Assistant Psychologist

2 weeks ago

Harrogate, United Kingdom Oakdale Centre CiC Full time

**The Oakdale Group**

Oakdale was established more than twenty years ago and is highly regarded as a professional therapy provider for adults as well as children and their families.

As a not-for-profit Community Interest Company and a provider of NHS and other publically commissioned services, our focus is always on the goal of doing the best job we can for our service users, and delivering value for money for our clients and commissioners.

**The Role**

Oakdale has recently enjoyed a period of growth and taken on new commissions. We are in the process of developing a specialist eating disorder service, promoting psychological support for clients 14 plus wanting to recover holistically from eating based difficulties across diagnosis and severity ranges. The main referral criteria being people wanting to engage with psychological help and are able to keep themselves well enough to access treatment in the community. We have the benefit of a multi agency team and are developing specialist interventions within this including groups and individual work. We are looking to evaluate and conduct clinical research within the service.

As a result, we are now seeking an Assistant Psychologist to support the development of this specialist eating disorder service, in particular the development of the group programme. We are particularly keen to hear from someone with creative IT skills who can help us disseminate key psychological messages creatively and sensitively, within the group programme powerpoint presentation and on social media platforms.

**Duties**:

- To assist in psychological assessments, including; psychometric, cognitive and neuro-developmental assessments, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews in line with Oakdale’s policies and operating procedures and as directed by Oakdale’s clinical psychologists.
- To assist in the preparation of clinical reports under supervision from Oakdale’s clinical psychologists.
- To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving psychological treatment and management of a client’s problems
- To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings and reviews
- To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups
- Liaise or work directly with all the specialists and professionals concerned on specific cases and programmes, assisting them as required
- Maintain accurate case records on Oakdale’s case management system, including clinical observations, clinical notes, tests and other associated data according to Oakdale’s operating procedures
- To participate in regular clinical supervision with a clinical psychologist
- To assist in the design, implementation and dissemination of service development audits as required
- To attend meetings in which service developments are planned
- To be responsible for own workload under the direct support and supervision of an Oakdale clinical psychologist and line manager
- To support with social media as sharing platform for eating disorder recovery content
- To support with the development of powerpoint presentation and literature for the eating disorder group programme
- To support service development and data collection

**Person Specification**

**Essential**:

- An approved qualification in psychology conferring eligibility for graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society
- With either a Bachelor’s degree (Class 2.1 or higher) or a Bachelor’s degree (any class) together with a higher degree
- Experience of paid or voluntary work with children or adults in a health, care or educational setting
- Have a working understanding of adolescent development
- Strong literacy and report writing skills, with excellent accuracy and attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal skills
- The ability to use a computer competently, with a broad base of IT skills
- The ability to communicate effectively.
- The ability to work on your own initiative and prioritise workload
- The ability to work under pressure
- Creative and able to be creative and competent within IT and powerpoint and social media interface

**Desirable**:

- Experience of working with individuals with eating disorders
- Prior experience of administering cognitive assessments
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of audit or research
- Knowledge of establishing, implementing and evaluating intervention programmes

**Location & Hours**

We have three main bases - in Halifax, Horsforth and Harrogate, so some occasional travel is expected and some remote working is possible. This role will mainly be based in Halifax after initial training.

37.5 hours per week and standard office hours, with some flexible and home working possible by agreement.

**Salary**: £21,000 - £25,500

**What we offer**

In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

- 21 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising after len

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