Assistant Psychologist Wirral, England
Job description
JOB DESCRIPTION
Section 1
JOB TITLE: Assistant Psychologist
PAY BAND: £22 000
Section 2
AREA OF WORK: EHM HO VRP Community Partnership
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Clinical Psychologist and Programme Lead
REPORTS TO: Clinical Psychologist and Programme Lead
RESPONSIBLE FOR: N/A
JOB SUMMARY: High Intensity Community Support Team is a new service designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people at risk of involvement in anti-social behaviour and criminality. The team offer support and interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems as well as their families, whilst collaborating with other organisations. Part of the role of assistant psychologist within the team will be:
- To triage and assess referrals from multi-agencies, including Social
Care and community organisations
- To create formulations, clinical notes and care and safety plans
- To support the evaluation of a new and developing service with the aim of enhancing the professional psychological care of children and young people with mental health difficulties within the service.
- To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits and outcome measures, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
- The post holder will also hold a small case load providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan
agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
- To communicate and collaborate effectively within own team, as well as internal teams within the organisation and external agencies.
LIAISES WITH: Other psychology members of the team and other disciplines and agencies responsible for the families and child/young persons’ care.
Section 3
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Clinical
1. To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of children/young people applying psychological, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the child/young person’s care.
2. To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a child’s/young person’s problems or adults, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, in both community and clinical settings.
3. To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups and courses.
4. To work within partnerships with professionals across education and social care to deliver evidence based interventions.
5. To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all children/young people and adults of the service, across all settings where care takes place.
6. To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
7. To develop and maintain an intervention database.
Teaching, training and supervision
8. In common with all clinical psychologists, to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.
9. To engage in self-reflection around clinical practice, understanding and communication, to incorporate training and theory into practice, under supervision of clinical psychologist.
10. To gain wider experience of professional psychology, over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post holder is employed.
11. To develop skills and competencies that assist n the delivery of current duties
12. To contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care
Management, recruitment and service development
13. To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.
14. To attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.
IT responsibilities
15. To utilise information resources routinely and computer based test materials and scoring protocols to develop and produce clinical reports.
Research and service evaluation
16. To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects.
17. To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.
18. To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist qualified clinical psychologists in evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
General
19. To ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes.
20. To ensure the development and articulation of best practice in psychology within the service area and contribute across the service by exercising the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines.
21. To maintain and promote the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.
Section 4
1. HEALTH AND SAFETY
All staff have a general duty to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions. All safety rules, regulations and codes of practice relating to the work area should be observed.
2. INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is everybody's responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non clinical, are required to adhere to the Trusts’ Infection Prevention and Control
Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection prevention and control at all times, thereby reducing the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections including
MRSA and Clostridium Difficile in accordance with the Hygiene Code - Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections (DH 2008).
All staff employed have the following key responsibilities:
- Staff must wash their hands or use alcohol gel on entry and exit from all clinical areas, between each service user contact and after any clinical or cleaning task.
- Staff members must attend mandatory infection prevention and control training provided for them by the organisation.
- Staff members who develop an infection (other than common colds and illness) that may be transmittable to others have a duty to contact the lead team or management.
3. EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
To value diversity and promote equality of opportunity ensuring that individuals are treated fairly and respected for their contribution in terms of experience, knowledge and skills.
4. COMPETENCY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
To maintain professional registration (as appropriate) and to act in accordance with professional codes of practice and guidelines. To follow Trust policies and procedures and maintain up to date skills and knowledge through participation in Continuing
Professional Development.
5. STAFF INVOLVEMENT - INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES
To work in partnership to achieve service objectives and promote a culture of working together through good communications, openness and honesty.
6. SAFEGUARDING
Everyone within Crea8ing Community has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young peoplerable adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm. Every adult has a responsibility to protect children and as employees of the Trust we are duty bound always to act in the best interest of a child about whom we may have concerns.
7. SUPERVISION
To take responsibility for personal development by accessing appropriate supervision and personal development as per Crea8ing Community supervision policy.
Section 5
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Method of
_ Essential_ Desirable
Assessment
Qualifications Good Advanced Certificate honours keyboard Appraisal degree in skills Interview
Psychology *Other related
(2.i or academic above). qualifications
Eligibility for to Masters or
Graduate Doctorate
Membership level. of BPS*
Knowledge and The ability to Ability to use Interview
Expertise communicat routinely Selection process e complex/ available CV sensitive spreadsheet/ information database where software barriers to (Excel, understandin Access, etc.) g exist. For
example, Record of instances having requiring published in empathy and either peer reassurance. reviewed or
- The ability to academic or make professional judgements journals involving a and/or books range of facts or situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options. Also skills for assessing children/you ng people in one-to-one sessions, group dynamics or who are participating in research.
- The ability to organise straightforwa rd tasks, activities or programmes, some of which may be ongoing.
Also, the ability to plan and prioritises own workload, research programme activities; group sessions, etc.
- Working to
ProfessionalGuidelines.
- Must be capable of
working within guidelines; receives regular supervision/ direction.
Experience Demonstrabl Work with Interview e relevant adults in Selection process work relevant CV experience field. or knowledge of working with children young people.
Personal skills Experience Interview or Selection process knowledge of CV working with services where clients present with complex emotional needs.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Salary: £22,000.00-£22,001.00 per year
Schedule:
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Wirral: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: One location
