Assistant Psychologist Nottingham
Job description
To work within the Community Rehabilitation MDT to support and carry out defined assessments and intervention programmes for adults experiencing serious mental health problems, under the supervision of the Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in order to aid the recovery and rehabilitation of those using the service. The majority of this work will take place in the community including supported living projects and involve liaison and in reach to other services as appropriate, including acute inpatient and rehabilitation settings. To support and carry out a range of psychometric and other assessments with people who have a range of serious mental health problems and be at risk of relapse and have difficulty in managing their mental health difficulties and maximising their independence . These may include observations, interviews, and intellectual and executive skill assessments. To support and carry out defined therapeutic interventions with people with serious mental health mental health problems and their carers. To support interventions with staff teams, such as consultancy, training, identifying resources, multidisciplinary working, signposting staff to appropriate services and service promotion To support data collection and analysis, for both clinical and service evaluation, as required. This may include collecting and reviewing a variety of data such as psychometric scores, interview data, historical information, literature searches. It may also involve data analysis and report writing under supervision. Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons. As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health. We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank. Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team. We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust. If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you! #TeamNottsHC To support and carry out a range of psychometric and other assessments with people who have a range of serious mental health problems and be at risk of relapse and have difficulty in managing their mental health difficulties and maximising their independence . These may include observations, interviews, and intellectual and executive skill assessments. To support and carry out defined therapeutic interventions with people with serious mental health mental health problems and their carers. To support interventions with staff teams, such as consultancy, training, identifying resources, multidisciplinary working, signposting staff to appropriate services and service promotion To support data collection and analysis, for both clinical and service evaluation, as required. This may include collecting and reviewing a variety of data such as psychometric scores, interview data, historical information, literature searches. It may also involve data analysis and report writing under supervision.
