- 1 x WTE and 1 x WTE Assistant Psychologists to work within our CAMHS Inpatient Service (12 month fixed term)
- 1 x Full Time ( hours, 18 month fixed term) Assistant Psychologist to work across our Safeguarding Support Unit (SSU) Psychology and our Parent-Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS) This role is split into 2 days working with SSU and 3 days working into PAIRS each week.
- Outstanding patient care
- Brilliant place to work
- Leader in children's health
- Some previous relevant work experience - paid or voluntary work - preferably in the health or social care setting.
- Evidence of ability to use own initiative in effective, timely completion of projects where significant blocks of work are undertaken without close supervision.
- Experience of working with children and families.
- Experience of work with patients or clients in health or social care.
- Experience of involving service users in service development or evaluation.
- Experience as assistant psychologist or audit officer
- An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of child development or professional psychology
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive - with both patients and professional staff.
- Well-developed ICT skills for communication, databases, dataanalysis and presentation
- Degree level competencies in quantitative & qualitative data analysis and presentation especially SPSS, Access, Excel and Web-based skills.
- Evidence of a high standard of report writing
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a children's psychological service.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues including in situations where there are significant barriers of understanding or hostility to acceptance and where empathy and reassurance are required.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of children with psychological problems and their families
- Well-developed time-management skills & self-organising skills: a demonstrated ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- An ability to interact with children and their carers and families who use our services.
- An interest in working with children with psychological problems and their families.
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
- Ability to achieve good balance in using initiative and receiving direction
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
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Assistant Clinical Psychologist - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Job summary
Please note: We are recruiting for three roles within the service:
Our CAMHS inpatient services work with young people with serious and complex mental health issues across three lodges at the Becton Centre: Emerald (ages 8-13), Sapphire (ages and Ruby Lodge (for young people with learning disabilities). Psychologists at Becton work within the MDT, delivering assessments, formulation and therapeutic interventions, alongside working with parents/carers and external professionals. Assistant Psychologists support clinical work on the Lodges alongside collecting outcome measures and supporting research, audit and service development.
Our Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS) and Safeguarding Support Unit (SSU) Psychology Services are two separate multidisciplinary Specialist Community CAMHS teams, sitting across two sites: Centenary House and the SCFT Acute Site. The SSU and PAIRS teams are at an exciting stage of development and require an Assistant Psychologist to work across both teams.
Main duties of the job
Our Assistant Psychologist roles include supporting the development of the service through research, audit, co-production and participation work and service evaluation.
There will be opportunities for professional experience through clinical work, under the supervision of a Senior Clinical Psychologist.
There will also be opportunities to link up and share knowledge with other Assistant Psychologists across the service.
Inpatient CAMHS:
The Assistant Psychologists for Becton would be expected to contribute to clinical work across the Lodges. The Assistant Psychologists will lead the implementation and further development of the use of routine outcome measures across the Lodges. Through this, the Assistant Psychologists will contribute to service evaluation and quality improvement processes.
PAIRS and SSU Specialist Community CAMHS Services:
The Assistant Psychologist will support service development and evaluation including developing the use of routine outcome measures; supporting neurodevelopmental assessment and supporting the Lead Psychologist(s) to scope out and develop future intervention offers with service user involvement alongside creating clinical resources for service users and the systems around them.
About us
Assistant Psychologist posts are well established within Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust and you will be welcomed into established roles with teams who value the contribution of these roles. The Clinical Psychology team within Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust CAMHS services have established links to the clinical psychology doctorate.
Sheffield Children's is one of three independent, specialist paediatric hospitals in the country, providing dedicated healthcare for children and young people across community, mental health and acute specialist settings.
We have three overarching aims that set the direction for the Trust in our vision to create a healthier future for children and young people.
Our commitment to rewarding colleagues is demonstrated through our brilliant reward and benefits offer including; generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme and access to salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work and lease cars.
We are committed to supporting colleagues from different heritages and lifestyles while at work. This is supported through the offer we have in place for flexible working and the three equality network groups we have in place. Colleagues are encouraged to join these groups and request flexible working.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
For detailed information regarding the role please review the attached job description and person specification.
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment
We are currently reviewing our recruitment & selection process and are looking to make our job adverts more inclusive. This will support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. If you have any ideas in how we can make our recruitment & selection process more inclusive, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
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