Assistant Psychologist
Job summary
This is a full time fixed term contract for 12 months. The role will involve working across three Hereford-based specialist services; Oak House Inpatient Rehabilitation, Assertive Outreach Team and Early Intervention in Psychosis Team. We are passionate about promoting a psychological understanding of psychosis, emphasising the value of lived experience and ensuring trauma informed practice is central to everyone's thinking.
We are looking for a psychology graduate eager to make a difference for people living with psychosis and their families. The successful candidate will be part of our multidisciplinary teams, working under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist and Psychological Therapist to deliver individual and group psychologically-informed interventions. They will support the team with collation of outcomes measures, evaluation, audit and project work.
There will also be opportunities to co-produce training alongside experts by experience, collaborate on team formulations and co-facilitate our psychoeducational groups for family members. The post is ideally suited to psychology graduates hoping to go onto doctoral training as a practitioner psychologist. Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements.
Main duties of the job
The role will primarily involve supporting the clinical psychologist and psychological therapist in delivering interventions such as trauma stabilisation, coping with voices, emotion regulation skills and behavioural activation. The post-holder will also support in the planning, delivery and evaluation of the Decider Skills group at Oak House.
We are passionate about supporting families and carers; we run a well-established carers psychoeducational group in Early Intervention and are developing carers groups both at Oak House and in Assertive Outreach. The post holder will support in the setting up of these groups through liaising with experts by experience, developing materials and supporting the delivery and evaluation of the groups.
The post holder will be supported to develop their psychological knowledge and skills and to gain experience of wider service provision as part of their journey of professional development. They will be part of a vibrant wider community of psychological practitioners in Herefordshire and will have access to CPD and other professional forums.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer; 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours Flexible and agile working opportunities Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support Wide range of supportive staff networks Health and wellbeing opportunities If you would like to know more, please visit our website Staff benefits | Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Sharing your data - As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained interest in working for the Trust.
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications · Essential
BSc/BA Honours Degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology Eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society
Experience · Desirable
Experience of working with patients in the specified service area ideally as an assistant psychologist Other relevant paid or voluntary people-related work Research experience Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working Experience in the assessment and delivery of psychological interventions, including cognitive assessment and cognitive behavioural therapies Experience in delivery of self-help programmes or packages of interventions and report writing
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) .
