Assistant Psychologist - Bridgwater, United Kingdom - Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

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Bridgwater, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Are you an Assistant Psychologist who would like an opportunity to working a within a new Specialist Forensic Mental Health Team?

Somerset FT have recently received significant funding to establish and build a
Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT) and are seeking a skilled and motivated assistant psychologist to help support the psychology provision within the MDT.

The SCFT will be responsible for overseeing the care of Somerset patients who are currently detained to a secure hospital within the South West Provider Collaborative region.

The aim of the SCFT is to reduce the length of patient stay for patients in secure hospital and work to prevent admission to secure care by

Providing enhanced community support, to facilitate, support and maintain discharge processes.
Providing clear, tiered levels of intervention with the aim of admission avoidance, including risk management.
Encouraging proactive discharge discussions for longer stay patients who may have faced barriers to the discharge process.
Supporting community placements.

The post holder will be an assistant psychologist who will support the delivery of psychologically informed, risk managed care for a cohort of patients with complex forensic mental health needs.