Assistant Psychologist - Horsham, United Kingdom - Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

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Horsham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Psychologist

78 Crawley Road is a 24 bed modern purpose built facility that provides mental health care for those who require a period of enhanced recovery support.

The service is aimed at helping people achieve their own individual aspirations, and to live a meaningful and rewarding life that is as independent as possible.

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has teaching status and is developing into one of the country's leading teaching mental health trusts.

Psychological Therapies are highly valued in SPFT and Psychological Therapists occupy a range of senior positions across the Trust.

Close attention is paid to equality and diversity and especially within psychological therapies, with new leadership programmes available and mentoring opportunities for PPT staff from underrepresented groups.

Working in Sussex:

Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed

Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London

With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission.

Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that high quality care is our top priority.

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of users of the service, providing psychological assessments and interventions within the scope appropriate to level of experience and training, and to undertaking related tasks to enhance assessment, intervention and evaluation within the care group.

To work independently with work managed and goals agreed and reviewed through regular supervision by an HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist.

For further details please see attached Job description and Person Spec.