Assistant Psychologist

1 month ago


Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for an Assistant Psychologist with a keen interest & experience of working with people with learning disabilities and or/ autism to join our passionate community team working across Suffolk, for a fixed term of 12 months.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with and learn from a range of experienced clinicians as you will be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team which includes nurses, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, assistant practitioners, art psychotherapists, clinical psychologists and social care colleagues, who are committed to providing a high-quality service to people with learning disabilities and autism.

You will also be part of a friendly and supportive clinical psychology and psychological therapies team. We have close relationships with the training course at the University of East Anglia, offering placements and teaching on the course. We also have an excellent research department in the Trust.

You will be involved in supporting the delivery of psychological services to people with learning disabilities and/or autism who present with a mental health difficulty or behaviour that challenges.

The main duties are to support the delivery of psychologically informed assessments, formulations and interventions to service users alongside psychologists and other colleagues under the close supervision of an experienced Clinical Psychologist. You will work with individuals, families, support services and a range of other professionals and good communication skills are essential.

Within NSFT, the way we care for people with Learning Disabilities in Suffolk is changing as we have recently benefitted from a £1.3 million investment in our Acute services and the role out of a new Learning Disability and Autism Specialist Service. The development is fully driven by the national Transforming Care Agenda.

The Learning Disability and Autism Specialist Service is not only being invested in financially, with a fresh approach to ideas and service delivery being supported by the Trust, we are confident our new model of care is the very best for the people we care for.

**Main responsibilities to include**:

- Psychological assessment, formulation and intervention as appropriate under close supervision of a clinical psychologist
- Co-facilitating psychologically informed groups
- Contributing to the practice of psychologically informed interventions within the team via teaching and developing resources
- Contributing to service development projects
- Evaluating outcomes and writing reports

**You will have**:

- A BPS Accredited degree in Psychology
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities and/or autism



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