psychologist Leicester, England
Job description
As a member of the team you will be responsible for: - undertaking assessments, formulating service users needs, providing case consultations, and writing reports, under the supervision of a qualified psychologist - delivering trauma and DBT informed psychological interventions and enrichment activities to individuals in the IIRMS pathway of the service - developing strong working relationships with colleagues in your immediate and larger team - preparing and submitting regular data returns - supporting the training and development of colleagues within Probation service - delivering joint work sessions with Probation colleagues and their clients - ensure that robust procedures are maintained for gaining and recording service users informed consent - keep up with continued professional development and implementation of best practice. Qualifications and training - essential A First or Upper Second honours degree in psychology or a lower Second degree with a post-graduate qualification (e.g. Masters degree) Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society Experience - essential You will have experience of Face-to-face work (in a previous assistant psychologist post) with people with mental health problems (including mental illness and personality difficulties), learning disabilities and/or offending behaviour Working in a healthcare setting Using psychological assessments, formulations, evidence-based risk assessments (e.g., HCR20v3) and care planning Working in a Multidisciplinary Team Knowledge - essential You will have High level communication skills (written and verbal) An understanding of the needs of people with complex personality difficulties/mental illness/learning disability Ability to communicate sensitive information to service users in a way that addresses psychological resistance An understanding of psychology applied to healthcare An understanding of the impact of trauma and the label of personality disorder Experience using computers for compiling databases or data-analysis (SPSS) Training and experience of audit, evaluation and research methods.
