Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

MHST Assistant Psychologist

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Job summary

We are looking for a permanent, Assistant Psychologist to join the Thought-Full team across West Sussex.

MHSTs were developed following the 2017 Green Paper - Transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Provision. We have three core functions:

1) To deliver evidence-based interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties

2) To support schools to develop their whole school approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing

3) To provide timely advice to school/ college staff to ensure that young people get the right support at the right time

At the heart of our work is participation, co-production and co-delivery ensuring the voice of children and young people is heard throughout our service.

We are an innovative integrated model with Thought-Full being delivered across both Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and the Education and Skills department of West Sussex County Council.

This vacancy may close early due to volume of applications.

Main duties of the job

The Thought-Full team comprises a range of professionals including Education Mental Health Practitioners, Mental Health Practitioners, Advisory Teachers, Educational Psychologists and Clinical Psychologists. You will work alongside all members of the team but most closely with the Clinical Psychologist and Educational Psychologists who will determine the day to day tasks.

A significant part of the role will be supporting the data collection in the team in order to help us evaluate the effectiveness of our work. This will include evaluation of our interventions and whole school approach work. You will support the collection, input, analysis and reporting of the data. Therefore, an interest in research and evaluation is important for this role.

You will also support the implementation of our core functions. For example, supporting the implementation of CBT-Based group interventions, psychoeducation groups for children and young people and their parents/carers, workshops and training for school staff, preparing resources, engagement workshops and activities, and reviewing evidence informed practice and more.

You will also be supporting the development of our service as we grow and expand, working alongside other team members to liaise with other services to consider how we support the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people in West Sussex.

About us

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other key survey results:

70% highlighting flexible working as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
77% identifying opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Covid-19 full vaccination may be a condition of employment for this role, unless an exemption applies. The successful applicant may have contact with vulnerable service users and we will therefore seek proof of being fully vaccinated during the recruitment process.

Date posted

23 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-CS-21579

Job locations

MHST WS

Arundel Road

Worthing

BN13 3EP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential Requirements

A degree (or equivalent) in a Psychology related topic

Knowledge and experience of data management and research skills

Passionate about working with children and young people in an educational setting

Desirable Requirements

It would be an advantage if you have experience working with children and young people and/or working with skills

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential Requirements

A degree (or equivalent) in a Psychology related topic

Knowledge and experience of data management and research skills

Passionate about working with children and young people in an educational setting

Desirable Requirements

It would be an advantage if you have experience working with children and young people and/or working with skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Evidence of continued professional development

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Experience of working as part of a team
Relevant clinical and research skills

Desirable

Experience of working with people with mental health problems
Experience of working with children and young people

Qualifications

Essential

Honours degree at 2:2 or above iPsychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS

Desirable

Further post graduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice, and / or research design and analysis

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Evidence of continued professional development

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Experience of working as part of a team
Relevant clinical and research skills

Desirable

Experience of working with people with mental health problems
Experience of working with children and young people

Qualifications

Essential

Honours degree at 2:2 or above iPsychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS

Desirable

Further post graduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice, and / or research design and analysis

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).