Psychology Support Worker

Are you a recent Psychology graduate, looking for a rewarding career, where working in healthcare is more than just a job? If so, give your career the best start by joining the team at The Avalon Centre and helping some of the most vulnerable people in society. You will join the team at The Avalon Centre in Swindon, a purpose-built neurological centre for men and women over the age of 18 years, who have an acquired brain injury and may have challenging and complex needs. You'll be part of a neurobehavioral rehabilitation service model that is psychology-led and where the Clinical Lead is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist. As a part of the service model, you will support people with acquired brain injury, whose needs arebest met through participation in a neurobehavioral rehabilitation programme. Reporting to a Registered Psychologist, you will assist in designing and delivering prescribed behavioural programmes to service users and will support the Senior Management Team in creating and sustaining a therapeutic culture to enable the clinical teamto deliver interventions. You will contribute to assessments, assist with running therapeutic groups and build individual rapports with people to create a safe environment to support their care plans. As a Psychology Support Worker, you will be embedded into the team, where you will enjoy regular training and supervision as you are managed by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Clinical Lead. Additionally, you'll turn your hand research projects andaudits. **Your responsibilities**: - Delivery of prescribed neurobehavioral rehabilitation interventions to service users under the supervision of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Clinical Lead - Supporting the Senior Management Team in creating and sustaining a therapeutic culture within which service users thrive and all members of the transdisciplinary team can successfully deliver rehabilitation interventions - Undertaking assessments and therapeutic interventions to individuals and groups as directed by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Clinical Lead - Assisting in the delivery of personal care and other therapeutic interventions as required under the direction and supervision of members of the transdisciplinary team. **To be successful in this role, you'll need** - A BPS accredited recognised degree in Psychology conferring Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR) - Be highly motivated, enthusiastic, confident in giving feedback to service users and staff - A positive attitude as the Centre has been specially designed for the purpose of providing neurobehavioral rehabilitation so it therefore can be a challenging environment **What you will get** - Annual salary of £19,500 + Benefits - Opportunities to participate in additional training, research and audit - Potential progression to the Senior Psychology Support Worker role - The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - plus your birthday off - Free meals and parking - Wellbeing support and activities - Career development and training - Pension contribution - Life Assurance - Enhanced Maternity Package There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more. **About your next employer**: You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities& Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.