Assistant Psychologist

1 week ago

Dundee, United Kingdom Cygnet Health Care Full time

Job summary

We are looking for a confident Assistant Psychologist with a passion for delivering outstanding care.Youll be working full time, 40 hours a week, making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Cygnet Wallace Hospital.

Main duties of the job

At Cygnet, we support our people to grow their careers, gain new skills and keep stepping up. Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others every day.

About us

Cygnet Health Care was established in 1988. Since then we have developed a wide range of services for individuals with mental health needs, autism and learning disabilities within the UK.We have built a reputation for delivering pioneering services and outstanding outcomes for the people in our care.Our expert and highly dedicated care team of 10 000 employees empower 2864 individuals across 150 services to consistently make a positive difference to their lives, through service-user focused care and rehabilitation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assistant Psychologist Adult Mental Health.

Employer: Cygnet Healthcare

Location:Various Sites across Scotland base will be at Wallace Hospital Dundee

Salary: £27,250 (per annum)

Hours: Full-time (40 hrs a week)

Cygnet Wallace House, Dundee

Cygnet Healthcare is seeking to recruit a full-time, experienced, and motivated Assistant Psychologist to join Cygnet Healthcare in Scotland. This role will be working 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday and will involve travel between sites across Scotland.

Cygnet Wallace Hospital is a 10-bed specialist high-dependency inpatient rehabilitation service for men and women with intellectual disability. Our fantastic facilities and multi-disciplinary treatment programme are designed to assist individuals with their return to community living.

Cygnet Wallace Hospital is a multi-disciplinary and psychologically informed service. The focus is on nurturing an enabling environment to deliver a clinical model, developed specifically to meet the needs of service users within an operational framework, providing a high-quality environment for promoting long-term recovery.

Job Role

The role of the Assistant Psychologist will be to support and enhance the psychological care of clients within health and social care services across Scotland by assisting the Regional Lead Psychologist in the delivery and evaluation of effective services that meet Cygnets Healthcare objectives, national strategic and policy guidelines, commissioner requirements and user and carer needs and expectations. To thereby help understand, prevent, and ameliorate psychological distress and disorder and improve mental health and well-being of clients. The role involves the administration, scoring, and report writing of psychometric assessments, standardised risk assessments, clinical formulation, and supervised individual and group interventions. Clinical supervision will be provided as an important part of personal and professional development, and additional training will be supported. We also offer an excellent Assistant Psychologist Development Programme to support our Assistant Psychologists continuing professional development.

Candidate Profile:

You will be a strong team player, confident, motivated, and well organised. You will have a good understanding of the role of therapeutic boundaries, clinical risk, and the importance of evidence-based interventions. Patience and commitment are essential, but above all youll be someone with a genuine desire to help others. We are looking for someone with a good degree in Psychology, further postgraduate training in relevant area of applied psychology and mental health is desirable. Previous experience of working within mental health services and settings is essential, and previous experience of working as an Assistant Psychologist and delivering 1:1 therapeutic work and/or group therapy sessions is desirable. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

Please note this post may be closed early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Closing date: Friday 20 September 2024

Proposed Interview Date: TBC

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

Please refer to job description above

Desirable

Please refer to job description above

  • Clinical Psychologist Assistant

    6 days ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnet Health Care Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Clinical Psychologist Assistant to join our team at Cygnet Healthcare in Scotland. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in supporting the psychological care of clients across various health and social care services.Key ResponsibilitiesAssist in the delivery...

  • Clinical Psychologist Assistant

    6 days ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnet Health Care Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Clinical Psychologist Assistant to join our team at Cygnet Healthcare in Scotland. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in supporting the psychological care of clients across various health and social care services.Key ResponsibilitiesAssist in the delivery...

  • Assistant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

    2 days ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnetgroup Full time

    Job SummaryCygnet Healthcare is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Mental Health Professional to join our team in Scotland. As an Assistant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, you will play a vital role in supporting the psychological care of clients within health and social care services across Scotland.Key ResponsibilitiesAssist the Regional Lead...

  • Assistant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

    2 days ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnetgroup Full time

    Job SummaryCygnet Healthcare is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Mental Health Professional to join our team in Scotland. As an Assistant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, you will play a vital role in supporting the psychological care of clients within health and social care services across Scotland.Key ResponsibilitiesAssist the Regional Lead...

  • Assistant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

    2 days ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnet Full time

    Job Summary:Cygnet Healthcare is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Assistant Psychologist to join our team in Scotland. As an Assistant Psychologist, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of effective psychological services to clients across Scotland.Key Responsibilities:Support the Regional Lead Psychologist in the delivery and...

  • Assistant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

    2 days ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnet Full time

    Job Summary:Cygnet Healthcare is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Assistant Psychologist to join our team in Scotland. As an Assistant Psychologist, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of effective psychological services to clients across Scotland.Key Responsibilities:Support the Regional Lead Psychologist in the delivery and...

  • Assistant Psychologist

    1 day ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnet Health Care Full time

    About the RoleCygnet Health Care is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Assistant Psychologist to join our team in Scotland. As an Assistant Psychologist, you will play a vital role in supporting the psychological care of clients within health and social care services across Scotland.Key ResponsibilitiesAssist the Regional Lead Psychologist in the...

  • Assistant Psychologist

    1 day ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnet Health Care Full time

    About the RoleCygnet Health Care is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Assistant Psychologist to join our team in Scotland. As an Assistant Psychologist, you will play a vital role in supporting the psychological care of clients within health and social care services across Scotland.Key ResponsibilitiesAssist the Regional Lead Psychologist in the...

  • Assistant Psychologist

    4 days ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnet Health Care Full time

    About the RoleCygnet Health Care is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Assistant Psychologist to join our team in Scotland. As an Assistant Psychologist, you will play a vital role in supporting the psychological care of clients within health and social care services across Scotland.Key ResponsibilitiesAssist the Regional Lead Psychologist in the...

  • Assistant Psychologist

    5 days ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnet Health Care Full time

    About the RoleCygnet Health Care is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Assistant Psychologist to join our team in Scotland. As an Assistant Psychologist, you will play a vital role in supporting the psychological care of clients within health and social care services across Scotland.Key ResponsibilitiesAssist the Regional Lead Psychologist in the...

  • Assistant Psychologist

    6 days ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnetgroup Full time

    About the RoleCygnet Healthcare is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Assistant Psychologist to join our team in Scotland. As an Assistant Psychologist, you will play a crucial role in supporting the psychological care of clients within health and social care services across Scotland.Key ResponsibilitiesAssist the Regional Lead Psychologist in the...

  • Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

    6 days ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnetgroup Full time

    About the RoleCygnet Healthcare is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Assistant Psychologist to join our team in Scotland. As an Assistant Psychologist, you will play a crucial role in supporting the psychological care of clients within health and social care services across Scotland.Key ResponsibilitiesAssist the Regional Lead Psychologist in the...

  • Psychological Care Coordinator

    6 days ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnet Health Care Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Clinical Psychologist Assistant to join our team at Cygnet Healthcare in Scotland. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in supporting the psychological care of clients across various health and social care services.Key ResponsibilitiesAssist in the delivery...

  • Psychological Care Specialist

    6 days ago

    Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom Cygnetgroup Full time

    About the RoleCygnet Healthcare is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Assistant Psychologist to join our team in Scotland. As an Assistant Psychologist, you will play a crucial role in supporting the psychological care of clients within health and social care services across Scotland.Key ResponsibilitiesAssist the Regional Lead Psychologist in the...

  • Personal Assistant

    3 months ago

    Dundee, United Kingdom NHS Scotland Full time

    We are seeking an individual to provide an efficient, effective and comprehensive secretarial/administrative support service to the Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist and all members of the Learning Disability Psychology Service based across Tayside. The postholder will be expected to liaise with internal and external agencies as well as patients and the...

  • Administrative Assistant

    3 months ago

    Dundee, United Kingdom The James Hutton Institute Full time

    James Hutton Ltd, the commercial subsidiary of the James Hutton Institute, is looking to recruit an Administrative Assistant to provide administrative support to the Licensing Manager and other senior JHL Managers. When it comes to quality of life, it is hard to beat living in Scotland. With easy access to stunning mountain and coastal scenery as well as a...

  • Agricultural Modern Apprentice

    3 months ago

    Dundee, United Kingdom The James Hutton Institute Full time

    **Main Purpose of Job** This job will be undertaken as a Modern Apprenticeship and so it is recognised that the post-holder will be undertaking appropriate in-house and external training and development. To assist under supervision with all work undertaken by the farm and field services section and gain experience in a broad range of practical and field...

  • Junior Linux System Administrator

    3 months ago

    Dundee, United Kingdom The James Hutton Institute Full time

    Are you looking for a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a world-leading scientific institute driving the sustainable use of land, crop and natural resources? We are seeking a **junior Linux system administrator** for our Linux-based High-performance Computing (HPC) platform, to join a dynamic and a friendly research computing team supporting the...

  • Media Officer

    3 weeks ago

    Dundee, United Kingdom The James Hutton Institute Full time

    The work undertaken by The James Hutton Group is right at the top of the global agenda when it comes to tackling problems such as the impact of climate change and threats to food and water security.The Communications Teams delivers across the remits of media, marketing, digital, events, public affairs, corporate and internal communications, all designed to...

  • Venue Support Services Officer

    1 week ago

    Dundee, United Kingdom The James Hutton Institute Full time

    The work undertaken by The James Hutton Group is right at the top of the global agenda when it comes to tackling problems such as the impact of climate change and threats to food and water security.Critical to successful delivery of our work is engaging effectively with our many audiences from the initial point of engagement with the Hutton either by phone...