Assistant Psychologist

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for enthusiastic & committed individuals to join the CNWL Talking Therapies Harrow team. We are a well established service that is responsible for the provision of Low and High Intensity therapies within the standards of stepped care model at steps 2 and 3. Alongside high and low intensity CBT interventions, the CNWL Talking Therapies service also has a counselling service at step 3.

Individual & group based treatments are provided. In the past, our Assistant Psychologists have moved on to either Doctorate in Clinical Psychology training or Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) training.

The overall aim is for the post holder is to support & enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions of a routine nature such as psycho-educational programmes, under the direct supervision of a qualified professional High Intensity Therapist drawing on their supervisor’s expertise and intervention as & when advised and directed.

Applicants must have clinical experience of delivering psychological interventions in a mental health setting in order to be shortlisted for this position. Applicants with psychology qualifications who have not worked in a mental health setting nor had experience of delivering psychological interventions under supervision will not be shortlisted.

The post holder will carry out regular assessments and review calls and will contribute to the delivery of assisted interventions within the service such as psychoeducational programmes as well as assisting group therapy provision.

The post holder will work with the clinical lead to analyse and coordinate clinical data and produce reports as appropriate. They will also work according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. Additionally, the post holder will assist in the overall clinical service administration along with the CWNL Talking Therapies Harrow admin team, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, training & teaching and project work.

The post holder may be required to be part of the administrative team and carry out routine admin tasks such as booking in of referrals and data analysis, carrying out audits and managing waiting lists within the service, as well as providing assistance with reception and phone cover.The post holder will be expected to participate in evening clinics upto 8.00 pm and other extended hours services provided by the service both with administrative cover and clinical services.

The post holder will receive regular clinical supervision and support from a qualified therapist and the Senior Administrator and work closely with other assistant psychologists and clinical practitioners within the team.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

The team hub is based at 12-14 Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2SL. The Service is currently offering a combination of face-to-face and remote working (delivered either via home working or from our office base).

The team consistently meets its access and recovery targets and undertaking further projects and service innovation work to meet new demands and needs of the local population. There are clear and well defined systems for triaging and screening of incoming referrals, allocation of clients to step 2 and step 3, management of waiting lists and stepping up and stepping down clients as appropriate.

The post holder will be required to support and enhance the psychological care of service users of the CNWL Talking Therapies Harrow Service and carry out duties under supervision such as conducting brief telephone assessments, cofacilitating groups, and offering telephone reviews.

**Other duties include**:

- To assist in the conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit projects, teaching and project work.
- To work within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures, working with a team of clinical and counselling psychologists, psychological wellbeing practitioners and primary care counsellors.
- When required, to be involved in routine clinical and administrative tasks of the service which includes telephone and reception cover, and supporting admin team.
- To assist in administration tasks, clinical data entry such as booking in referrals, in particular the collating and analysis of service data and management of waiting lists and any other duties as delegated by the Clinical Lead or Senior Administrator.
- To assist patients by participating in rota for telephone duty along with other members of the admin team, induction o



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