Assistant Psychologist

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative and conscientious graduate psychologist to join Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in providing a specialist psychological therapy service to young men in custody.

The Psychological Therapies Team at HMP/YOI Isis works within the wider Integrated Mental Health Team to meet the needs of a complex population of young people presenting with a range of needs and risks. The post would suit individuals interested in a career in clinical and/or forensic psychology or psychological therapies, with evidence of experience working in clinical services expected.

Forensic experience is not essential, though enthusiasm to learn and a proven ability to work as part of a team is important.

The post holder will work within a busy multi-disciplinary prison mental health team, comprising psychologists and psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and nursing staff. They will have responsibility for the delivery of a range of psychological interventions to young adults in custody and working in partnership with health and operational colleagues.

As an Assistant Psychologist at HMP/YOI Isis you will be supporting and enhancing the professional psychological care of offenders within the service. This will include; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with the qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures and to assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching.

Specifically, you will provide psychological therapy services to service users residing in HMP/YOI Isis. The assistant psychologist will be part of the integrated mental health team within the prisons, which provide a range of psychological services from self-help literature to individual and group therapies. The integrated mental health team work within a trauma informed care model which includes supporting prison colleagues by providing teaching, training and consultation.

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 Fair
- We Listen
- We Care

Management responsibilities
1. To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects with the service as required
2. To attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.

Clinical

1. To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, in the prison setting.

1. To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups or clinical projects.

1. To work with other staff to assess or support service users in the prison and contribute to multidisciplinary discussions or care guidelines as agreed with the psychologist/psychological therapist providing supervision.

1. To assist in the development of a psychological based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.

Research

1. To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects.

1. To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.

1. To create graphs or charts to collate or summarise data on individual interventions or treatment programmes.

1. To assist in producing visual or material or user-friendly information for in

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