Assistant Psychologist
2 weeks ago
Assistant Psychologist Band 4
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time assistant psychologist to join Croydon Intensive Support Service. We are looking for an enthusiastic psychology graduate committed to making a difference in the lives of autistic adults and adults with intellectual disabilities in Croydon.
The Croydon Intensive Support Team (IST) is a new initiative, established to reduce the number of adults with a learning disability and/or autism being admitted to hospital, minimizing the length of stay when they are, and ensuring that care is person-centred and delivered in the least restrictive environments.
The Croydon IST will consist of a multidisciplinary, multiagency team working together primarily to:
- Provide intensive support to people living within Croydon to ensure that they are well supported to remain in borough in the least restrictive environments,
- Support people living out of borough with plans to move back to Croydon or move on to another service,
- Develop the skills and expertise of local providers to be able to support complex identified people living in borough.
**Interview Date**: TBC
- To assist the Croydon Intensive Support Team lead in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service in Croydon Intensive Support Team
- To provide clinical work as required by the service, under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision of a practitioner psychologist.
- To assist in clinically related administration, development and completion of audits and/or research projects, collection and analysis of data, teaching and service development work.
- To work following clinical and professional guidelines, policies and procedures of the service, while closely supervised and regularly seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager.
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.
Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.
**Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification
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