Assistant Psychologist

**Assistant Psychologist**
- Location: Home based, with service and office visits as needed_
- Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm_
- Salary: £28,000 - 32,000 depending on experience and qualifications_

**The Greenleaf Team**

We’re looking for people to join our team that share our beliefs. We believe in a holistic approach: that even the smallest detail can mean a world of difference to a vulnerable young person. We want team members who never give up on our young people, who are compassionate and who believe that our young people deserve the best we can give them.

Our vision is for every young person who lives with us to experience a safe, happy and nurturing present and a future that is filled with hope and optimism.

Visit our website for more info: greenleafhouse.co.uk

**Job Role**

**Benefits**

With greater expectations come greater rewards. If you’re selected to become part of the Greenleaf family, you’ll not only enjoy a salary that’s higher that the sector average, but you’ll also enjoy other benefits, such as pension and a generous holiday entitlement. You will also have access to our wellbeing initiatives and continuous learning & development.

**Specific Duties and Responsibilities**

We also provide direct work with children by way of psychological assessments, one to one therapy and groupwork for children who live within Greenleaf Homes. The assistant psychologist would work under the direct supervision from the Head of Psychology.

**Main duties**:

- Support therapeutic assessment and formulation of all young people to aid the development of care planning, risk management planning.
- Provide support for staff teams to undertake specific therapeutic interventions with young people (e.g., how to undertake emotional regulation work, developing healthy relationships, managing sexually harmful behaviour, psychoeducation on trauma ).
- Facilitating therapeutic groupwork (e.g., mellow ready, zones of regulation and seasons for growth, violence is not the only choice).
- Observe and participate in psychometric and other clinical / forensic assessments.
- Undertake therapeutic psychoeducation 1:1 work with young people.
- Undertake monthly psychological consultations with residential and educational practitioners within your area (This can be any factor relating to presenting behaviour of young people or support for the staff teams with an emphasis on attachment theory and trauma informed practice).
- Attending relevant professional meetings to support staff teams or young people you are directly or indirectly working with.
- Undertake research / audit on factors relevant for demonstrating effective therapeutic residential childcare (e.g., offending behaviour, exploitation, compassion fatigue, increase or reduction in placement stability, etc ).
- Engage in individual and group supervision.
- Work within own competencies and undertake observations of new tasks as well as training and supervision until able to work independently across all four competencies.
- Support the commissioning team and registered managers in matching children to placements.

The Company reserves the right to vary duties and responsibilities at any time.

**Requirements: Qualifications, Skills & Experience**
- Degree qualified in Psychology (2:1 or above).
- Completed or in the process of completing MSc Forensic Psychology (optional).
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to work within a team and be motivated and able to be a lone worker.

**Competencies**:

- Qualitative and quantitative research as driven by the needs of the company.
- Providing psychological knowledge.
- Identifying, developing, facilitating and evaluating training.

**Contract type**: Full Time

**Hours**: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm

**Salary**: £22,672

**Benefits**: £28,000 - 32,000

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £28,000.00-£32,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):
**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- UK driving licence (preferred)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Cumnock

Application deadline: 09/07/2024
Reference ID: AssistPsych_Jun24