About this role
Job summary
Assistant Psychologist - Community Mental Health Team (CMHT)
Band 5 -Full time - Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join the South Warwickshire CMHT. The CMHT is a multi-disciplinary team that provides interventions to people with a range of mental health difficulties.
We are looking to recruit a psychology graduate who has relevant clinical experience and is interested and passionate about working with people who experience complex mental health needs.
The post holder will be part of a well-established psychological therapies team and will be offered ample opportunities for 1:1 client work, group work, working with the MDT, managing service databases, audits and service evaluations.
Please note that the expectation is that the post holder will be based in the team, although consideration will be offered to ad-hoc remote working, depending on duties.
Please note that this post covers both the Leamington and Stratford localities.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, such as supporting psychological assessments and providing low intensity psychological interventions (group and individual) under the supervision of an HCPC Practitioner Psychologist.
The post holder will also assist in clinically related administration, collecting data, managing service databases, conducting service audits and evaluations to determine effectiveness of interventions, as well as identifying areas of service development, and the dissemination of research outputs.
The successful applicant will be line managed and overall accountable to the Principal Clinical Psychologist in the team.
About us
Candidate Information Pack Dec 24
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more staff networks and support groups We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description Job responsibilities
As this role involves travel to training venues and meetings at other service bases, it is essential that you have access to a car and can travel around the county as required (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
You are required to hold a Psychology Degree giving GBR status with the British Psychological Society, Grade 2:1 or above.
Please note: It is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Person Specification
EXPERIENCE Essential
Relevant experience in psychological difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Experience of working with people preferably within mental health services Ability to meet agreed / specified service targets. Working in a manner consistent with the service needs Experience of working and liaising with other professional groups Experience of working as a member of a multidisciplinary team or within a team environment Evidence of working in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural setting
OTHER Essential
Car driver / owner
OTHER Essential
Car driver to have access to independent means of transport for work purposes and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
QUALIFICATIONS Essential
Good Honours undergraduate degree in Psychology Some experience of working with people in a caring role Evidence of adhering to a relevant code of ethics
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Essential
Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, relating to complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS Participate and undertake audit evaluation and research. Completed clinical audits within a service Ability to function in a largely autonomous fashion, subject to suitable supervision Appropriate understanding of confidentiality in a mental health context Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health / benefits & employment systems Some knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems Some knowledge of child protection issues and other relevant legislation
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.
Employer details Employer name Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address South Warwickshire Community Mental Health Team
Leamington Spa
CV31 1JN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)