engagement
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities
- A demonstrated ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context
- An understanding of psychological principles applied to health care
- Expertise in managing people, managing conflict, and balancing demand for resources with availability and prioritisation of same
- Ability to analyse and implement financial reports and data
- Experience of presenting complex reports/presentation
- Experience of taking decisions relating to the risk or safety of individuals and carrying professional responsibility for those decisions within a safeguarding and risk framework
- Clear experience of interacting effectively with staff from all disciplines
- An interest in working with people with mental health problems or other disabilities
- Clear experience of interacting with people with mental health problems
- Ability to work with a high level of autonomy within the boundaries of the assistant role
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
- A honours degree that satisfies the British psychological society criteria for graduate basis for chartered membership
- Lived experience or professional experience of working with health inequalities / BAME communities
- Previous experience of work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities
- Experience of teaching and training in the application of psychological principles to mental health problems
- Experience of research evaluation and audit of the application of psychological principles to mental health problems
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in ? Experience of Clinical Health Psychology settings ? Experience/knowledge of Solution-Focused approaches ? Experience of working with 'expert patients' 27/4/22 settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
- Experience of Clinical Health Psychology settings
- Experience/knowledge of Solution-Focused approaches
- Experience of working with 'expert patients'
- Evidence of presentation skills
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to families, children and young people
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Experience using computers for databases or data -analysis
- Experience of report writing
- Demonstrated high level ability to communicate sensitive information to service users, carers and colleagues in a way that facilitates engagement
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities
- A demonstrated ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context
- An understanding of psychological principles applied to health care
- Expertise in managing people, managing conflict, and balancing demand for resources with availability and prioritisation of same
- Ability to analyse and implement financial reports and data
- Experience of presenting complex reports/presentation
- Experience of taking decisions relating to the risk or safety of individuals and carrying professional responsibility for those decisions within a safeguarding and risk framework
- Clear experience of interacting effectively with staff from all disciplines
- An interest in working with people with mental health problems or other disabilities
- Clear experience of interacting with people with mental health problems
- Ability to work with a high level of autonomy within the boundaries of the assistant role
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
- A honours degree that satisfies the British psychological society criteria for graduate basis for chartered membership
- Lived experience or professional experience of working with health inequalities / BAME communities
- Previous experience of work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities
- Experience of teaching and training in the application of psychological principles to mental health problems
- Experience of research evaluation and audit of the application of psychological principles to mental health problems
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in ? Experience of Clinical Health Psychology settings ? Experience/knowledge of Solution-Focused approaches ? Experience of working with 'expert patients' 27/4/22 settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
- Experience of Clinical Health Psychology settings
- Experience/knowledge of Solution-Focused approaches
- Experience of working with 'expert patients'
- Evidence of presentation skills
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to families, children and young people
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.
