Assistant Psychologist - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Smart Recruit Online

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Are you an Assistant Psychologist looking for a change? Are you looking for the next step? Do you want to work in forensic healthcare that makes a remarkable, positive, and life-long difference to people's lives?

Here at Mountain Healthcare, we are looking for a passionate, determined, and resilient individual to join our amazing team as an Assistant Psychologist.

This post provides you with the opportunity to be part of an evolving team, working alongside the care and education staff within a secure children's home to maximise and tailor the support to both staff and young people.

Service hours: 4 days a week for 32 hours a week, must be able to work every Wednesday. Working pattern is 9am - 5pm with the expectation of a shift for group work one day if needed.

Our vision for delivering this high-quality service specification will require all staff to be able to develop new skills, and we will work with you to provide the right support in a challenging environment.

This Assistant Psychologist role will support and improve the professional psychological care of clients within this service across all sections of care.

You will conduct psychological assessments and provide psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.

You will assist in clinically related administration, such as audit conduction and development, as well as data collection and development of research.

The psychology service works with a Healthcare Manager, Mental Health Practitioners, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner with psychiatry input, and administration support.

You would be expected to work as part of the MDT, and to work across staff teams to meet the needs of the young people.

Key Responsibilities of the Assistant Psychologist

To carry out psychological assessments of clients by utilising psychological theory, including neuropsychological tests, selfreport measures, observations, semistructured interviews, and rating scales
To complete relevant risk assessments including HCR20 under the supervision of a qualified psychologist
To ensure risk data base and reports are maintained and up to date
To maintain all patient's treatment plans and update accordingly
To liaise with external services to obtain information in preparation for initial assessments
To assist in developing treatment plans and programmes and facilitate treatment groups under the supervision of a qualified psychologist
To deliver individual interventions when appropriate and under supervision
To communicate with multidisciplinary teams in order to assess patients' needs and review their care plans
To attend care planning meetings
To maintain high recordkeeping standards and produce patient summaries and reports under supervision
To assist in the development of psychologically based framework of understanding and care to benefit all service users

Benefits:

Competitive salary
6 weeks annual leave, including bank holidays
Enhanced sickness pay
Pension scheme
Bonus scheme
Life Assurance
Employee Assistance Programme
Wellbeing programme
Long Service and Team of the Month Awards
Career progression
Cutting edge accredited and CPD training courses
Funding for external and higher education courses after one years' service

Essential Skills:

Approved degree in Psychology conferring eligibility for graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society (BPS) 2:1 or higher
Experience of working with children in a health, care, or educational setting

Desired Skills:

Experience in delivering trauma informed care
Master's degree level or higher in psychology
Experience in delivering 121 therapeutic sessions
Experience in training support staff in a SECURE STAIRS framework

About Company:

Founded by passionate clinicians on a mission to provide expert patient-centred services, Mountain Healthcare leads the clinical forensic healthcare provisions sector in the UK.

A premier partner of NHS England and the police, our unique provisions include Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs), Police Custodial Healthcare, Secure Estate Healthcare, and clinical telephone advice.

Driven by our values 'Be Kind and Do the Right Thing', Mountain Healthcare provides holistic and trauma-informed care that improves the immediate and long-term health outcomes of patients across the criminal justice system.

Join the Best Provider, Make the Greatest Difference

Clinical forensic healthcare is a rapidly growing career path as demand for specialist critical services has greatly increased in recent years.

We are proud to offer unrivalled staff training and development opportunities such as our unique Forensic Practitioner Gateway, our wide range of accredited and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses, and access to events across the health and justice sector.

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