Assistant Psychologist - Ashford, United Kingdom - Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

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Ashford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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The role:

The post holder will be an enthusiasticAssistant Psychologist, who has a high degree of engagement, strong and professional communication skills, and a willingness to learn and develop new skills.

The post holder will have a vital role in the delivery of psychological services to older people with mental health difficulties or people of any age with cognitive impairment or dementia.

You will carry out neuropsychological assessments under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist within the Dementia Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Services; assist in provision of post-diagnostic interventions; under supervision support and deliver assessment and treatment of people with mental health difficulties.

You may also be involved in dementia engagement and empowerment work.

The post holder will work under the line management and clinical supervision of a clinical/counselling psychologist/ psychotherapist. The psychology team in Ashford comprises a clinical psychologist, family therapist, undergraduate psychology students and trainee clinical psychologists.

The post holder will contribute to clinical administrative procedures, audit, service development and MSNAP accreditation procedures, in order to support the team to provide a high quality service.

To be successful in this role you will:

Need to have a positive attitude towards ageing and older age and towards those who are living with dementia.
Be a person who enjoys working in teams with other professional groups and values the contribution that other professionals bring.
Have strong organisational, time management and professional communication/writing skills
Demonstrate the ability to engage with a wide variety of service users, their family members and multidisciplinary staff.
Bring a positive and flexible approach to your work

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

The Ashford CMHSOP is a friendly and welcoming team.

While the role of Assistant Psychologist works within the service structure of Psychological Services for Older People, the role and day-to-day work is situated within a multi-disciplinary community team that includes Psychiatrists, Community Psychiatric Nurses, Admiral Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Support Workers and administrative staff.

The locality also has a Dementia Engagement and Empowerment (DEEP) group, Phoenix, and a locally based Dementia Envoy.

Our Psychological Services for Older People provide Continual Professional Development (CPD) activities together, as well as offering monthly psychological practice meetings and peer supervisions.

This is a varied and busy post, which will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop invaluable skills, both clinically and organisationally, and we have a good track record of previous Assistant Psychologists gaining places on the Clinical Psychology doctorate courses after their posts with us.

JOB PURPOSE:

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within a community setting in the Ashford locality.

To work directly with clients and their carers within the overall operational framework of Psychological Services for Older People and OPMH operational policies.

The post holder will be based in the Ashford Community Mental Health Team for Older People, working with a small psychology team, providing psychological assessments and psychological interventions under the direct supervision of a qualified psychotherapist and a clinical psychologist, and working independently according to an agreed plan.

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Clinical:

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 clinical psychologist.
To work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team and the wider Psychological Services to review the outcomes of interventions and to adjust care plans as appropriate.
To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across community settin