Volunteer - Psychology/research Assistant

Volunteer Post

Psychology/Research Assistant

The post holder will have the opportunity of working alongside existing Psychologists across various teams. The hours and days being flexible and decided in conjunction with the placement supervisor.

Specific opportunities and roles will involve facilitation of service audit evaluations of service user projects and psychological provision.

The post holder will have the opportunity of working alongside existing Psychologists across various teams. The hours and days being flexible and decided in conjunction with the placement supervisor.

Specific opportunities and roles will involve facilitation of service audit evaluations of service user projects and psychological provision.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

- We’re Kind
- We’re
- We Listen
- We Care

Key Result Areas
1. Co-facilitating Psychology groups
2. Participating in community meetings
3. Supporting staff to run various activities with clients
4. Administering some brief outcome measures and any other projects that the team and or volunteer may be interested in.