About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated psychology graduate to work in the Adult Community Psychological Service across South East Essex. This is an exciting post which provides an excellent opportunity to be part of a dynamic and dedicated team. Services across EPUT greatly value psychological consultation and are committed to embracing a multi-disciplinary approach.
The Adult Community Psychological Service provides specialist psychology input across three specialist mental health teams in South East Essex. The service is committed to enhancing access to psychological therapies and embedding psychological skills within multidisciplinary teams (MDTs).
Working closely with the senior management team, the Clinical Director of Psychological Services supports the ongoing development of psychological therapies and leadership opportunities for psychologists. Staff benefit from high-quality supervision, strong professional support, and a well-established CPD programme.
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Unfortunately this advert is only for a limited time due to the expected high amount of applications.
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Psychologist will work alongside qualified Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Psychotherapists and Clinical Associates in Psychology providing an Adult Community Psychological Service to local community mental health teams. Psychologists provide direct client contact in the form of assessment and treatment, as well as providing consultation and supervision to other professionals.
The post-holder should have a passion for developing their clinical and research skills, and be keen to work flexibly and in a variety of settings. You will be expected to support qualified psychologists in the preparation and co-facilitation of group therapy programmes and the delivery of specific components of clinical treatment under close supervision. There will be a key responsibility to support the service undertake audit and research projects. There will be significant opportunity to gain experience of working in a multidisciplinary team, including liaison with allied professionals, contributing to the sharing of psychological knowledge and case discussion. Remaining time will include attending referrals meetings, participating in departmental forums and opportunities to shadow other team members. Your work will be closely supervised by an experienced psychologist and you will therefore also gain extensive experience of the supervisory process.
About us
Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.
Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential. Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks. If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling. Benefits
27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service. Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay. Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits. Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus. Work that wraps around your needs
Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.
Job description Job responsibilities
This is an excellent opportunity for a psychology graduate aiming to undertake doctoral postgraduate training in clinical or counselling psychology in the future, and the service has an excellent track record of assistant psychologists securing a place on Clinical Psychology courses.
CPD & Links with Universities
We hold the development of people within our department as crucial to delivering key targets for the service and the Trust. The Service enjoys good links with and supervises clinical psychology trainees from the University of East Anglia, University of Essex, University of Hertfordshire, University of East London and University College London training schemes. Clinical research, teaching and specialised interests are actively encouraged. As well as formal courses, members of the department have enjoyed secondments and placements at several centres of excellence. Current members of the department are clinical tutors on training courses, hold honorary lecturer and fellowship positions and are actively involved with special interest groups at the DCP.
Flexibility & Career Development
The Trust is a family friendly employer. We would be happy to explore options of part-time employment, or sessions being undertaken in a way that would meet the needs of both the Clinician and the Trust. We are in a fortunate position of being able to offer exciting posts linked to CPD with clear career paths which have allowed several clinicians to stay with us through to Consultant level. The Trust operates a voucher scheme for childcare, which can allow significant savings on tax with respect to these costs.
We welcome you to join us in shaping these services, as we believe that by investing in the development of our staff members careers, we are able to strengthen our services so as to provide the best quality care for our service users.
For an informal discussion or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Kerry Mayers, Consultant Counselling Psychologist and Head of the South East Essex Adult Community Psychology [email protected].
Person Specification
Knowledge/Education/Qualifications Essential
Entitlement to Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society. Degree from a BPS accredited course in psychology (2:1 and above).
Desirable
Further post-graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Skills/Experience Essential
An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with client group. Experience using computers for databases or data analysis. An ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
Desirable
Experience of working as an assistant psychologist. Experience of facilitation/co-facilitation of groups.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details Employer name Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address Coombewood Mental Health Resource Centre
Beacon House, 1 Websters Way
Rayleigh
SS6 8JQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://eput.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)