Job summary

Psychological therapy services across BDCFT are eager to recruit enthusiastic and reliable Assistant Psychologists to support the delivery of high-quality services across the Trust.

The current vacancies benefit from being part of our assistant psychology rotation which aims to support Assistant Psychologists to gain a breadth of experience by working into different service areas across time (rotating yearly or every 2 years depending on the needs of the specific service with which you commence your employment). The post holder(s) will need to work fulltime to be part of the Assistant Psychologist rotation in BDCFT.

The current available positions are spread across our services (including, child and adolescent mental health services, community adult mental health, & inpatient services). All posts will be part of well established Multi Disciplinary Team and supervised by a qualified Clinical Psychologist.

Closing date 19th June

Shortlisting date 20th June

Main duties of the job

All Assistant Psychologists working in BDCFT are supported via induction, clinical supervision with a HCPC Practitioner Psychologist plus other psychological therapists (to ensure breadth of experience), and ongoing CPD to develop knowledge and skills commensurate with the requirements of their post; typically neuropsychological assessment and intervention skills, psychological skills work with individuals and in groups and service support with audit and research initiatives.

If you're highly motivated, prepared to work hard, have existing relevant experience and capabilities that you're eager to develop further and have excellent written and verbal communication skills we would welcome your application.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Undergraduate degree in psychology (or combine degree with significant psychology component) - 2i and above Eligible for graduate membership of the BPS

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in health setting with people experiencing mental health difficulties or learning disailities Experience of service evaluation, audit or research

Desirable

Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team Experience of working with groups of people Experience of neuropsychological assessment and intervention

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge pertaining to mental health problems or learning disabilities Understanding of research, service evaluation and audit methodolgies

Skills

Essential

IT skills and competencies (spreadsheets & databases) Excellent written communication skills Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Desirable

Community language skills

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