Assistant Psychologist - London, United Kingdom - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

The COMPEERS research study is a 24 month feasibility study of Contingency Management and Peer Support to promote attendance, increase treatment engagement, and improve outcomes for people with dual diagnoses of psychosis and drug/alcohol problems (DDp).

In the COMPEERS study we aim to test the feasibility of a future large trial evaluating whether modest financial incentives encourage people with 'dual diagnoses' of psychosis (a serious mental illness) and drug/alcohol problems to attend weekly peer support worker appointments.

This assistant psychologist will join a strong research team including clinical psychologists; experts in the field of addictions and psychosis; lived experience consultants; statistician; and health economist.

The role will support the day-to-day running of the project, including liaising with clinical teams and other parts of the system, recruitment of participants, training of peer support workers, collection and recording of data, and supporting the analysis and write-up.

To support wider research team in the delivery of this feasibility trial across multiple community mental health teams (CMHT's).
To support the recruitment of participants from local CMHT's and liaising with CMHT staff throughout the course of the study.
To support the recruitment of our peer support team and to work closely alongside these peer support workers.
To help develop a training and resource package for the study, with primary focus on contingency management and specialist DDp peer support.
The post will entail a substantial degree of independent working and autonomy, working across the CMHT's, where there may not be daily or direct support from a practitioner psychologist.
To plan, implement and evaluate both individual and group clinical interventions as required by the service, across community settings under the supervision of a practitioner psychologist.
To be responsible for collecting, recording and analysing information concerning clients' mental health and substance use. regularly updating team databases and contributing to the reporting of identified service and trial KPIs.
To be responsible for keeping up to date and accurate clinical notes of own activities.
To assist team formulation and reflective practice with multidisciplinary staff as required.
To contribute towards the development of the research project and service, attending meetings, sharing feedback and updates and taking minutes when required.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trustprovide the widest range of NHS mental health services and substance misuse services in the UK.

We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.

There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities for working with mental illness.

Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations:
care and treatment, science and research, and training.

The Trust employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services.

Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

By coming to work at our Trust, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care.

You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.

Our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research.

Key Responsibilities:

KR 1 Clinical and Client Care

To schedule and provide assessments for participants across the CMHT's including psychometric, neuropsychological, behavioural, observational, semistructured interview and indirect assessments under the supervision of a practitioner psychologist as required.
To assist the psychologists in the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials, and in addition to develop such materials independently as falls within own degree of competence.
To plan, schedule and provide group psychological interventions including psychoeducation, skillsbased and transdiagnostic therapy groups under the supervision of a practitioner psychologist as required.

KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning

To contribute to the effective working of the research project and services by: contributing to the training and support of other staff in developing and providing psychological care of clients through training, team formulation and reflective pra