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Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Band 4 Assistant Psychologist - Home treatment

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Job summary

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust

ACUTE AND URGENT CARE SERVICES - Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT).

Assistant Psychologist, Band 4, full time, 6 month fixed term contract

Job overview

Do you enjoy working with clients presenting in acute crisis using the least restrictive practice?

Do you enjoy responding to need as it arises and making psychological intervention accessible? Rather than being burdened by waiting lists.

Do you enjoy working as part of a MDT?

Would you like a job that offers flexible working?

Would you like to be part a service that offers opportunity for innovation and development?

If so, we invite your application for the role of Assistant Psychologist in the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT).

You would be part of the wider Acute Psychology Service. Psychologists are strongly placed to lead on service development and delivery across all elements of the care pathway. We have an established track record in service innovation and support a diverse range of clinical and academic interests with strong links to university programmes. There is an internal CPD programme that you would also have access to.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

The CRHTTs offer crisis assessment, crisis intervention and brief therapeutic interventions to service users experiencing a significant crisis in their mental health and psychological well being. The CRHTT teams receive a wide breadth of referrals which provides opportunities to work with and a variety of presentations using different therapeutic approaches.

The role of the assistant Psychologist in the CRHTTs includes:

  • providing and encouraging the use of psychological formulations to inform overall care planning
  • offering brief psychological interventions to service users
  • developing the psychological skill set of the multidisciplinary team through provision of training / teaching /consultation
  • liaising with other teams / services to support discharge plans / onward referrals.
  • Service development and evaluation / audit

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Details

Date posted

19 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

Depending on experience per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

436-7073038

Job locations

Highcroft

Reservoir Road

Erdington

B23 6DW


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Essential and desirable

Essential

  • An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology.
  • Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
  • Experience of work with people with mental health problems or disabilities, or other relevant problems or disabilities (e.g. learning disabilities, organic impairment).

Desirable

  • Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
  • Experience of working with people with serious mental illness (e.g. psychosis, personality disorder)
  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team, particularly within mental health.
  • Experience of delivering psychological groups.
  • Experience of working in an inpatient setting, particularly within adult mental health.
  • Experience of working as an honorary or paid assistant psychologist
Person Specification

Essential and desirable

Essential

  • An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology.
  • Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
  • Experience of work with people with mental health problems or disabilities, or other relevant problems or disabilities (e.g. learning disabilities, organic impairment).

Desirable

  • Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
  • Experience of working with people with serious mental illness (e.g. psychosis, personality disorder)
  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team, particularly within mental health.
  • Experience of delivering psychological groups.
  • Experience of working in an inpatient setting, particularly within adult mental health.
  • Experience of working as an honorary or paid assistant psychologist

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).

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.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Highcroft

Reservoir Road

Erdington

B23 6DW


Employer's website

https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Highcroft

Reservoir Road

Erdington

B23 6DW


Employer's website

https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Psychologist

Dr Chloe Ward

chloe.ward21@nhs.net

07891051593

Details

Date posted

19 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

Depending on experience per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

436-7073038

Job locations

Highcroft

Reservoir Road

Erdington

B23 6DW


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