Assistant Psychologist - Learning Disability Pathway

You will be supported by and work closely with our Clinical Psychologist, Emily, as well as our wider Psychology Team. This is a varied and rewarding role that offers the opportunity to develop a broad range of clinical and service development skills. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

We are a close-knit, caring team that is committed to continuous improvement, innovation, and professional excellence. We pride ourselves on fostering a supportive and inclusive working environment where staff are encouraged to develop and thrive.

We recognise that working in children's mental health services can be both highly rewarding and emotionally demanding. As such, we place significant importance on staff wellbeing, mutual support, reflective practice, and ongoing professional development.

job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake

other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the

postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients

within the service, across all sectors of care; providing psychological

assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a HCPC

registered Practitioner Psychologist, working independently according to a plan

agreed with a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist and within the overall

framework of the teams policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related

administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of

audit and / or research projects, teaching and project work.

1.

To undertake protocol based psychological

assessments of clients applying psychological theory, including

neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and

indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients,

family members and others involved in the clients care.

2.

To assist in the formulation and delivery of

care plans involving the psychological treatment and / or management of a

clients problems, under the supervision of a HCPC

registered Practitioner Psychologist.

3.

To assist in the coordination and running of

therapeutic groups or clinical projects.

4.

To work with other staff to assess community

patients and review their care in preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews.

5.

To assist in the development of a psychological

based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the

service, across all settings where care takes place.

6. To attend and contribute to appropriate

multi-disciplinary meetings.

7. To respect diversity. To treat everyone with dignity and respect

and act in ways that acknowledge and recognise peoples expressed beliefs,

preferences and choices.

responsibilities (clinical)

1.

To use highly developed IT skills.

2.

To access knowledge through Internet searches

(e.g. Psych.Lit, Medline) to keep up to date with clinical and professional

development

3.

For the preparation and presentation of

materials of effective teaching and training (e.g. power point, graphic

representations) to record and analyse data for research and audit (e.g.

databases, spreadsheets, statistical analysis packages e.g. SPPS).

4.

To create graphs or charts to collate or

summarise data on individual interventions or treatment programmes.

5.

To assist in producing visual or material or

user friendly information for interventions with clients.

Teaching,

training and supervision

1.

In common with all HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologists, to receive regular

clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.

2.

To gain wider experience of professional

psychology within the NHS over and above that provided within the principal

service area where the post holder is employed.

3.

To develop skills and competencies that assist

in the delivery of current duties.

4.

To contribute to the training and support of

other staff, working within the Service in psychological care.

Management,

recruitment and service development

1.

To assist in the design and implementation of

service development projects with the service as required.

2.

To attend meetings in which service

developments are planned and discussed.

Research and

service evaluation

1.

To assist in the design and implementation of

audit and research projects.

2.

To undertake data collection, analysis, the

production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.

are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health

and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,

Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are

the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is

to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this

by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ

staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a

difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage

and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value

diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being

a foundation Trust means were accountable to our

members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people

(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join

us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving

the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and

help each year.

are committed

to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and

vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this

commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Experience

Essential: - Practical experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or learning disabilities and/or psychological/behavioural/ neurological problems.

Training

Desirable: - Further post-graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

Personal Attributes

Desirable: - An interest in working with people with mental health problems.; - A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology.

Qualifications

Essential: - An Honours degree in Psychology (2:1).; - Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.

Special Knowledge/Skills

Physical Attributes