Assistant Psychologist - MHTR Weston-super-Mare, England
Job description
Full Time (Part Time Considered)
At Turning Point we provide services across the whole country which delivers end to end drug and alcohol treatment and support, family services, housing advice and support for those in contact with the criminal justice system, needle exchange system, and custody outreach. We are a specialist in delivering whole treatment system approaches across cities and county areas, which has led to the reduction in people falling through gaps between services and delivers improved outcomes.
In the Somerset Drug and Alcohol Service we also carry out Primary Care Mental Health treatment for clients within the National Community Sentence Treatment Requirement (CSTR) programme. This is a new initiative launched in 2017 by Ministry of Justice, Department of Health and Social care, NHS England, Public Health England and HM Prisons and Probation Service. The purpose of the initiative is to deliver mental health treatment to clients who have been sentenced by the courts to help them lead a fulfilling life in the future.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Assistant Psychologist to join the Turning Point CSTR team within the SDAS service in Somerset. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic, creative and highly successful team, providing high quality evidence based psycho-social interventions to clients.
